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This is the, uh, Tradewind.

Whiskey, Yankee, Mike, 545A.

Calling Coast Guard, King
Harbor. Mayday, mayday.

We're being boarded
by an armed party.

Ten people, men and women.

Fighting, gunshots.
Mayday, mayday.

Oh, no!

What the hell is this?

Well, Max,

that, unfortunately, is
your wife and Arnold Zale.

He runs Zale's
Sporting Goods Store.

They're living in his house
together at Palisades.

Is this what you found out?

You guys, you are
private detecting.

You bring back these pictures.

Well, I know that's
not what you hoped for.

I'm paying you to find out where
she is, not bring back that stuff.

Look, not to be
argumentative, Max,

but we haven't been paid
yet, except for the retainer.

And we've been working
on this for two weeks now.

That should teach you
guys to pry into people's lives.

Pry into people's lives?

Max, you hired us to find
your wife. We found her.

You bring back disgusting,
disgusting pictures.

You said you wanted
to know where she was.

And we took those pictures,
Max, to verify that we found her.

Teach you guys a lesson.

You're up, man.
I did the last two.

Oh, come on. Look. You
better watch. You better watch.

Max, look, Max.

Ow! Max. Oh,
come on, Max, not...

Maxie! Max, I know you're upset

but this is a very
confidential service.

We're not gonna tell anybody.

Stop dancin' and
hit him, will you?

Now, look, Max...

You okay, man?

Oh, yeah, great.

Look, Max, we'll send
you the bill later, all right?

So this is the gig, huh?

I let you talk me into this
crazy Hardy Boys duo.

We've been detectives
for two weeks,

we solve our first case

and our clients
are swingin' on us.

I don't like this profession.

Look at him, Nick.

He only attacked us
'cause he was so mad,

so distressed, that he had
to strike out at somebody.

We were just what was handy.

Tomorrow he'll apologize.
He'll pay us what he owes us.

Poor guy.

His heart is broken, that's all.

No, I think it was his
hand that got broken.

It's my nose that's broken,
Nick, and that makes us even.

Ten years of friendship,
six busted noses apiece.

Let me see that.

Oh, come on, it's not even
a decent hairline fracture.

Hairline fractures don't count.

Come on, sure they do.

No, they don't. They never did.

You're not gonna
buy this? No, I don't.

I'm still ahead six to five,

so you're still on
the point, buddy.

It gotta be a clean break.

I don't know. Two weeks
as being private eyes...

I think we ought to start thinkin'
about goin' back to our old jobs.

Old jobs? What old jobs?

You call flyin' that junk
chopper of yours a job?

Talking poor,
unsuspecting tourists

into flying around the
harbor in that thing?

It's a crash monster.
A coffin with wings...

Hey, it's a good,
clean ship, Cody.

I don't wanna hear you
puttin' down my chopper.

Come on, that thing
barfs out more white smoke

than the rubber
factory over in Torrance.

My old job? What a joke.

Contract fishing trips, water
ski rides. We were starving.

And we're still starvin'. Only you're
starving now with a swollen nose.

Broken.

Give it a chance, man, will you?

We were good at this stuff
while we were in the MPs.

We just gotta get back
in the flow, that's all.

Sandy, get on that gib.

Tammy, get on those
weather backstays.

Come on, girls, let's
trim this sucker up!

Got you. Maybe later, Sherm.

Gotta trim the
weather backstays.

Hey, now, Mr. Kline.

Pawing the crew, that's
not part of the charter.

Well, it sure ought to be.

Skipper, we've got a small boat,
three points off the starboard bow.

Ready to come
about. Helms a-lee.

Man the gib and
force the halyards!

Mama Jo, she's unconscious.

I'm sorry, guys, looks like we're
headin' back to King Harbor.

Okay, okay, okay. Get her in.

Come on, come on,
let's put her out here.

There you go. There you go.

Easy does it, easy does it.

It's okay. You'll be fine.
You're gonna be fine.

Man the halyards. We're
headin' back to Pier 56.

What's the power on these
things, Cody? About 10 by 50.

They should put me right
on the deck over there.

I can barely make her out.

Hey, you, get off my boat.

Come on, move it. Move it.

Off the boat. Go, go.

You know, we gotta
get somethin' goin', Nick.

I'm turnin' 30. You
know, the big 3-0.

Yeah, yeah. The
guy from the bank

looked at me like
I'm a dog's dinner.

What we need is an edge

if we're gonna compete with
those high-tech security companies.

How're we gonna compete,
Cody? We got no money.

I thought maybe we
can take on a partner.

Who you got in mind? I hope
it's one of the Rockefellers.

I thought we'd go
up to Santa Barbara,

see if The Boz
wants in on the deal.

Murray Bozinsky?

What makes you
think Murray Bozinsky's

gonna wanna come
in on anythin' with us?

He owes us. For what, Cody?

We got him his first
woman, big deal.

What, is it a lifetime
debt or something?

Hey, hey, give
me the binoculars.

What do you got? What is it?

The Contessa's coming back.

Look at them runnin'
around on the deck.

Will you look at 'em?

Way to go, pal. Old
skunk on her returns.

You know, Nick,
life is real funny.

There must be forces at work
that we can't even begin to fathom.

Like what?

Well, take all those girls
on the Contessa there.

Now every one of them
is a stone fox, right?

Right.

And every one of them
has a name like Tammy

or Debbie or Sharise or Brandy.

Now think about it? Yeah.

How did their parents know
to name them names like that?

I don't know. I mean,
where are the Margarets?

The... The Gretchens, the
Gertrudes, you see what I mean?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

There's a greater plan, my
friend, than any of us suspects.

I hope that plan doesn't
include this pelican.

Either of you guys know any of
the crew from the sloop Tradewind?

No, she's only been
in about two months.

Why, what's up?

She went down, engine explosion.

Somewhere off
the Channel Islands.

I picked up a girl. She
was the sole survivor.

I've radioed Coast Guard.
They're on their way.

Hey, since you guys quit
playing beach volleyball

and became detectives,

maybe you could get yourselves
a job trying to find that boat.

Why don't you get on over to the
Surf Hotel where she was chartered.

Talk to Mr. Dillon.

Well, Mama Jo, we're not just
detectives, we're also security analysts.

And in that capacity

I'd be delighted to come
aboard, question your crew,

and work out a security
estimate for you no charge.

You touch one of those girls,
you're gonna find the imprint of my fist

right in the middle
of your forehead.

If I were you
guys, I'd hop to it.

Come on, Nick. Maybe we
can still turn this into a good day.

Yeah.

Hey, thanks for the great time.

Great.

Oh, what a ride that was, huh?

You boys have a
good day? Ah, terrific.

Good, good.

How's the fishing? Terrific.

I'll like to get my
hands on that crew.

Did you see the loopy grins
on those guys back there?

Tell me they ain't
havin' it, Cody.

Tell me that once that boat gets
into open water those girls don't party.

Mama Jo says no.

Then how come every
guy that gets off that boat

has a smile that looks
like a grill of a '55 Mercury.

'Cause they're
seasick, you jerk.

Oh, I'd love that.

Hate to think we'd been
getting conned all these months.

You know, I was readin'
that Murray Bozinsky

lost a lot of his
money on investments.

There was this whole article
on him in Fortune magazine.

Apparently he made $20 million in
one year designing computer games

and he lost it all in three
months on Wall Street.

Just the kind of guy we need to
pull the weeds out of your checkbook.

I think we ought to do whatever we
can to make a few bucks, you know.

The rent's due.

I'm gonna work the hotels,

see if I can do some tourist
business to carry us over.

Here we are.

Good luck. I'll be out by the
pool selling helicopter rides.

So anyway, Mr. Dillon,

I know the hotel bought the
Tradewind for charter a few months back.

I figure Nick and I could run
out there and see if anything's left.

Now, $200 an hour plus expenses

buys you my boat
and Nick's chopper...

Nick? Nick wouldn't be that gibrone
who hangs out around my hotel pool

with the tourist
information T-shirt?

He wouldn't be the guy that flies
that pink joke around the harbor?

He wouldn't be the guy that
keeps hitting on my waitresses

out of the deck restaurant?

I admire ingenuity,
don't you, Mr. Dillon?

Even if it's deceitful. No.

No.

Well, I'll tell you
what, sir, you hire us,

and I'll keep that
guy out of your hotel.

