The Incredible Hulk (1978) s04e11 Episode Script
East Winds
This is Tam, your mail-order bride.
Mail-order bride? (ROARS) What is Kam Chong after? A million dollars worth of gold.
I'm sorry, but I cannot marry you.
A man who doesn't need other men is not always what he appears to be, (SCREAMING) And that makes him dangerous.
Girls don't fall for guys like me.
Get me that gold! (ROARS) NARRATOR: Dr.
David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
(ROARS) The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(ROARS) (YELLING IN CANTONESE) (MEN SHOUTING IN CANTONESE) (PANTING) (SHOUTING CONTINUES) (EXCLAIMS) (MAN SCREAMS) (CRASHING) Dead, he can tell me nothing, William.
Only he had access to the manifest? Yes.
Your instructions were to question him first, then he was to die.
I didn't think he would jump.
You must get inside your enemy's brain, think as he thinks.
WILLIAM: Is that the rest of the shipping manifest? Yes.
It seems my good fortune overrides your blunders.
I'm sorry, Kam Chong.
Don't worry, William.
Your ineptitude works to your advantage.
If I were to hire a more experienced assassin, I might well be risking my own life.
With you, William, I feel perfectly safe.
But I found the rest of the manifest for you.
This manifest is only the treasure map.
I want the treasure.
Get me that gold! WILLIAM: Someone in the shipping office screwed up, and your order got left in the regular shipment.
We've checked all but one of the other deliveries listed on the manifest.
Five dead ends.
It's got to be the Dragon Hill apartment.
Perhaps, but do nothing until you confirm the gold is indeed there.
We've taken too many risks already.
But I've got to break in the apartment to do that.
The guy who lives there isn't going to invite in a stranger.
Who is this man? His name is David Barrett.
Every man has a name.
What kind of man is he? No family or friends.
A real loner.
He'll be easy to handle.
No, William, we have to be very careful.
This man has possession of my gold and so for the moment, power over me.
That makes him a dangerous man.
David.
David, wait! Oh, here.
Let me help you.
David, thank you.
Have you seen Mr.
Omata's daughter? Very pretty.
Huyn, please! Oh, you would make someone a good husband.
And you happen to know every girl of marriageable age in the neighborhood.
Yes.
No, Huyn, please.
I've asked you, no more matchmaking.
With all those magic potions you collect, I suppose you'll make a wife for yourself.
Huh? No.
They're not potions, they're chemicals.
God.
(CROWD CHATTERING) Get them back.
Back up please.
(SPEAKING CANTONESE) Stand out of the way.
Put your hands over your head.
MENNING: All right, let's move out of the way here.
Now, come on.
Move back out of the way.
There's nothing to see.
Get your hands over your head, (PLEADING IN CANTONESE) If they ask anything, take five.
You mean take the Fifth Amendment? Take five.
It is to protect you from self-incineration.
Incrimination.
(EXCLAIMS) Trouble for somebody.
Poor boy is going to end up back in his own country.
(CROWD CHATTERING) MENNING: Keeler, snap out of it.
Some help, Keeler.
Keeler.
Come on, let's go.
(SHOUTING IN CANTONESE) Get out of the way, please.
All right, come on you, in the car.
All right, everybody.
Not that interesting.
Back to what you were doing.
What's wrong with you, man? That kind of arrest is tough enough without you pushing people around.
It's just that kid.
"You're an illegal," I told him.
"You screw up one more time, "I'm gonna have to run you in.
" Well, you leveled with him and he blew it.
Well, he wouldn't believe me.
Now look at their faces.
They don't trust me now either.
All your good intentions don't mean a thing now.
Headquarters got no choice but to call lmmigration.
Yeah, and that kid gets a one-way ticket right back to Asia.
Look, Keeler, you did your best.
You can't protect him and every other illegal that wanders into this neighborhood.
Anyway, that kid is not what this is all about.
It's that girl, Tam.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Middle-age man, young girl.
What's to know? Happens all the time, Keeler.
Keeler, are you listening to me? That's not her, either.
Let it go, partner.
Now you've got to let it go.
(BOTH SPEAKING CANTONESE) David.
David, it is me, Huyn.
All right.
Just a moment, please.
I have something for you.
Oh, okay, okay.
Yes.
Congratulations, David.
(SPEAKING CANTONESE) Oh, I'm sorry, but I can't read this.
I don't know what it says.
The Floating Lotus Company hopes you will be very happy.
Oh.
This is Tam, your mail-order bride.
Mail-order bride? And all the time, David, you let me think that you did not want a wife.
I don't.
And in this country you can't order a bride through the mail.
I know many girls who were sent for by American men.
Ordered through the cattle book.
Catalogue.
That is what I said.
Look, I don't know what's happening here, but there has been a mix-up.
(STUTTERING) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) There's something wrong What did you say to her? I told her that you are not really angry.
That this is a An old American marriage custom.
Marriage? (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (GIGGLING) I told her that you are big with ladies.
Many ladies all the time.
If I told her the truth, she would think you are a monk, or worse.
No, no, no.
There's a mistake here! (SPEAKING CANTONESE) You two will work it out alone tonight.
No, Huyn, she can't stay here.
No.
You must understand.
I cannot be responsible for that girl.
David, you be gentle, understand? Huyn, she can't stay here.
All the men have an animal just waiting deep inside.
Remember, I was once a bride, too.
Just thinking about it, I get duck bumps.
Goose bumps.
Huyn, Huyn, no Huyn, come back here! Huyn! David, be happy.
Uh Tam.
Tam? You don't You don't have to do this.
I can take What? What is it? What? No, no, no.
Tam, no, look No.
I'm sorry, but I cannot marry you.
Now, under the circumstances it would not be proper that you stay here.
Tam, you must go.
Go.
There must be someplace you could stay.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) She's back.
(OIL SIZZLING) Yes? Sergeant Keeler.
Yes, Officer, may I do something for you? Hey! (BANGING ON DOOR) KEELER: Don't make me break down this door.
Is there a window in there? DAVID: No.
Sergeant Keeler, what is going on? There's no window, you might as well come out.
She doesn't speak English.
Come on out! She doesn't speak What are you doing here? I think you're frightening her.
Hey! (SIGHS) I'm sorry about all this.
I'm just trying to do my job.
What's your name, pal? Barrett.
David Barrett.
Well, Mr.
Barrett, we can go downtown, play this all formally, interrogation, prints, like that.
Or we can talk it over man to man, over a couple of drinks.
Either way, I'm afraid you'll have to come with me, now.
(EXHALES) So you never saw that girl before tonight, huh? No.
Mail-order bride? I know it sounds crazy, but that's what she told me.
Am I under arrest? Mmm-mmm.
Then may I leave now? No, no.
Not until I wanna show you something.
Right there.
Is that Tam? Bride-to-be.
Then why the charade? I was hoping you could tell me.
Well, in the past we've been pretty good friends.
Oh, no thanks, really.
I just I'm just gonna stick to the rice wine.
WILLIAM: Compliments of the house.
Steamed fish in black bean sauce.
Your favorite.
It's just our way of thanking Sergeant Keeler.
He is well respected in this neighborhood, Mr Barrett.
My friend thanks you, and I thank you, too.
If I'm not under arrest, am I free to leave now? Here.
Compliments of the house.
(SIGHS) Maybe you'll like yellowtail.
CHONG: Don't worry, Tam.
Keeler is not likely to stage a confrontation until he knows more.
He knows enough.
The Sergeant knows of Tam's involvement.
His being here confirms that.
Is the gold in the apartment? Yes, and some chemicals.
And testing equipment? You did very well.
I'm proud of you.
DAVID: Don't you think that maybe you ought to have something to eat? No, no, I want you to go ahead and eat.
Listen, it was my fault your dinner got burned.
My fault.
Come on, go ahead.
Eat up.
(SIGHS) WILLIAM: But she said the gold's there.
What are we waiting for? According to Tam, there are also chemicals and testing equipment in Mr.
Barrett's apartment.
A man who suddenly gets a great deal of gold, might choose to acid test for purity, before setting a price for its sale.
Well, if Barrett knows about the gold, then Keeler must know, too.
But why are they here, right under our noses? I always figured Keeler to be a smart cop.
He has you confused? Yes.
Perhaps that's what he intended.
Unfortunately for the Sergeant, it must remain a mystery.
You sure they won't be able to taste the pufferfish inside that yellowtail? Even the coroner will be baffled.
Paralysis is rapid.
First the arms, the legs, the vocal chords, then finally, the lungs and heart.
Imagine being able to kill even after your own death.
I don't envy many men, but I envy that little fish.
So after they're dead, then we break into the apartment.
No.
After they're dead, you rent the apartment.
Mr.
Barrett's landlord is about to have a vacancy.
Barrett and Keeler are variables.
But as long as they exist, events will remain unpredictable and risky.
Keeler has underestimated me by coming here.
I must not underestimate him.
They are both dead men.
KEELER: When Tam first got to the States from a refugee camp in Thailand, she came to the department for help.
It seems she has four sisters back in the camp, and some shyster told her that he could get them to the States, for the right price, of course.
Now most refugees are scared to go to the police.
I mean, they're nervous about it.
But not Tam.
She's a real gutsy lady.
Well, I helped her get the money back, and we became friends.
(SIGHS) One thing led to another.
First thing I knew, we were more than just friends.
I guess I should've known better.
Keeler I am not exactly the Romeo type.
Girls don't fall for guys like me.
Hardly ever anyway.
Until Tam came along, I was a pretty lonely guy.
Keeler Oh, no.