You just made yourself
a deal, sonny. Thank you.

You better clear
with the cops first.

The cops? Yeah.

There was a radio transmission from the
Tradewind, something about a hijacking.

The harbor patrol has the tape.

You still wanna mess with this,

talk to Dex Dexter
over at the boatyard.

He's got the specs
on the Tradewind,

the inventory on
what was aboard.

Okay, thanks. Hey, hey...

And take Mr. I-got-a-deal with
you when you leave, will you?

Oh, you don't have
to worry about him, sir.

I... I got some new
collars and leashes for him.

I'll... I'll keep him out
of your hair. I promise.

There will be no
problem. No problem at all.

Excuse me.

Oh, you're excused.
How can I help you?

My girlfriend and I were
looking for a charter boat

to do some water-skiin'.
Do you know one?

Well, there's no doubt that Nick
Ryder has the best package on the pier.

You see he starts with a
dawn flight around the harbor

in his beautifully
appointed helicopter.

And then he takes you to
a tropical island paradise

where one of Nick's
friendly associates,

Mr. Allen, is waiting
with a jet ski boat

for a morning of
fun and water-skiing.

That's followed by lunch, of course
provided by Mr. Ryder's dream day kitchen.

Sounds fantastic.

And all this is for
$200 a person.

Could we go tomorrow?

Me and my girlfriend.
Yes, sure, sure.

Here's my girlfriend.

Hi. Hi.

Uh, you be at this
address at 6:00 a.m.

And, uh, may I have
your names, please?

I am Chrystal White and
this is Mildred Stubowitz.

Chrystal and Mildred.

Here's what was onboard.

That Tradewind was
a lot of boat, Cody.

She's only been around
a month or so, right?

Yeah. I had her up on the
waves a couple of times.

Did some refinishing
work on her.

Wood hull, teak decks,
you know. Uh-huh.

Nice little sloop, slept 10.

Boy, uh, it's too
bad everybody died.

Well, Mama Jo found a girl.

She was the only
survivor, though.

Yeah?

Hey, you guys made any
headway with that crew of hers, yet?

Yeah, I'm doin' all right. Nick's
been strikin' out real bad, though.

What do you think
happened to the Tradewind?

Oh, probably smugglers who
needed a boat, took the Tradewind.

Yeah, that could be. That's
been happenin' a lot lately.

They come over the side,
they kill everybody onboard,

and then they use the boat to
smuggle junk in from Mexico.

Yeah. Yeah, I bet
that girl was lyin'.

Probably left behind so she could
tell the story about the engine blowin',

so the cops wouldn't
investigate them.

Maybe. I don't know.

Ah, we're still gonna
look for her, anyway.

Hang in there, I'll
see you around.

Mayday, mayday.

We're being boarded
by an armed party.

Ten people, men and women.

Fighting, gunshots.
Mayday, mayday.

You know what I
think, Miss Hall?

I think you are an ice-cold liar

who's got the blood of
six people on your hands.

You know what else I think?

I also think you
work with hijackers

to steal boats, to smuggle dope.

You can't prove that,
Ted, and you know it.

I don't know any
such thing, Mama Jo.

And I am gonna prove it.

The Coast Guard's
out there right now

flying grids over those islands.

And if they don't come up
with something pretty soon,

my case is only
gonna get stronger.

Aw, come on, baby, you
can turn off the waterworks.

It's good theater. It
just won't play with me.

I've seen too many shows.

By the way, don't
leave King Harbor.

Well, well, well, if it
ain't the Gold Dust Twins.

You know, I just want
you guys to know,

ever since you
become private eyes,

my whole department
is sleeping like babies.

Especially with the knowledge

that perpetrators
cannot prosper.

How you doin', Lieutenant?

Dillon over at the hotel says
you've been asking about Tradewind.

Tradewind is police business,

and I want you to
stay out of my way.

If you don't,

I'm gonna rip both of
you up out of the ground

and saw you to pieces.

No.

Grid pattern. November
X-ray niner, completed, Skipper.

Negative contact. That
girl is either dreamin' or lyin'.

Roger. We have
negative contact, 4002.

You got anything? Over.

Search complete,
negative results.

Returning to home base. Out.

Look, fellows, all I want
you to do is to talk to her.

I've got good
instincts about people.

And my guts tell
me to trust this girl.

All I want you to
do is to talk to her.

Okay, we'll talk to her.

Hey, Sharise, send her on up.

Hi, I'm Cody Allen.

This is my sidekick, Nick Ryder.

I do his laundry,
sew on his buttons

and cook his eggs in the
morning. How you doin'?

That's true, he does.

I'm Kimba Hall.

Kimba.

Yep.

Of course you are.

Guess I'm in some trouble.

I need help.

No guessin' about that,
honey. You need a lot of help.

Unless these two
can find that boat

and prove it blew
up like you said,

it's a good chance
you're gonna end up in jail.

I didn't have anything
to do with any killings.

Look, Kimba,

it's gonna be kind of hard
to find that boat, you know.

There are lot of islands.

I got the latitude and
longitude where I picked her up.

The outboard was one
and a half horsepower

and the gas tank was empty.

She'd been
floatin' for two days.

We could work out the
drift on the pilot chart.

Or we could figure the
mileage she could've gone

before she ran out
of gas, you know.

Draw a radius and narrow
it down to those islands.

There you go.

Will you guys help me?

Please.

I don't have anybody here.

Well, the sidekick is in.
How about you, big guy?

We'll do the best we can.

Thanks.

Hey, fellas, thanks a lot.

Hell, she really needs
a friend right now.

Thanks.

Oh, you're welcome. That's okay.

Goodbye.

Goodbye!

Yeah, right.
Let's... Okay. Yeah.

Bye.

Well, aren't we a couple of
shining knights on donkeys?

You know, we could be getting in
deep trouble with Lieutenant Quinlan.

Cody, Quinlan's an airbag. If he
gets in the way, I'll drop him for you.

How come that doesn't
make me feel any better?

Hey, Nick. What?

Since, uh, Kimba's gonna
be with us for a while,

how about we make her
neutral territory, you know?

Just until we find out what's
goin' on and get the sloop out.

That way we won't be slippin'
poison in each other's coffee.

Good idea. Yeah.

Yeah, so?

She went aboard a
schooner down there.

She's talking with those
two guys from the Riptide.

I wanna have a talk
with this little twist.

You take her for me, okay?
Take her out to the ranch.

Now, Tyler, I don't have to tell
you what's at stake here, do I?

No, sir. No, you don't.

Okay. You just
do it clean, okay?

If Mama Jo catches
us, she'll kill us.

Well, who said she's
gonna catch us?

Cody, Nick, it's Tammy.

Leave me alone, let me go.

Oh, no! Leave me
alone, let me go!

Who's that? I don't know.

It sounded like it's
comin' from the Contessa.

Let her go.

No, leave me alone!

Mama Jo, help me!
Leave me alone.

Where's your shark rifle?

I don't know. It's down
there somewhere.

I don't know where it is. Oh, it's
up here, it's up there. Come on.

Come on.

Leave me alone! Let me go!

Come on.

Uncovered.

Leave me alone.

Look out! Get down!

Coming through.

What about the girl?

Forget her.

You all right?

I'm fine.

Come on, let's get out of here.

We look like the underwear
section of Spiegel catalogue.

You never saw either of
those guys before, right?

No. No, I didn't.

Must've been something
pretty valuable in that boat.

Yeah, and somebody
wants it real bad.

Look, Nick, if the boat
went down like Kimba said,

I think it's gonna be in
fairly deep water, you know.

It's gonna be
pretty hard to find.

Well, you were talking about The
Boz. Maybe we should look him up.

I mean, he could rig up one
of those infrared giga-things

that searches the ocean bottom

and cleans our shorts
at the same time.

We could fly down in
the morning and ask him.

I'd really rather not
fly in that helicopter.

Why? What's wrong
with the helicopter?

What do you mean
what's wrong with...

So what's the plan?

Well, first of all, I think that
Kimba ought to stay right here.

Uh-huh?

Oh, come on now, Mama Jo.
Do you think that after a shootout

Cody or I would take
advantage of this girl?

Go ahead, Kimba, try
and get yourself some rest.

You don't even know me and
you're risking your lives to help me.

Guys?

Huh? What?

Yeah, we'll go check on
The Boz in the morning.