Would you believe it? Look at this.
In the store, it worked just fine.
But as soon as I put it Well, I guess my luck with women and watches is about the same.
What's the matter with you? My arms are Numb.
My legs You had too much to drink.
Oh, you gotta watch this rice wine.
It'll sneak up on you.
No, something's wrong.
Well, look, we'll go out, we'll get a little fresh air.
What do you say? Boy, you really can't handle liquor at all, can you? Hey, wait a minute.
You weren't drinking anything.
I think I'd better get you to a hospital.
Come on.
Let's go.
Come on now, don't go dead on me.
Excuse us.
(PANTING) I'll get to a phone.
I'll see if I can find a doctor.
Somebody get an ambulance! Please, my friend is very ill.
Get a doctor! (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (BREATHING HEAVILY) Keep the customers out of here.
Is there a telephone back here? I've gotta get some help! Did you enjoy the yellowtail, Sergeant Keeler? I wasn't hungry.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) Don't worry, we're taking good care of him.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) It would've been so much easier if you'd just eaten the fish.
(GROWLS) (GROWLING) (SCREAMING) (ROARS) (EXCLAIMING IN CANTONESE) (ROARS) (ROARS) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SCREAMING) (PEOPLE GASPING) (POLICE SIREN WAILING) And then his goons tried to force a piece of fish down my throat.
Sergeant Keeler, when you get back to the station, report to my office, we'll discuss it there.
He is under arrest.
What charge you have in mind? Attempted murder! He tried to poison me.
It's just that a A friend of mine got the stuff by mistake.
A friend? Yes, David Barrett.
He's paralyzed.
Probably dead by now.
Probably? Well, he's gone.
Where? I don't know.
Paralyzed poison victims don't just get up and walk away.
Lieutenant, David collapsed in the corridor.
I came in here to get help.
They tried to stuff fish down my throat.
Then this giant green creature barged in.
You don't believe me, do you? Oh, all right, look.
Those two cooks, they saw everything.
Why don't you ask them? I already did.
Yeah? Let me guess.
They didn't see a thing, right? Quite the contrary, Sergeant.
They saw plenty, only their version's a little different than yours.
According to Mr.
Kam Chong Mr.
Kam Chong? You've gotta be kidding.
Mr.
Kam Chong and other witnesses said you were drinking rice wine.
A lot of rice wine.
Lieutenant, I do not wish to make problems for anyone.
My assistants attempted to take Mr.
Keeler out the back way, so not to embarrass him or the department.
You're being very understanding about all this, Mr.
Kam Chong.
I understand that a man must sometimes drink saki to dull the pain of unrequited love.
You don't understand anything! The lieutenant knows she works here.
Lieutenant, he tried to kill me.
You get him back to the station and keep him there till he cools off and sobers up.
No.
I don't wanna Look, all right.
I had a couple of glasses of wine, but certainly not enough to make me see pink elephants.
Just green giants.
Yeah.
Hey.
What? You in a big hurry to get to the station? I am not going to the station.
Look, Lieutenant said go to the station.
I don't care what the lieutenant said.
I'm going to check up on David.
Make sure he's okay.
No way.
You're going back to the station house with me.
Look, I got my orders.
Come on, will you, Menning? I've known you since you were a rookie.
I took you on your very first patrol, remember? After all these years, you're gonna start telling me what to do? Is that the thanks I get? If I didn't care about your stubborn neck, I'd let you go through the streets like this.
Like what? My friend, you've been seeing green creatures, remember? Menning We've had a few drinks together down through the years, haven't we? Now, you know that a couple of glasses of wine do not affect me that much.
You couldn't just see little leprechauns, could you? Like any other self-respecting drunk.
No, that's too ordinary.
The great Sergeant Keeler has to see giant green creatures.
I know how it sounds, Menning, I really do, but you have got to believe me! I am not drunk, and I know what I saw! Okay, I believe you're sober, and that you think you saw this green giant.
All that tells me is that you're hallucinating, and you need help.
We'll see a doctor when we get to the station.
You've been looking after me since I joined the force.
Let me take care of you for a change.
I can take care of myself.
(SIGHS) I know you can, partner.
But let's just hear that from the doctor, okay? Then you can check on your friend.
Sergeant Keeler is too close.
We must get rid of him.
No.
I won't do it.
It will be very simple.
You sit there so quietly, thinking that one of your promises or threats will make me do it.
That is what you think, isn't it? Isn't it? I'm trying very hard to understand you, Tam.
Perhaps it would serve us both if you try to understand me.
You're not the only one who has ever suffered.
I, too, come from a background of poverty and hardship.
Life has taught us the same lessons.
That's why I wanted to help you and your sisters.
You can't help them.
Even your organization can't help them.
Paper tiger.
You're not so powerful.
My sisters are still in that refugee camp.
(SIGHS) But then, there is good even in that.
At least they're beyond your reach.
Even the most devoted of followers sometimes needs to see a miracle.
(BEAD CURTAIN RUSTLING) (SPEAKS CANTONESE) Ying Tai.
(EXCLAIMS) Is it really you, baby? (GASPS) You've grown so big! CHONG: Pretty little Tai.
Soon the whole family will be together again.
Your other sisters are staying with friends of mine.
Good friends.
Friends who would do anything I ask.
Anything.
WILLIAM: Yeah, it was Barrett all right.
Alive and well.
And Keeler's probably on his way over here right now with a few of his cop buddies.
I've sent one of the bar girls down to wait at the station house.
As soon as Keeler goes to leave, she'll deliver a message that will send him rushing to the arms of his lost love.
We needn't worry about Keeler anymore.
That's what we thought after you served him the pufferfish.
I mean, it should've killed, right? It should've killed both of them.
Get to work, William.
And just to be sure Keeler didn't share his secret with anyone else, interrogate Mr.
Barrett, before you kill him.
You can handle that, can't you, William? Yes, sir.
Good.
(KNOCK ON DOOR) I wasn't sure you'd come.
Your girlfriend said midnight.
Haven't you gotten that watch fixed yet? Yeah, yeah, couple of times.
Well, I have an errand to run.
Why don't you just tell me what's on your mind? So many nights, I think of you, wonder how you are.
Well, it's the same old script, isn't it? What were you doing in David Barrett's apartment? Dressed as if you had just stepped off the boat? That's my business.
Not when you're walking on my beat.
So now we are enemies.
When once, you were my only friend in this country.
Let's save the sweet talk for the next sucker that comes along, shall we? Just tell me what Kam Chong is up to.
I don't know.
Well, do you know that he tried to kill me? I only found out after it happened.
Kam Chong does not confide all his plans to me.
I am only one of many employees.
An employee? You'll use anyone, won't you, to get what you want, no matter what side of the law they're on? First me, and then Kam Chong.
You both received the agreed upon services in return.
Services? I help Kam Chong and he helps me.
Oh.
And how are you going to help Kam Chong tonight? Don't walk away from me.
You did.
Yes, I did walk away.
When I could see that all you wanted was help for your sisters.
Tam I was never concerned with what people said or thought about you and me.
Until I wanted to get married.
Then it mattered that I wasn't a blonde, blue-eyed, all-American girl.
Suddenly I wasn't good enough.
The only reason you wanted to marry me was to help your sisters get to this country.
You were using me.
(SIGHS) But let's not worry about that.
I was I was using you.
Yes, yes, I went along with it, but I never really believed that you loved me.
Loved you? How could I love you? You're old and ugly.
Every time you touched me, I wanted to die.
(GASPS) Tam, I'm I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
(EXCLAIMS) Kam Chong sent you to do this? He has my sister, Tai.
I love her.
And I love you.
I cannot help you unless I know what's going on.
What is Kam Chong after? Gold.
A million dollars worth of gold.
How is Barrett connected to all this? The gold is in his apartment.
(MEN SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) Now wait a minute.
Now wait a minute.
What's this all about? Did you have any partners besides Keeler? Keeler? Keeler's not my partner.
(GIVING ORDERS IN CANTONESE) Who else knows about the gold? What gold? WILLIAM: Things could get very hot for you, Mr.
Barrett.
Were you and Keeler bringing in anyone else on the deal? I've already told you, I don't know anything about a deal.
Now, what is this all about? (WILLIAM GIVING ORDERS IN CANTONESE) (GROANING) (DAVID SCREAMING) Call me when you think he's had enough.
(GROANING) (SPEAKS CANTONESE) (SCREAMING) How long do you think this is gonna take? After so many years of planning and waiting, a few more minutes are meaningless.
(GROWLING) (ROARS) (GRUNTS) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (ROARS) (BANGING ON DOOR) OFFICER: It's the police.
KEELER: David, come on, open up.
David! (DOORKNOB RATTLING) (GUN FIRES) No.
(ROARS) My beautiful gold! (POLICE SIRENS WAILING) (PEOPLE SCREAMING) KEELER: Kam Chong's on his way to 20 years, for smuggling and extortion.
And Kam Chong's tub is on its way back to China.
You know, that gold tub is a lot like many of these people.
Refugees.
No home, no country.
(SIGHS) You can spot them every time.
Which way's your bus headed? South.
I really have to get going, too.
It's not even noon yet.
It stopped again.
Put a perfectly good wrist watch on my arm and right away Kaput.
But my luck's changed with the ladies.
Maybe I should chance buying a new watch.
I've been thinking about one of those digitals.
It's battery operated with a calendar Oh, yeah.
stop watch, little computer.
Some of them even come with a tiny little alarm clock inside.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, David.
And I hope you find your safe place.
Your refuge.
Thank you.