The Boz?

Is that that Murray
Bozinsky guy?

The one who's on all the magazine
covers, the computer genius?

Yeah, we got him drunk and arrested
eight years ago in New Orleans.

A debt he has yet to repay.

Fellows, your forward
ballard is beginning to tarnish.

A little polish would
bring that back.

Glad she told us.

Cody, are we being suckers?

I don't know, buddy.

I really don't know.

What's a ballard?

Is that the helicopter?

Chrystal Taylor,
Mildred Stubowitz,

may I present Mr. Ryder's
sidekick, Cody Allen.

Mr. Ryder will be
unable to fly you today

because Prince Bin al-Faham
and his family have signed up

for the Nick Ryder
Golden Harvest package.

However, this
beautiful pink helicopter,

which is the Nick Ryder backup,

will be available
tomorrow morning.

I'd be more than happy
to fly you personally.

I'm not getting in
that thing. No way.

Forget it!

Call me.

Okay.

I think I could've talked these
two girls into making the switch.

They're very nice girls, Cody.

Yeah. Yours should
lose a little weight, though.

Clear!

God. This thing is even
worse than I remember.

Shall we hold hands
for the Pilot's Prayer?

Let's just risk it this time.

Who would ever think
that Murray Bozinsky

would become a cult phenomenon?

You know, in the army he was
always so, uh, awkward, you know.

Watch the road.

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

He actually hit somebody
with his thumb inside of his fist.

He actually wore a slide rule in a
holster on his belt, you remember?

Yeah. Yeah, now he's got
everything. Money, prestige.

He's got people in circles
around him, calling his name.

Mr. Bozinsky, come out.

We have the building surrounded.

Come out and you won't be hurt.

Don't do anything foolish.

Come out! No
one's gonna get hurt.

Mr. Bozinsky, come out!

Come on, Murray's not up there.

All right, I want
everybody to know

that I am breaking
up all the prototypes

for Bozer and the Brickbats.

What's he talkin' about?

I will not have my
video art distorted!

I will not stand by while
Dyna-Games markets my products

compromising the
integrity of my circuitry!

The Bozer is a dog!

Is he nuts?

He is not being
chased by the pindots.

The Brickbats are blockers.

You've changed everything.

We made a few minor marketing
changes and he goes loony.

It's a replay of the
army eight years ago.

Only now, it's
something with pindots

called The Bozer
and the Brickbats.

Hey, what you wanna bet,
he cracked that guy over there

with the icepack and
the monogram tie?

Should we pull him
out of this mess?

Well, I could land
Mimi on the roof,

and we could go down
through the fire door.

Let's go. Okay.

Hey!

All right, you know
what I'm gonna do now?

I'm gonna break up my lab.

Now, I built this stuff
and I can destroy it.

Please note, I am only bringing
with me that which I brought, uh,

with me.

Go!

Let's go, guys. This
geek's goin' to jail.

Who's that?

Somebody call Air One.
Tell 'em to get over here.

I built this stuff
and I can destroy it.

He jammed the elevators.
We'll use the stairs.

We'll cover floors
10 through 12.

Let's go.

Hey, Boz?

Hey, Boz, it's Nick and Cody!

Nick, Cody, is that you? - Yeah!

Hey, guys, it's you! Hey, Boz!

Oh, it's great to
see you. It's really...

Come on in. Come on in.

I wish you'd called. I could've
got some beer or something.

You're still packing
that plastic paddle, I see.

Oh, yeah, my...

Boz, we got a helicopter
on the roof. Come on.

Oh, that's good. Wait a
minute. Wait a minute.

You mean... You mean
you're here to rescue me?

- Yeah.

You're here to...
That's wonderful.

That's really wonderful.
This is like a dream.

How do I ever repay
you? Murray, Murray.

Murray, we can have the
awards dinner later, okay?

Yeah, okay. We're good to go.

I'm gonna get away.

Wait a minute! My
boxes. My boxes.

This stuff is mine.

It's worth a fortune. I
got to take it with me.

What?

My database management
computers, my microchips,

my experimental
package-switching system.

All my infrared control modules,

and especially my artificial
intelligence conversion console.

No kidding, you
got one of those?

I always wanted one of those.

I can't leave without it.

Come on, let's get
this stuff out of here.

Let's talk about it later.

Very fragile. Very fragile.

Come on, we got it. We
gonna make it. Oh, no, no.

Wait a minute. Oh, hang on.
Hey, don't leave without me.

Hey, wait!

Stop! This is wonderful.

This.

No, no, no. No. That
stays. That belongs here.

That goes. That goes
right here. Right here.

The boxes? Uh-huh.

Okay. Be careful, they're heavy.

Okay, what else?

Right down there. Yeah.

Keep checking.
Check all the doors.

Hey, where's Murray?
What's he doing?

I don't know. He's getting
something called The Roboz.

Oh, you're kidding.

Find your own building,
pal. We were here first.

Hey, come on, Murray, let's
go. Time to go. Give me that.

Hold it! Stay where you are.

Okay.

Stand where you
are. Do not take off.

You are all under arrest!

Okay, Nick. Go!

And maybe this time we
shouldn't skip the Pilot's Prayer.

Please, Lord, bless this helicopter,
especially the pistons, amen.

How are we gonna
get out of here?

Ryder's law.

What's Ryder's law?

People generally get
out of the way of crazies.

That was great, Nick. Now
all we got to do is ditch 'em.

Well, this pink relic
made it into overhaul.

It may not be as
fast as that one,

it sure as hell ain't as pretty,

but it's got one thing that's
gonna put us in real good shape.

What's that? It's got
a 2,000 mile range.

Oh, this is wonderful.
This is exciting.

We're getting away, aren't we?

I mean, we're gonna get away.

Yeah, if the
pistons don't crack.

Murray, what happened
to your hand? Huh?

Oh, Murray, you did
it again, didn't you?

You hit somebody
with your thumb inside.

Well, that's how I
make a fist, Cody.

It's not a good way, Murray.

Well, I...

Hey, Murray, that ring is
changing colors. What is that?

Oh, oh, that's a
bio-feedback ring. Yeah?

It's a micro-computer
that measures

the electrical ion sensitivity
of the skin surface.

Uh, if you're happy,
it glows orange.

If you're angry, it glows black.

If you lie, it glows red.

If you tell the truth, it's
green. You know, like that.

You mean that
thing is a lie detector?

It also registers your
moods, you know.

It's just for fun, though.

Murray, you said when
it's... when it's red, you're lyin',

and when it's green,
you're telling the truth?

Yeah, if you're calm, it's blue,

and if you're orange,
you're very happy.

Murray, Murray!
Can I borrow that?

I got an idea.

Yeah, sure. I got another
one. Keep it. Keep it.

Great. Who's your
little buddy, here?

Oh, that! That is The Roboz.

Yeah, he is really great.

He's a prototype robot that
I'm working on, that I'm building.

No kidding. Nice
to meet you, Roboz.

Oh, sure glad we didn't
forget these little guys.

Oh, yeah, well,
you see, that's it.

I'm working on 360 degree
vision for The Roboz.

Now, houseflies,
o-ordinary houseflies,

have the best vision of
any creature on earth.

Now, I'm studying
them. Trying to adapt

The Roboz's visual light sensors

to 360 degree module mode
instead of using, you know,

straight optical
directing binary vision.

Hey, Nick, do you hear that?

The Roboz is gonna get
brand new 360 degree vision.

Looks like those guys are
starting to worry about their fuel.

Okay, wise guys, we
got your N-Number.

You're going to be arrested,

and you're going to
lose your pilot's license.

Police are gone. Let's
head back to King's Harbor.

♪

Hey, look. Yeah?

Kimba?

What's this?

Why, it's just a little
present from us.

A little something to
brighten up your day. Yeah.

How nice of you guys.

That's okay.

It's turning orange.

It's, uh... It's just a trinket.

A friend of mine makes them.

It's beautiful.

Well...

Kimba, could you run
through your story again?

There's gotta be something
you saw or heard that can help us.

Well, I went aboard
the Tradewind,

and I got a job cooking
and helping with the boat.

You said the Tradewind
sailed out at dawn. What then?

Well, about three miles out,

there was a boat that
was adrift with a man in it.

He was having engine
trouble, so we took him aboard.

What was his name?

Dale Cobb.

He was very nice.