(GROANS)
Mail-order bride? (ROARS) What is Kam Chong after? A million dollars worth of gold.
I'm sorry, but I cannot marry you.
A man who doesn't need other men is not always what he appears to be, (SCREAMING) And that makes him dangerous.
Girls don't fall for guys like me.
Get me that gold! (ROARS) NARRATOR: Dr.
David Banner, physician, scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
(ROARS) The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(ROARS) (YELLING IN CANTONESE) (MEN SHOUTING IN CANTONESE) (PANTING) (SHOUTING CONTINUES) (EXCLAIMS) (MAN SCREAMS) (CRASHING) Dead, he can tell me nothing, William.
Only he had access to the manifest? Yes.
Your instructions were to question him first, then he was to die.
I didn't think he would jump.
You must get inside your enemy's brain, think as he thinks.
WILLIAM: Is that the rest of the shipping manifest? Yes.
It seems my good fortune overrides your blunders.
I'm sorry, Kam Chong.
Don't worry, William.
Your ineptitude works to your advantage.
If I were to hire a more experienced assassin, I might well be risking my own life.
With you, William, I feel perfectly safe.
But I found the rest of the manifest for you.
This manifest is only the treasure map.
I want the treasure.
Get me that gold! WILLIAM: Someone in the shipping office screwed up, and your order got left in the regular shipment.
We've checked all but one of the other deliveries listed on the manifest.
Five dead ends.
It's got to be the Dragon Hill apartment.
Perhaps, but do nothing until you confirm the gold is indeed there.
We've taken too many risks already.
But I've got to break in the apartment to do that.
The guy who lives there isn't going to invite in a stranger.
Who is this man? His name is David Barrett.
Every man has a name.
What kind of man is he? No family or friends.
A real loner.
He'll be easy to handle.
No, William, we have to be very careful.
This man has possession of my gold and so for the moment, power over me.
That makes him a dangerous man.
David.
David, wait! Oh, here.
Let me help you.
David, thank you.
Have you seen Mr.
Omata's daughter? Very pretty.
Huyn, please! Oh, you would make someone a good husband.
And you happen to know every girl of marriageable age in the neighborhood.
Yes.
No, Huyn, please.
I've asked you, no more matchmaking.
With all those magic potions you collect, I suppose you'll make a wife for yourself.
Huh? No.
They're not potions, they're chemicals.
God.
(CROWD CHATTERING) Get them back.
Back up please.
(SPEAKING CANTONESE) Stand out of the way.
Put your hands over your head.
MENNING: All right, let's move out of the way here.
Now, come on.
Move back out of the way.
There's nothing to see.
Get your hands over your head, (PLEADING IN CANTONESE) If they ask anything, take five.
You mean take the Fifth Amendment? Take five.
It is to protect you from self-incineration.
Incrimination.
(EXCLAIMS) Trouble for somebody.
Poor boy is going to end up back in his own country.
(CROWD CHATTERING) MENNING: Keeler, snap out of it.
Some help, Keeler.
Keeler.
Come on, let's go.
(SHOUTING IN CANTONESE) Get out of the way, please.
All right, come on you, in the car.
All right, everybody.
Not that interesting.
Back to what you were doing.
What's wrong with you, man? That kind of arrest is tough enough without you pushing people around.
It's just that kid.
"You're an illegal," I told him.
"You screw up one more time, "I'm gonna have to run you in.
" Well, you leveled with him and he blew it.
Well, he wouldn't believe me.
Now look at their faces.
They don't trust me now either.
All your good intentions don't mean a thing now.
Headquarters got no choice but to call lmmigration.
Yeah, and that kid gets a one-way ticket right back to Asia.
Look, Keeler, you did your best.
You can't protect him and every other illegal that wanders into this neighborhood.
Anyway, that kid is not what this is all about.
It's that girl, Tam.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Middle-age man, young girl.
What's to know? Happens all the time, Keeler.
Keeler, are you listening to me? That's not her, either.
Let it go, partner.
Now you've got to let it go.
(BOTH SPEAKING CANTONESE) David.
David, it is me, Huyn.
All right.
Just a moment, please.
I have something for you.
Oh, okay, okay.
Yes.
Congratulations, David.
(SPEAKING CANTONESE) Oh, I'm sorry, but I can't read this.
I don't know what it says.
The Floating Lotus Company hopes you will be very happy.
Oh.
This is Tam, your mail-order bride.
Mail-order bride? And all the time, David, you let me think that you did not want a wife.
I don't.
And in this country you can't order a bride through the mail.
I know many girls who were sent for by American men.
Ordered through the cattle book.
Catalogue.
That is what I said.
Look, I don't know what's happening here, but there has been a mix-up.
(STUTTERING) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) There's something wrong What did you say to her? I told her that you are not really angry.
That this is a An old American marriage custom.
Marriage? (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (GIGGLING) I told her that you are big with ladies.
Many ladies all the time.
If I told her the truth, she would think you are a monk, or worse.
No, no, no.
There's a mistake here! (SPEAKING CANTONESE) You two will work it out alone tonight.
No, Huyn, she can't stay here.
No.
You must understand.
I cannot be responsible for that girl.
David, you be gentle, understand? Huyn, she can't stay here.
All the men have an animal just waiting deep inside.
Remember, I was once a bride, too.
Just thinking about it, I get duck bumps.
Goose bumps.
Huyn, Huyn, no Huyn, come back here! Huyn! David, be happy.
Uh Tam.
Tam? You don't You don't have to do this.
I can take What? What is it? What? No, no, no.
Tam, no, look No.
I'm sorry, but I cannot marry you.
Now, under the circumstances it would not be proper that you stay here.
Tam, you must go.
Go.
There must be someplace you could stay.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) She's back.
(OIL SIZZLING) Yes? Sergeant Keeler.
Yes, Officer, may I do something for you? Hey! (BANGING ON DOOR) KEELER: Don't make me break down this door.
Is there a window in there? DAVID: No.
Sergeant Keeler, what is going on? There's no window, you might as well come out.
She doesn't speak English.
Come on out! She doesn't speak What are you doing here? I think you're frightening her.
Hey! (SIGHS) I'm sorry about all this.
I'm just trying to do my job.
What's your name, pal? Barrett.
David Barrett.
Well, Mr.
Barrett, we can go downtown, play this all formally, interrogation, prints, like that.
Or we can talk it over man to man, over a couple of drinks.
Either way, I'm afraid you'll have to come with me, now.
(EXHALES) So you never saw that girl before tonight, huh? No.
Mail-order bride? I know it sounds crazy, but that's what she told me.
Am I under arrest? Mmm-mmm.
Then may I leave now? No, no.
Not until I wanna show you something.
Right there.
Is that Tam? Bride-to-be.
Then why the charade? I was hoping you could tell me.
Well, in the past we've been pretty good friends.
Oh, no thanks, really.
I just I'm just gonna stick to the rice wine.
WILLIAM: Compliments of the house.
Steamed fish in black bean sauce.
Your favorite.
It's just our way of thanking Sergeant Keeler.
He is well respected in this neighborhood, Mr Barrett.
My friend thanks you, and I thank you, too.
If I'm not under arrest, am I free to leave now? Here.
Compliments of the house.
(SIGHS) Maybe you'll like yellowtail.
CHONG: Don't worry, Tam.
Keeler is not likely to stage a confrontation until he knows more.
He knows enough.
The Sergeant knows of Tam's involvement.
His being here confirms that.
Is the gold in the apartment? Yes, and some chemicals.
And testing equipment? You did very well.
I'm proud of you.
DAVID: Don't you think that maybe you ought to have something to eat? No, no, I want you to go ahead and eat.
Listen, it was my fault your dinner got burned.
My fault.
Come on, go ahead.
Eat up.
(SIGHS) WILLIAM: But she said the gold's there.
What are we waiting for? According to Tam, there are also chemicals and testing equipment in Mr.
Barrett's apartment.
A man who suddenly gets a great deal of gold, might choose to acid test for purity, before setting a price for its sale.
Well, if Barrett knows about the gold, then Keeler must know, too.
But why are they here, right under our noses? I always figured Keeler to be a smart cop.
He has you confused? Yes.
Perhaps that's what he intended.
Unfortunately for the Sergeant, it must remain a mystery.
You sure they won't be able to taste the pufferfish inside that yellowtail? Even the coroner will be baffled.
Paralysis is rapid.
First the arms, the legs, the vocal chords, then finally, the lungs and heart.
Imagine being able to kill even after your own death.
I don't envy many men, but I envy that little fish.
So after they're dead, then we break into the apartment.
No.
After they're dead, you rent the apartment.
Mr.
Barrett's landlord is about to have a vacancy.
Barrett and Keeler are variables.
But as long as they exist, events will remain unpredictable and risky.
Keeler has underestimated me by coming here.
I must not underestimate him.
They are both dead men.
KEELER: When Tam first got to the States from a refugee camp in Thailand, she came to the department for help.
It seems she has four sisters back in the camp, and some shyster told her that he could get them to the States, for the right price, of course.
Now most refugees are scared to go to the police.
I mean, they're nervous about it.
But not Tam.
She's a real gutsy lady.
Well, I helped her get the money back, and we became friends.
(SIGHS) One thing led to another.
First thing I knew, we were more than just friends.
I guess I should've known better.
Keeler I am not exactly the Romeo type.
Girls don't fall for guys like me.
Hardly ever anyway.
Until Tam came along, I was a pretty lonely guy.
Keeler Oh, no.
Would you believe it? Look at this.
In the store, it worked just fine.