He wanted us to give
him a tow to King's Harbor,

but the Skipper said he couldn't
turn back because it was a charter.

Said he would tow him to Prisoner's
Cove where there was a boatyard.

Then we moored
in a small lagoon,

and the rest you already know.

And I was snorkeling
along the reef,

and that's when she blew up.

Kimba, Lieutenant
Quinlan said that he thought

you might've been
part of a piracy deal,

or a drug runner,
something like that.

It's not true, is it?

I thought you guys believed me.

Look, Kimba,
just for the record,

we're hanging out
a mile on this deal

and we've been
warned off by the cops.

We just want to
hear it from you.

I had nothing to
do with any piracy.

And I had nothing
to do with drugs.

I believe you. You, Nick?

Yeah.

W-What is that, Boz? It bit me.

Hi, guys. Come on in.

Well, you got a neat boat here.

I... I've got most of
my stuff already set up.

Boz, what is this?

Uh, it's a tacky pad.

Murray, what's a tacky pad?

Well, you step on it when you enter
a room full of computer equipment,

and it atomizes the
dust, you know, sand, dirt.

Whatever's in the air that might
mess up the computer works.

What have you done
to the state room?

It looks like the Bridge
of the Enterprise.

Come on in, I'm
almost all hooked up.

Now you sure that won't hurt me?

No, no, no. Of course
not. It's just for the dust.

Come on, come on.

Doesn't even hurt.

Well, told you. It's
all negative ions.

Well, like a Van de Graaf
generator. They don't hurt, right?

So, what do you
think, huh, guys?

It's great, Murray. It's great.

Murray, what's with
The Roboz, there?

He seems kind of shifty.

He's got no direction, Murray.

Yeah, look at that. When we
talk, he moves. Why is that?

You know, that's good question.

I... I'm really not sure.

I... I think it's because of
something here on the boat.

What do you mean,
something here on the boat?

Technically speaking, The Roboz is
a complicated transmitter and receiver

that converts
electrical impulses

and visual stimuli into
computer mode optics,

and therefore, he'll respond

to any transmitting high frequency
stimulus in a direct-response mode.

Do-da-do-da-day.

Fellows, can I see you
outside for a minute, please?

Oh, yeah. Sure, sure.

You know, I've been thinking,

this is really gonna be great.

Hey, can I show
you guys something?

What? Come on.

You're not gonna believe this.

Did you guys know that there
are beautiful girls on that boat?

You mean, that boat? Oh,
really? On that boat over there?

Gee, girls? No kidding.
Didn't know that.

Really. Right
there. On that boat.

Oh, they're very nice.
I invited them over.

You know, they...
they love The Roboz.

Oh, listen, I put in a good
word for you guys, too.

I gave them the old hard sell.

Told them about how we beat
up those cops in New Orleans.

Oh, I... I also told them
about your contest, you know,

on who has the most broken noses

from your days of picking
up the bad guys in the MPs.

So, who's ahead now? Huh?

Look, Murray...
How do I put this?

Um, look, it's really
gonna be a lot better

if you let us do our own
talking with these girls, you see,

because that boat there
is kind of a project of ours.

And it requires
very careful strategy.

You see? And it's not without
a certain element of danger.

And the skipper has to be dealt
with very carefully, you understand?

Oh. Oh, yeah.

Murray, can we... can
we... Murray, hello?

Murray, can we talk about
The Roboz for a minute,

about him moving when we talk?

Oh, I... I thought
I'd explained that.

Yeah, but I didn't
quite understand it.

You said something
is transmitting

and he's picking
up transmissions?

Well, there's a
transmitter aboard.

Just turn off the
voice-activated transmitter,

and he won't walk when we talk.

I would've looked
for it, really, guys.

It's just I haven't
had a chance.

A bug? A what?

A bug. A voice-activated bug?
Somebody put a bug aboard?

You think Lieutenant
Quinlan put a bug on us?

Why? I mean, he'd have to
get a court order to do that.

We haven't done anything.

I mean, I don't think he
could get a court to do that.

Well, who then? I don't know.

Probably those
guys we're chasing.

You know something.
I'd like to find out

who's listening in
on that microphone.

You would? Because
that's very easy.

It is?

Oh, yeah. It's the
simplest thing in the world.

It is simply a matter of having
The Roboz find the bug, you know.

And we do that by interfacing
with the sound-sensor module.

He'll walk right to it.

And then all we have to do is simply
attach a high-frequency homing meter

to his receiving module and
we can just follow the needle

to the receiver
on the other end.

The Roboz can do all that? Hey.

See, I like that robot. I told
you that from the beginning.

That makes that tacky pad
and all that other stuff worthwhile.

You know something, I'm starting
to see endless uses for this little guy.

Now, once The Roboz
gets his flies eyes in, right,

we'll have him
running errands for us,

going to the market,
picking up chicks,

bringing 'em back
here for pina coladas

and sheet-wrestling
tournaments. Do you understand?

Sheets?

Boz, why don't we find the bug

and then we can start by
tracing the signal, okay?

Oh, yeah. Sure, sure.

Look, Murray, we just can't have
people bugging our boat, right?

I mean, we have our rights.
It's a free country, right?

Oh, yeah, yeah.
You bet. Yeah, sure.

Okay. All right.

Murray, no, no. This way.

Oh.

Like this. Yeah.

Hi, Murray!

Hi, good-looking.

We gonna see you later?

See you later, alligator.

Bye, Murray.

Okay, you can talk. Talk.

What? Talk.

Oh.

So, how is everything
in the office, dear?

Well, I'm not at all sure I'm
gonna get along with Mr. Tildon.

You know he takes such
terrible advantage of me.

Really? Yeah.

Can't take him anywhere.

You know what? You guys are
just so much fun to be around.

Yeah. I am really
gonna enjoy living here.

Living here?

Well, yeah. You know, I... I
thought I could put a cot down there

with my equipment, you know?

Well, Murray,
actually it was, uh,

sort of temporary, really.

Don't you guys want me here?

Well... You know, I thought
we could have adventures.

You know, like we
had in the war lanes.

Oh!

Hey, Boz. Boz.

Have you got everything
you need here?

Make sure you turn on the radio.

Right.

Okay. Here are
the power hookups.

Just attach 'em to
the battery, okay?

Sure. Don't touch it.

Battery? Hey, Nick, where's
the battery on this piece of junk?

Used to be in the rear.

Panels under the tail section.

Hey, what's going on back there?

Oh, Murray, this is
terrific. I love this, Murray.

647 megahertz. That's
the receiving frequency.

Yeah? We got the
receiving frequency?

No kiddin'?

Oh, we're cookin' back here.

Now, what's going on down there?

The Roboz is homed in
on direct link modular feed.

The Roboz is homed
in? Way to be Roboz.

Uh, uh, uh, Nick.

You want to fly a little
bit more towards the east.

Yeah. That's good. That's
good. Yeah. Keep on that heading.

What's going on down there?

Murray, this terrific.

I'll bet even Burns Security
didn't have stuff like this.

Are you kidding? Of course not.

The Roboz is on the leading
edge of computer technology.

He does math problems.

He deduces things logically
from separate hypotheses.

He... He even DEBE's.

DEBE's?

DEBE's. What does that
stand for, Murray? What's that?

It stands for "Does
everything but eat."

That's a...

That's a computer joke,
and pretty funny, huh?

That's funny, isn't it?

What's going on down there?

Oh, wait. Wait.

Wait. We're right
on top of it. Yeah.

Yeah. We've got it.

Whoever lives down there,

is the guy who's
buggin' our boat.

Down here, Nick.

100 acres southeast
of King Harbor.

Who do we know that owns
100-acre estate on the California coast?

Mike Santana.

Who is Mike Santana?

Mike Santana is the biggest
crime czar in California.

Thanks but no thanks, guys.
We're getting out of here.

Damn, I'm losing
power. You're kidding.

No. I'm not. Generator's
out. The batteries are down.

Murray, how much juice is
that stuff pulling back there?

I don't know. About 2,000 watts.

Oh, now he tells me.

Here she goes.

Look, I'm gonna
have to autogyro down.

You guys be strapped in and
start working on a story for Santana.

Everybody okay? BOZ: Huh?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Great. Yeah. Just fine.

Tough little bugger, isn't he?

Good afternoon, gentlemen.
You sure get around don't you?