But as soon as I put it Well, I guess my luck with women and watches is about the same.
What's the matter with you? My arms are Numb.
My legs You had too much to drink.
Oh, you gotta watch this rice wine.
It'll sneak up on you.
No, something's wrong.
Well, look, we'll go out, we'll get a little fresh air.
What do you say? Boy, you really can't handle liquor at all, can you? Hey, wait a minute.
You weren't drinking anything.
I think I'd better get you to a hospital.
Come on.
Let's go.
Come on now, don't go dead on me.
Excuse us.
(PANTING) I'll get to a phone.
I'll see if I can find a doctor.
Somebody get an ambulance! Please, my friend is very ill.
Get a doctor! (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (BREATHING HEAVILY) Keep the customers out of here.
Is there a telephone back here? I've gotta get some help! Did you enjoy the yellowtail, Sergeant Keeler? I wasn't hungry.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) Don't worry, we're taking good care of him.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) It would've been so much easier if you'd just eaten the fish.
(GROWLS) (GROWLING) (SCREAMING) (ROARS) (EXCLAIMING IN CANTONESE) (ROARS) (ROARS) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SCREAMING) (PEOPLE GASPING) (POLICE SIREN WAILING) And then his goons tried to force a piece of fish down my throat.
Sergeant Keeler, when you get back to the station, report to my office, we'll discuss it there.
He is under arrest.
What charge you have in mind? Attempted murder! He tried to poison me.
It's just that a A friend of mine got the stuff by mistake.
A friend? Yes, David Barrett.
He's paralyzed.
Probably dead by now.
Probably? Well, he's gone.
Where? I don't know.
Paralyzed poison victims don't just get up and walk away.
Lieutenant, David collapsed in the corridor.
I came in here to get help.
They tried to stuff fish down my throat.
Then this giant green creature barged in.
You don't believe me, do you? Oh, all right, look.
Those two cooks, they saw everything.
Why don't you ask them? I already did.
Yeah? Let me guess.
They didn't see a thing, right? Quite the contrary, Sergeant.
They saw plenty, only their version's a little different than yours.
According to Mr.
Kam Chong Mr.
Kam Chong? You've gotta be kidding.
Mr.
Kam Chong and other witnesses said you were drinking rice wine.
A lot of rice wine.
Lieutenant, I do not wish to make problems for anyone.
My assistants attempted to take Mr.
Keeler out the back way, so not to embarrass him or the department.
You're being very understanding about all this, Mr.
Kam Chong.
I understand that a man must sometimes drink saki to dull the pain of unrequited love.
You don't understand anything! The lieutenant knows she works here.
Lieutenant, he tried to kill me.
You get him back to the station and keep him there till he cools off and sobers up.
No.
I don't wanna Look, all right.
I had a couple of glasses of wine, but certainly not enough to make me see pink elephants.
Just green giants.
Yeah.
Hey.
What? You in a big hurry to get to the station? I am not going to the station.
Look, Lieutenant said go to the station.
I don't care what the lieutenant said.
I'm going to check up on David.
Make sure he's okay.
No way.
You're going back to the station house with me.
Look, I got my orders.
Come on, will you, Menning? I've known you since you were a rookie.
I took you on your very first patrol, remember? After all these years, you're gonna start telling me what to do? Is that the thanks I get? If I didn't care about your stubborn neck, I'd let you go through the streets like this.
Like what? My friend, you've been seeing green creatures, remember? Menning We've had a few drinks together down through the years, haven't we? Now, you know that a couple of glasses of wine do not affect me that much.
You couldn't just see little leprechauns, could you? Like any other self-respecting drunk.
No, that's too ordinary.
The great Sergeant Keeler has to see giant green creatures.
I know how it sounds, Menning, I really do, but you have got to believe me! I am not drunk, and I know what I saw! Okay, I believe you're sober, and that you think you saw this green giant.
All that tells me is that you're hallucinating, and you need help.
We'll see a doctor when we get to the station.
You've been looking after me since I joined the force.
Let me take care of you for a change.
I can take care of myself.
(SIGHS) I know you can, partner.
But let's just hear that from the doctor, okay? Then you can check on your friend.
Sergeant Keeler is too close.
We must get rid of him.
No.
I won't do it.
It will be very simple.
You sit there so quietly, thinking that one of your promises or threats will make me do it.
That is what you think, isn't it? Isn't it? I'm trying very hard to understand you, Tam.
Perhaps it would serve us both if you try to understand me.
You're not the only one who has ever suffered.
I, too, come from a background of poverty and hardship.
Life has taught us the same lessons.
That's why I wanted to help you and your sisters.
You can't help them.
Even your organization can't help them.
Paper tiger.
You're not so powerful.
My sisters are still in that refugee camp.
(SIGHS) But then, there is good even in that.
At least they're beyond your reach.
Even the most devoted of followers sometimes needs to see a miracle.
(BEAD CURTAIN RUSTLING) (SPEAKS CANTONESE) Ying Tai.
(EXCLAIMS) Is it really you, baby? (GASPS) You've grown so big! CHONG: Pretty little Tai.
Soon the whole family will be together again.
Your other sisters are staying with friends of mine.
Good friends.
Friends who would do anything I ask.
Anything.
WILLIAM: Yeah, it was Barrett all right.
Alive and well.
And Keeler's probably on his way over here right now with a few of his cop buddies.
I've sent one of the bar girls down to wait at the station house.
As soon as Keeler goes to leave, she'll deliver a message that will send him rushing to the arms of his lost love.
We needn't worry about Keeler anymore.
That's what we thought after you served him the pufferfish.
I mean, it should've killed, right? It should've killed both of them.
Get to work, William.
And just to be sure Keeler didn't share his secret with anyone else, interrogate Mr.
Barrett, before you kill him.
You can handle that, can't you, William? Yes, sir.
Good.
(KNOCK ON DOOR) I wasn't sure you'd come.
Your girlfriend said midnight.
Haven't you gotten that watch fixed yet? Yeah, yeah, couple of times.
Well, I have an errand to run.
Why don't you just tell me what's on your mind? So many nights, I think of you, wonder how you are.
Well, it's the same old script, isn't it? What were you doing in David Barrett's apartment? Dressed as if you had just stepped off the boat? That's my business.
Not when you're walking on my beat.
So now we are enemies.
When once, you were my only friend in this country.
Let's save the sweet talk for the next sucker that comes along, shall we? Just tell me what Kam Chong is up to.
I don't know.
Well, do you know that he tried to kill me? I only found out after it happened.
Kam Chong does not confide all his plans to me.
I am only one of many employees.
An employee? You'll use anyone, won't you, to get what you want, no matter what side of the law they're on? First me, and then Kam Chong.
You both received the agreed upon services in return.
Services? I help Kam Chong and he helps me.
Oh.
And how are you going to help Kam Chong tonight? Don't walk away from me.
You did.
Yes, I did walk away.
When I could see that all you wanted was help for your sisters.
Tam I was never concerned with what people said or thought about you and me.
Until I wanted to get married.
Then it mattered that I wasn't a blonde, blue-eyed, all-American girl.
Suddenly I wasn't good enough.
The only reason you wanted to marry me was to help your sisters get to this country.
You were using me.
(SIGHS) But let's not worry about that.
I was I was using you.
Yes, yes, I went along with it, but I never really believed that you loved me.
Loved you? How could I love you? You're old and ugly.
Every time you touched me, I wanted to die.
(GASPS) Tam, I'm I'm sorry.
I am so sorry.
(EXCLAIMS) Kam Chong sent you to do this? He has my sister, Tai.
I love her.
And I love you.
I cannot help you unless I know what's going on.
What is Kam Chong after? Gold.
A million dollars worth of gold.
How is Barrett connected to all this? The gold is in his apartment.
(MEN SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) Now wait a minute.
Now wait a minute.
What's this all about? Did you have any partners besides Keeler? Keeler? Keeler's not my partner.
(GIVING ORDERS IN CANTONESE) Who else knows about the gold? What gold? WILLIAM: Things could get very hot for you, Mr.
Barrett.
Were you and Keeler bringing in anyone else on the deal? I've already told you, I don't know anything about a deal.
Now, what is this all about? (WILLIAM GIVING ORDERS IN CANTONESE) (GROANING) (DAVID SCREAMING) Call me when you think he's had enough.
(GROANING) (SPEAKS CANTONESE) (SCREAMING) How long do you think this is gonna take? After so many years of planning and waiting, a few more minutes are meaningless.
(GROWLING) (ROARS) (GRUNTS) (SPEAKING CANTONESE) (ROARS) (BANGING ON DOOR) OFFICER: It's the police.
KEELER: David, come on, open up.
David! (DOORKNOB RATTLING) (GUN FIRES) No.
(ROARS) My beautiful gold! (POLICE SIRENS WAILING) (PEOPLE SCREAMING) KEELER: Kam Chong's on his way to 20 years, for smuggling and extortion.
And Kam Chong's tub is on its way back to China.
You know, that gold tub is a lot like many of these people.
Refugees.
No home, no country.
(SIGHS) You can spot them every time.
Which way's your bus headed? South.
I really have to get going, too.
It's not even noon yet.
It stopped again.
Put a perfectly good wrist watch on my arm and right away Kaput.
But my luck's changed with the ladies.
Maybe I should chance buying a new watch.
I've been thinking about one of those digitals.
It's battery operated with a calendar Oh, yeah.
stop watch, little computer.
Some of them even come with a tiny little alarm clock inside.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, David.
And I hope you find your safe place.
Your refuge.
Thank you.
(GROANS)