We try. Okay.

Keep your hands up
and move out real slow.

And don't say anything
until Mr. Santana gets here.

These are the guys I was
telling you about, Mr. Santana.

I don't know how they
found us, but they did.

Oh, we found you
because you were using

a pathetically outdated
transmitting device.

That stuff is the
best on the market.

Ha! Murray, let's
not stir the waters.

The best on the market?
You can't be serious.

Now, the Microspace
Corporation puts out

a D66 minichip
computerized transmitter

that broadcasts on changing
frequency. You can't follow it.

And that is state
of the art, obviously.

Your men know nothing about
hi-tech electronics. Nothing.

Obviously. We could
get you brochures.

You guys are interested
in finding the Tradewind.

Let's start with that.

And please don't take
this the wrong way,

but we're not really interested

in getting involved in
any drug smuggling.

I got a strong interest
in the Tradewind.

I like to know who is
messing with my business.

Oh, Mr. Santana, we're not
trying to mess in your business.

Now, listen. We're not gonna
let this crook push us around.

Now, this is a free country, and
we can do whatever we want. Right?

Mr. Santana, don't worry.

We know it's not a free
country. We'll just get lost, okay?

Maybe I don't want
you boys to get lost.

You see, I gotta find this boat.

Now, for reasons of my
own, which I will not go into,

it would be better if I
did not do this myself.

I'm being watched.

Maybe we can
work out a deal, huh?

Well, sir, we're kind
of busy right now.

I mean, we kind of take our work

on a first come first served
basis. Maybe sometime early...

June. June. We could
maybe squeeze you in.

Hey, wait a minute. Why
don't you just tell this guy

that we don't work for crooks?

This is not a
hard and fast rule.

This is my proposal. What?

You guys locate the Tradewind.

I'll pay you, what, $5,000.

You bring the boat to me

in one of these little deserted
islands in the Channel,

let me work on it for a day
and give you the boat back.

You can do what
you want with it.

If you do not accept
this generous offer,

I'll put you on this helicopter
and blow the gas tank.

A tragic little air accident.
We'll get your boat up for you.

But what we need now is a
generator and some jumper cables,

and we'll get this thing off
your little tea set here, okay?

Get Shelly's VW up here.

Move it.

I've never seen you
guys back down before.

To say at the least,
I'm very disappointed.

Well, it disappoints
me, too, Murray,

but look on the bright side.

At least we're not being
fitted for lead swimsuits.

Maybe Boz is right. You
know, we can't work for that slug.

Not to mention
the morality of it,

we're getting
involved in a drug deal.

Oh, so you lied, right?

I feel a whole lot better.

I mean, we're gonna
double cross him, right?

Take 'em on like in
the old days, huh?

Look, Murray, life
is not like computers.

It's not an absolute science.

Well, all I know is, I'm
gonna sleep a whole lot better

knowing we're not
working for those crooks.

Good night.

We're gonna tuck you in.

He's gonna sleep a lot
better. Isn't that great?

Yeah. You know, I'd
forgotten how impulsive Boz is.

I mean, how, uh,

intractable. How... Geeky.

That's it.

But you gotta admit,
The Roboz is a find.

I can hardly wait till
he gets his flies eyes in.

See you later.

Okay, Murray, we're gonna
see if Kimba can find the island.

Cody will pick
you up at Pier 56.

This is your helicopter?
You like it, huh?

I'll see you guys out
there, okay? Yeah.

Okay.

There's a little
ritual I'd like to do.

It's, uh, sort of a good luck thing
from my combat duty in Nam.

What is it? I say
the Pilot's Prayer.

Here, give me your hand.

And put your head down.

Bless this aircraft.

Make it fly straight and true
through the perils of our journey.

Amen.

That was nice.

You're very
sensitive, aren't you?

Well, the truth be
known. Yeah, I am.

Tell me about Cody.

He's, uh...

Well, I think he's doing much
better. We almost lost him last month.

Lost him?

Yeah. Infectious hepatitis.

As a matter of fact,
he's still testing positive.

I figure you... you
gotta take people

the way they come, right?

He's got infectious hepatitis?

Let's get this
thing up, shall we?

Well, good luck.

Those airbags, uh, ought
to bring her up if you find her.

And that floatation gunk should
keep her stable enough to tow her back.

Great. Thanks, Dex. You bet.

Okay.

Barefoot Contessa, this is the
Riptide. You got a copy, Mama Jo?

This is the Barefoot
Contessa, come in.

Do me a favor and tell Bozinsky

to meet me on the dock
in 10 minutes, will you?

You got it, Cody.
Thanks, Mama Jo.

Cody, what's going on?

I gotta get the shark rifle.

He's got more
range than this .22.

He's just gonna lay out there and punch
this thing full of holes till we sink.

What are we gonna do?

I gotta get him to come in
closer so I can get a shot.

Just get below!

Get down, Murray. Get down.

The guy's quick.

What is it, Cody? What? What?

I'm just, uh, looking
for a good volunteer.

What about you, Roboz? You
wanna help me get this guy, huh?

No, no, no. We can't risk
The Roboz. Come on, Murray.

No! I'm not gonna send
him out there. They'll kill him.

He's not programmed for that
sort of thing. Murray, come on.

All he's gotta do is head
for the stern, draw the guy in.

No, I won't do it!

Murray, we're gonna eat it.

Okay, okay. Here,
put this on him.

Looks like he's leaving, Cody.

Come on, hurry up, Cody.

We gotta get him out of there
before his circuits are ruined.

Okay.

I spent two years building
him, two years designing him.

Well, it was two years
well spent, Murray,

'cause the little guy
just saved our lives.

Hey, Murray. You there?

Come on, Cody.
Here you go, Murray.

Have you got him? Yeah.

I gotta dry him out.

Looks like they messed
the main circuits. Ah, good.

I know this is the island where
the Tradewind went down.

Tell me more about Cody.

Well, Cody. Yeah. Well...

Cody is, uh...

Just about my best friend.

Had a bad drug
problem in Nam, though.

Hepatitis and drugs?

Well, bringing him back,
Kimba, it's a struggle, but, uh,

that's what being a
good friend is all about.

You're a real surprise.

When I first met you, I thought
you were one of those beach bruisers

out to make a fast score.

But I like it that you take
care of Cody the way you do.

Well, I figure there's more in
life than girls and volleyball.

I'm gonna stick by Cody
until he kicks his habit

and gets over the hepatitis

and stops having the seizures.

Seizures?

Riptide calling N698.

Riptide calling N698.

This is N698, Riptide,
go ahead. What's up?

Somebody just attacked it.

I couldn't make him though.
Listen, are you guys okay?

Yeah. Murray
and I are all right.

But The Roboz ate some lead.

He took a couple
of nasty whacks.

You let something
happen to The Roboz?

Cody, how could you let
something happen to The Roboz?

Couldn't stop him, Nick.

That little bucket of bolts
just charged out there

with nothing but a t-shirt and
a hat and a broom, you know.

It was magnificent.

I think we ought
to retire his jersey.

Listen, we're about six
miles out of King Harbor.

Did you find the island?

Yeah, we found it. It's the
last one in the Channel chain.

Okay, we're on
our way. Be careful.

Riptide out.

Why would anyone
try to kill them?

I don't know.

We got somebody worried, though.

We better get those sonar
buoys of Murray's in the water.

Aren't we gonna say
the Pilot's Prayer?

Dear Lord, bless this aircraft

and Kimba Hall
who's warming my life.

Amen.

The boat was moored
somewhere around here.

Okay. Drop it.

Okay. Let's go! Come on!

Hit the gas tank.
Let's get out of here.

All right, hit the beach. Go!

Oh, my God!

It's that way.

Welcome to blood beach.

Thank God, you're all right.

We're all right. I
was so panicked.

I didn't know what
was happening.

Nick saved my life.
Who's trying to kill us?

I'll tell you, this whole thing
is getting very confusing.

It makes no sense to
me. You know what?

What? We should
use Occam's razor.

Murray I wouldn't use
just anybody's razor.

We'll buy you one
when we get back.

No, no. Occam was a
man. He was a philosopher

who established the
Principles of Logic.

Now Razor is a theory.

Now Occam's razor simply says

that in complicated problems,

the most obvious answer
tends to be the right answer.

That's it?

That's the Razor,
Murray? That's nothing.

So, what are you
thinking, Murray?

Well, I'm thinking and this
is just a tentative theory.

What? Santana wouldn't,
you know, hire us,

send us all the way
out here just to kill us.

I mean, he could have done that
when we crashed into his backyard.

Hey, you're right,
Murray. He's right, Nick.

I know. I was just about
ready observe that.

So, the corollary theorem is that the
man who was riding in that helicopter,

who was shooting at you
guys, is not working for Santana.

Now what we have here

is someone else who's interested
in what's on the Tradewind.

I was just about
to say that, Murray.

That was going to
be my next theorem.

You're right, Murray.
You're absolutely right.

Are we actually gonna be
able to find the Tradewind?

I mean, see it down on a screen?

Well, Kimba, this is a very
sophisticated sonar equipment.

So, I'll...

Although I won't actually
be able to see the boat,

I'll still be able to find it.

Because I can triangulate
in on the metal, you see?

Well, he really got
nailed, didn't he?

You know, I can't believe
Cody just let him walk out

into the line of fire like that.

Especially before he got a chance
to try his fly eyes and everything.

That's it. I'm getting
it. I'm getting it here.

Okay, Cody, you better
move us into deeper water.

Okay. Okay. Uh, uh, excuse me.

Okay. yeah. A little
bit more to the right.

Yeah. That's good. That's good.

Starboard, Murray.

I'm kind of scared about what
we're gonna find down there.

What if there are bodies?

Well, we gotta do it, Kimba.

Don't worry, Nick and I'll
go down and check it out first.

Should you diving with
your seizures and everything?

With what?

Well, Nick told me how you
had hepatitis and the other things.

What other things, Kimba?

Well, about the...
Well, you know.

About the drug thing
in Nam and everything,

and how he's helping
to, sort of, bring you back.

Oh.

That's it! That's it! Stop
the ship! Stop the ship!

I got 'em. We're right
on top of it. Stop the ship!

Stop the ship. We're
right on top of it. Stop.

Okay. Okay, Murray,
don't blow a gasket.

Boz, you said you could
tap into the police computer.

Can you punch out
that stuff on Santana?

Uh, yeah, sure.
Business's over in LA.

I'm sure I could squeeze
on the satellite. Okay.

What's with you?

Seizures, Nick?

A drug problem. Hepatitis.

Little too much, huh?

Well, look, maybe I went a little
overboard, but I was on a roll.

Why didn't you just give
me a venereal disease?

I didn't think of that.

Look, if it's any consolation to
you, I really feel bad about it, Cody.

It just sort of slipped out.

And then I realized that I really liked
this girl. I wish I hadn't lied to her.

Well, what did she
say when you told her?

I haven't told her yet.

Good. Then let
me tell her, okay?

Come on down.

We're getting some stuff on
the computer about Santana.

All right.

What's up, Boz? You
got anything, Murray?

Well, there's absolutely nothing
on Santana in the police computer.

No cases pending. Nothing.

What's this? It's the
IRS computer in Fresno.

And I don't see anything, um...

Well, wait a minute here.

No, wait. This is
very interesting.

Looks like Santana

has been trading a large amounts
of gold in the last five months.

There may be a fortune
in gold down there.

Yeah.

Hi.

I didn't think anyone
would be up here.

It's after midnight.

Oh, yeah. Well, I...

I was just working on
The Roboz, you know,

and I thought I
needed a little bit of air.

The water's so quiet at night.

So still.

That's meteorologically
very common.

You know there's a... Yeah.

Here I'll explain. I, um...

Uh, do you have a piece of...

No. I... No. I guess
you don't. Here. Sorry.

You see, um, high and low
pressure areas are created

by land temperatures, and
the ocean at night is cold.

And that brings down an
inversion layer that causes

still water.

You know, it's funny.

I've seen you on a
lot of magazine covers.

You're a very famous
person, Murray.

Oh, yeah. Well,
that. You know, um,

being famous is
very difficult. I...

You don't have any
real friends, you know. I...

Everybody wants something.

I guess that includes me.

Oh, no, no. Not you.
Not Nick or Cody.

You really love them, don't you?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. They're
wonderful. I mean, they're...

They're my friends, you know.

Can I tell you something?

Mmm-hmm.

When we were in the army, um, I
got into some trouble. You know, I...

Well, actually, I
hit a superior officer

because I didn't like the way the
army was exploiting my inventions.

Well, anyway, I...

Well, Nick and Cody, they
were assigned to take me to jail.

You know, by helicopter.
So you know what they did?

Well, they knew that I was
gonna be in jail for at least a year.

I mean, they radioed back that
they had engine trouble, you know.

We got drunk, we
met some girls, we...

Well, we got into a fist fight,
you know, hit some cops.

It was wonderful.

You know, you're gonna
think this is silly. But that...

That was the best
24 hours of my life. I...

And they... And they did it
not because I was famous

or because anybody
told them to do it. They...

They did it because
they wanted to. Because...

Because they liked me.

You know, when I
was in school, I, um...

I had a nickname.

Squirrel.

Squirrel?

Yes, that's what they
called me. Squirrel.

"Here comes the squirrel."

I was 15 when I entered MIT,

and nobody ever
tried to be my friend.

That's what I'm trying to say.

Nobody ever tried to be my
friend until Nick and Cody.

They're very generous.

I know.

They gave me this.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I know.
That's my bio-feedback ring.

I loaned it to 'em.

We're about to eat it.

Yep.

For example, right now, you're...
you're calm and relaxed, you know.

I... I can tell that because
the ring is glowing orange.

You see, it's color coded.

If you get angry, it'll
turn black, you know.

Like it is now, you
see, it's turning black.

You mean, this
monitors my emotions?

Well, yeah, yeah,
among other things.

It also, you know,
tells if you're lying,

if you're frightened,
you know, like that.

You mean it's kind
of like a lie detector?

Yeah, yeah. But... But you
see, you're angry now, right?

Because it's black,
isn't that great?

Yeah, I bet Cody doesn't
have a drug problem,

or hepatitis, or seizures.

No, no, of course not.

Are you kidding?

Well, at least we
learned something.

What? What have
we learned, genius?

Why the water's still at night.

I always wondered about that.

Thanks.

Turn it on. We're all hooked up.

Thanks, Nick.

I overslept.

Are there... Did you find it?

No, there's no bodies.

Must have been taken
away by the current.

Murray explained this
little trinket to me last night.

Well, Kimba, look,
we had to know

if you were lying to us or not.

And once we'd
given you the ring,

it was kind of hard
not to look at it.

Hepatitis? Seizures?

A drug problem?

Uh, Kimba, look, they're
taking a big chance for you.

I mean, they could
be, you know, arrested,

they could go to jail,

they could be
accessories to murder.

It is sort of funny
when you think about it.

Look, Kimba, it was
very wrong, I admit, but...

It's the only thing we
could come up with.

I guess in your place I
might've done the same thing.

Oh, all right, come on,
hey, get some lines on.

Murray, get on the duke planner,
will you? Give me some readings.

I'll pull her out to the
side. Aye, aye, sir.

It's good to see The
Roboz up and around again.

Yeah, it was a
short convalescence,

considering the poor little guy

took four hollow
points in the chest.

Roboz has got...
He's got grit, Cody.

Well, he's the best
portable computer I've got.

He's gonna work great for this.

We just hook these to the keel

and we'll be able to take
a permeability reading

and it will tell us if
it's gold or silver or...

What's he doing, Murray?

He's still got a busted circuit.

He's gonna do that until
I can get him repaired.

What does it say?

Is it gold?

It's lead.

It can't be.

Six people died for
what's on this sloop.

Yeah, come on, Murray.

You know, we checked her
out before we brought her up.

If it's not in the keel,
there's nothing on it.

Murray, could you
turn The Roboz's off?

I'm starting to feel like I'm in
Jane Fonda's exercise class.

Oh. Oh, yeah sure.

Look, I may have a lead here.

I'm not sure I got the N-number

to that chopper that
attacked us but maybe I do.

It was, uh...

It was N594...

Something like that. It was
a couple other numbers.

Oh, come on, that's gonna
give us a zillion permutations.

Now, you know, I could
punch into the FAA computer

and key up the registration
for southern California

and see what comes up.

Like you ran on
Santana yesterday?

Yeah, exactly, yeah.

Except that I couldn't
do it until 6:00 tonight

because the satellites all jammed
up during the daylight hours.

Come on, we gotta do
something to hide this sloop

and go back to King Harbor.
Look, I got some bad news.

Uh, Mimi got her
gas tank blasted.

She's dried out to
about 40 gallons.

So I'm gonna have
to leave her here

till I can rig a temporary tank.

That's not bad news,
that's good news.

We can use The Ebb Tide.

Come on, let's
cover this thing up.

Come on, children,
let's get to work.

Look at The Boz.

She's beginning to go for him.

Well, we taught him, man, you
and me in New Orleans. Yeah.

Got him his first
feminine exposure

and he cuts his two masters
right out of the running.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's better this way.

Somehow not knowing why it
happened makes it even worse.

Kimba, we're gonna find out why.

Nick and Cody
and I, we're gonna...

We're gonna figure it out and we're gonna
make sure that nothing happens to you.

I think I like you
best of all, Murray.

You do? Mmm-hmm.

You like me?

Really? Really.

There's only one
thing that worries me.

What's that?

I hope she doesn't catch
his infectious hepatitis.

Come on.

How you doing, Mama
Jo? Any messages?

Bo Derek didn't call, did she?

Well, just one message.

"Where the hell
are those bozos?"

Signed, "Lieutenant
Ted Quinlan."

He was here this morning.

Says he's putting out a
warrant for your arrest.

Looks like that computer
company has decided

to press charges against you.

He wants to arrest me?

That stuff was mine. I
only busted what was mine.

Mama Jo, do us
a favor, will you?

We're gonna leave
Kimba with Straightaway.

Check in on her every
once in a while, will you?

Will do.

Come on, let's go.

We're gonna need
your help, Straightaway.

Sounds to me like you
guys are in real deep.

You have no idea who's
trying to stitch up your back.

We got some numbers to
run through the FAA computer.

Can we use your phone?

Hey, guys, my phone's aren't
hooked up to the FAA computer.

That's what you think.

There's something I know
I'm missing. I can't place it.

It's some fact I know,
and I can't pull it up.

Okay, I'm into the
satellite, onto the computer.

Now, all I need to do is
to punch in the numbers

and ask for the permutations
on 594 and see what comes back.

I know Jed's Flying Service.

Guy runs a two-bit operation.

Rents out a couple
choppers and some fixed wing.

Matter of fact, I think I got
his number in my wallet.

There's something
I know I'm missing.

I got it. Kimba.

Yeah, this is Nick Ryder.
Let me speak to Jed, please.

You said that there was a guy who
broke down in a speedboat, right?

Tradewind was towing his boat?

And he was still there when
the Tradewind exploded.

That's right. So,
where was the boat?

It wasn't down there. It should've
been tied to the stern of the Tradewind.

Yeah, Jed, this is Nick
Ryder. How you doing?

Listen, you got a black Bell
Jet Ranger out there, right?

Yeah, look, could you tell me
who rented it out yesterday?

Oh, yeah?

Okay, thanks.

Huh? No. No.

Now, listen, do me a favor.
Keep this to yourself, will you?

Okay, bye.

Dex Dexter. Who is Dex Dexter?

He's the guy who
runs the boatyard.

Next door to the hotel the
Tradewind sails out from.

He's also the guy who
worked on that sloop.

And he knew we were
goin' out to find her.

He sold me that flotation gunk.

What does he look like?

He's good-looking,
tan, blonde, you know.

He's got saltwater blue eyes and
he's about Nick's height, I guess.

I got at least two
inches on him.

Dale Cobb.

That was the man
in the speedboat.

Okay, all right. So now
what are we gonna do?

Go down there and bounce
some knuckles off his head,

that's what I'd like to do.

You see, Dexter would
be in the perfect position

to change the
keels on that boat,

putting in gold,
heroin or whatever.

That would mean he
was working for Santana.

It'd be a great way
to do that, you know.

Unsuspecting boat owners
have their boat bottoms cleaned.

Dexter puts on gold for payoffs,

takes off heroin that's coming
in. It'd be a perfect pipeline.

But there was
nothing on the keel.

I mean, Murray
checked it out for us.

Well, now, using straight
line modus ponens logic,

it would go something like this.

What if Dex Dexter decides
to rip off Mike Santana, okay?

So he sends the boat
out with the lead keel,

keeps the gold for himself, gets
aboard, kills everybody, and sinks her.

Don't you see? It's perfect.

That way Santana never realizes

that Dexter's ripping him off,

and the boat's just lost at sea.

That's good, Murray.
That's real good.

But if we get that boat
up and Santana finds out

that the keel was
lead and not gold,

then he knows Dexter's
trying to rip him off

and Dex Dexter takes
his final curtain call.

That's right. Yeah, if you
use Occam's razor, yeah.

Listen, I think what we
gotta do is give Dexter a call.

Let him know we're alive, we
brought the Tradewind, right?

Come on. That's gonna
force him into a move.

Dex here.

Hey, Dex, it's Cody Allen.

Cody.

Hey, where you been, buddy?

Bringin' up the Tradewind
with your floatation gunk.

Yeah, yeah, you got
her up. That's great.

Where is she? Well, Dex
it didn't go all that smoothly.

Actually we ran into
a couple of snags.

It's... It's kind
of a long story.

Can we do this down at Pier 56?

Yeah, sure. Uh...

See you.

All right, look, you're still
behind on the nose breaks.

Here's your chance to catch up.

Now, you go down there and
give Dexter his shot, all right?

Now once he's burned himself up,

I'll come up from behind
and club him, okay?

I think hairline
fractures ought to count.

Don't whine. It's not
becoming. Take off.

Tammy. Mama Jo, wants to
see you. She says it's important.

Somebody left a message for you.

Okay. Come on.

Why would he get
aboard the Contessa?

I gotta admit this is one time
that question does confuse me.

Hey, Mama Jo.
Tammy said that you...

Welcome aboard. Where's Nick?

This is a dumb move, Dex.

I think I asked you a
question, good buddy.

Nick's at a phone.

And if I don't call
him in five minutes,

he's gonna bring out
the King Harbor police.

That's gonna be quite a party.

Helicopters, search
lights, .50 caliber tracers.

You're gonna feel real silly

trying to hold them
off with that 12 gage.

And even if you get
past the cops, Dex,

you still gotta
deal with Santana.

My guess is he'll probably hook
you up to a small-block Chevy,

drop you about 40
miles out in the Channel.

Hey, sweet cheeks,

get the rest of this go-go club
up on the deck and unhook us.

Anybody makes any noise at all,

and this crusty old
lady here gets wasted.

As for you, you're
on the helm, hero.

Once we're out of the Channel,

we're gonna run without lights,

and we're gonna go
visit the Tradewind.

We're gonna put
her back in the drink.

It's a long shot, Dex.

You want a sure bet, buddy boy?

This is a sure bet.
Now let's get goin'.

Come on.

Come on.

He took the rotor.

It's Dexter, isn't it?

I mean, he was onboard the
Contessa and now he's taken Cody.

This thing is starting
to come together now.

I'll bet he's going after the
Tradewind to re-sink her.

And then he'll take the
Contessa under the water,

open the seacocks
and all those wonderful

Tammys and Theresas
go right down at the bottom,

not to mention the
best friend I ever had.

Look, you got any ideas?

Well, it's not a modus
ponens problem anymore.

It's modus tollens, which is
compound logic. Right. Right.

Now, Dexter is probably
a sociopathic personality,

uh, which means he's not gonna
play by the straight rules of logic.

Now, Santana is probably
a type "B" personality,

which is gonna make
him difficult to gauge...

Forget it. I'm sorry I asked.

Look, they gotta be heading
to lagoon where Tradewind is.

I'll see if I can
rent a helicopter.

We'll pick up some by-power.

We'll beat 'em out there.
Now how does that sound?

Dangerous. Well,
you can stay here then.

Oh, no, no, I
can't do that, Nick,

because if I stay here,

you guys will never
treat me the same again.

No, Nick, I'm in
this to the death.

Murray, you don't think
we're gonna die, do you?

Listen, Nick, I'm not afraid

because I know you're
not afraid, are you?

Who me? Afraid?
What are you kidding?

I eat fear for
breakfast. Let's go.

Yeah, right.

What's your hurry, fellas?

Hey, guys, what's shakin'?

Mr. Santana heard
you were in town,

and since you do work for him,

naturally he was kind of miffed

when you didn't call
with a progress report.

You know, I tried to call him,

but his phone must've been
off the hook or something.

I... I couldn't get through.

I was with you all day. I don't
remember you calling anybody.

Let's have a talk.

I was expecting you to call.

We found your boat, Mr. Santana.

We got her up on the beach, on an
island not far from the Mexican border.

Yeah, we're not in the mood to sit
around here debating the time of day.

I'm prepared to take
you to it now in my boat

as soon as I get it fixed.

And in 24 hours, as agreed,
we'll take the Tradewind back

to King Harbor
and collect a fee.

I'm not used to
having people tell me

what I will or I will not do.

Think of it as a request
from a very tired man.

Come on, let's get out
there. I want that boat back.

We've been at this for two hours

and we barely
got any of it done.

It's gonna take us a week to do
enough so you can re-sink her.

It's gonna be done by 10:00

or I'm gonna start
cuttin' people down.

I'm gonna start with you, Mama.

Now, let's get goin'.

Santana.

Won't make it. You
blew the tank yourself.

Life is the pits,
ain't it, buddy?

Oh.

Oh, I think it's broken.

Glad you guys could make it.

There's your boat, Mr. Santana.

As promised.

The Riptide Detective
Agency delivers again.

I sure hope you boys are gonna
put your guns down and smile

and shake hands like our
normal satisfied customers.

What's goin' on here?

Who are all these people?

Oh, t-that's part of
the salvage crew.

Pretty nice, eh? Yeah.

You know, I figured you
only go around once in a life

so you grab all the
dust while you can.

Listen, there's a lot of
things going on. Tyler.

I think you should hear me out.

Get the people in
these two rubber rafts

and do 'em.

You know, man, I've
just about had it with you.

You breathe garlic and
threats on everybody.

Man, you keep pushing
me, I'm gonna drop you.

Get him in the boat!

Take him out past
the reef and do it!

That was nice, Nick.
You handled that great.

The man makes me mad.

Hey, ladies, come on.

Move it. Down.

Come on, come on.

Come on.

Listen, I don't wanna be smart.
I'm really not trying to be smart,

but when he said, "Do it,"
just exactly what did he mean?

He's gonna kill us, man.

Then he's gonna sink us
in deep water, you got it?

Hey, Mannie, take
'em down below.

And do it.

And put it under.

Go. Come on, move. Come on.

Murray, no, no,
no, Murray, the gun.

How'd you do that? I knocked
him out, I knocked him out.

I hurt my hand.

Looks like you did it
with your thumb inside.

I did. Why?

Because that's
how he makes a fist.

Here.

It's Dexter. He's headin' for The
Ebb Tide. Santana's chasin' him.

Let's see if we can
get to the chopper.

Come on, Murray!

Don't let 'em get to that
chopper, or we'll be spinnin'.

Come on, Murray! Go!

Come on, Murray!
Go, will you? Run!

Come on, Mimi. Now is not
the time to get temperamental

Over to the chopper!

Come on, Mimi.

Bye-bye, Cody.

Hold it!

Screaming Mimi to Riptide.

Santana's stranded on the beach.

Keep the boat back
and call the Coast Guard.

Cody, get ready to blow the
rubber boat when I fly over it.

Thanks a lot, Nick.

Riptide to Coast Guard.
Request assistance.

How much fuel you got? Well...

Not getting a reading,
not much, I don't think.

Is that thing broken? Yep.

It's the only good thing
that's happened to me all day.

Doesn't look broken to me.

I'll mail you a set of x-rays.

He's gonna outrun
us. You gotta stop him.

How am I gonna do that?

Shoot a hole in the boat.

Shoot a hole in the boat?

Shoot a hole in my own boat?

Come on, we can
do better than that.

This guy killed six people.

But that's my boat!

Come on.

I can't.

What's going on, down there?

I can't! I saved up
six years for that boat.

I can't do it!

Okay, Murray. Okay, all right!

That's enough!
Murray, that's enough!

Call the Coast Guard.
They'll pick him up.

You blew the
engine. It's just a boat.

The important thing is getting this
antique to that little island over there.

What's that?

You either shot a piston
through the cylinder wall,

ruptured an oil line, or we
took a seagull for the intake.

So we're gonna crash,
aren't we? We're gonna crash!

All right, hold on
guys! We're goin' in!

Oh, Cody.

Whoa! Hey, come on,
Nick, it's gonna blow!

It's not gonna blow.
There's nothing left to blow.

Is that thing broken?

Like the Mona Lisa's heart.

I'm sorry, pal, but
you're still in the barrel.

I'm ahead, 7 to 6.

Now, wait a minute,
I don't think breaks

sustained due to your own
incompetence should count.

Of course they count.

And Nick's ahead, 7 noses to 6.

You know, Bozinsky, you're okay.

I'll take you for a
partner any day.

Tacky mats, robots, the Occam
nonsense, the whole buffet.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Dexter committed the
murders for the gold.

Now Santana was involved
in a drug smuggling operation

using Dexter's boatyard
to pipeline the dope in

and the payments out
on the bottoms of boats

belonging to
unsuspecting owners.

You see, it's all rather
simple straight line logic.

Actually, Lieutenant,
it's modus tolerance logic.

Initially we thought it
was modus ponens,

but then we adjusted that because
of Santana's "B" personality type,

and the fact that
Dexter is a psycho.

You three people
trying to rile me up?

Take it any way that suits you.

Where's the girl? I told
her not to leave King Harbor.

Well, you must be kidding.
She was fighting for her life.

Put a lid on it, Bozinsky.

Now where is she?

She's at Straightaway's.

Book this one. Six counts of
murder and drug trafficking.

Santana,

looks like it's
finally over, huh?

Take him downtown and book him.

I don't know how
you really did this.

I've been trying to get that
scum off the streets for 15 years.

You must have been pretty lucky.

No luck at all. We
got a secret weapon.

Roboz, give me a beer, will you?

Give him a break, Nick.

Murray hasn't got
him fixed up yet.

Well, I hate to see
him like this, Cody.

Murray gets the girl, and
we're babysitting a blind robot.

Makes you wonder, doesn't
it? Ah, it's a new world.

Brains are sexy.

Guys with their computers
and their watches are in control.

Few years a big, good-looking
moron like you won't get a chance.

I don't know what to do.

See, I need a place to stay before
I go home at the end of the month.

Well, I think if Mama
Jo offered you a job,

you ought to take it.

We'd be like neighbors.

Yeah, that's... that's
right. We would.

You know, we could see
each other every day, you know.

And I'd be working
with Nick and Cody,

and we're gonna have a
whole lot of neat new equipment.

You know, I'm working
on this heat-seeking laser

that... that we... we could put
aboard the Mimi once she's fixed...

Well...

I've seen that look before.

Looks like somebody hit
him with a can of mace.

How you doing, Murray?

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Hey, Murray. Murray,
come here. Come here.

What?

How come Kimba's goin'
over to the Contessa?

I thought I told you to get her a
room at the Straightaway Motel.

That way you would have
your own key to her suite.

Yeah, but you see, Mama Jo is gonna
take her on as a member of the crew

and that way we'll be living right
next to each other and everything.

Murray. Murray, look, you're walking
into more walls than The Roboz.

Didn't I tell you to keep her
off the Contessa at all costs?

See, Murray, instead of a room at
the Straightaway with your own key,

she's got a room on that fortress
with a den mother with a baseball bat.

That's right.

Oh, no, no. I'm sure Mama
Jo's gonna let me see her.

Okay, Kimba Hall is now
officially a member of my crew.

Anybody, that there word is
underlined and in caps, fellas,

anybody touches her,

I come over here and
pound you through the deck.

Night, boys.

Hey, no, wait a
minute here. It...

Is she saying that
I can't see Kimba?

No, you can still
see her, Murray.

You just can't put any
more lip-locks on her.

Yeah, but I...
Don't worry, Murray.

We gotta help him get
over the anguish of this loss.

Okay, all right,
I'll tell you what.

Better yet, why don't we go down

and celebrate our new
partnership, all right?

Yeah? Yeah.

Yeah.

Bring your slide rule.

Okay.

Hey, what about The Roboz?

We don't want his
bright work to tarnish.

After all he's part of
the team, too, you know.

Come on, Roboz. We're
in the salon, guy. Come on.