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Ready? I'm not sure.

About five minutes, you'll know, baby.

Just keep your mind on business, Pauly. Hey, don't worry. It's there.

One's for you, Ted.

Mr. Jeffrey.

Got ourselves a new partner.

Let's go, Jeff. Let's get out of here. Easy.

They're just chewing the fat.

All right, we'll wait inside.

All units, this is a RAS alarm broadcast.

A robbery is in progress at the supermarket.

10 -10, all of you.

Repeat. This is a RAS alarm broadcast.

A robbery is in progress at the supermarket.

10 -10, all of you.

4 -atom -32, all units. RAS alarm test is now concluded. RAS alarm test is now

concluded. One remote alarm transmitting system, Mr. Doyle.

Compliments of your local police department.

Well, I'd rather have you and Hooker staked out in the back of my market with

shotguns, Romano.

There's no need for that, Mr. Doyle.

This is high tech.

This is law enforcement's future.

You push the button, we roll.

One little silver box against five market robbers in this area.

You know, somehow that just doesn't seem to be much comfort.

Man's got a point, Romano.

Stakeouts used to be a terrific deterrent. Smoke one bandit.

Robberies are dropped to zero overnight.

Stay that way for months.

I vote for that one.

Unfortunately, it's not on the ballot.

Progress.

Thanks. So long, Mr. Judge.

Um... You mind if I drive?

My drive ain't getting on your nerves, Romano?

No, no. I just want to stay in touch. You know, keep a feel of the road. Stay

tuned in.

It's a nice, shiny car. No nicks, no dents, no scratches.

Be my guest, Roadrunner.

Beep, beep.

All

right,

just a second.

Everybody over there. Move, move, move, move.

Everybody move, move, move down there. Move.

Move! Get to the wall! Get to the wall! Everyone, get to the wall!

Move, everybody! Move, move, move!

Up against the wall! Let's go, come on!

Number three, cover!

No! Come on, open it up!

Open it up!

Put it in there. That one? All of them? Good, thanks. Up against the wall.

Come on, put it in there.

Open it!

Open it, come on! Get over here.

Come on.

Come on, out of your stomachs! Move, move, move!

Open it up.

Put it all in there.

Put it in there.

What are you doing? You set the alarm up. You just took the last bill out. No,

didn't. She's got the cops rolling.

Let's go.

That means you're going to be our ticket out of here. Now move.

You know, somehow you get to have all the fun, Hooker.

I mean, I've never even driven a pursuit yet.

You got a whole career in front of you, Jim.

Yeah, yeah, but it's like being a fighter pilot.

I mean, this is my thing.

I get behind the wheel. I feel like the Red Baron.

All units, all frequencies, stand by. 4 Adam 16 is in pursuit of 2 -11 suspects.

From the market at 10 -10, all of you. Now northbound on Overland toward the

foothills.

are driving a Trans Am yellow in color, no lights.

That's Joe Doyle's market where we just delivered the Ratsalon.

Yeah, but that's not it talking. Hang a U -turn.

Before AM 30, we're a mile east of 16 Call. Tell them we're moving up to Code

100 at Overland and Eastman and switching to Jack 2.

Closing. That's only because we're still on the flats.

Hey, give me some room. I've nailed those suckers.

Hold your position.

Just stay with it.

We've got two of them left in our town.

That'll slow him down.

Don't! You heard her. You hear her. You can't do that. Shut up!

Go back up.

We're all yours now, Alana.

You just bet they are.

Four Adams 30.

Pursuit terminated.

Request a shop tow. We are involved.

They threw the girl out of the car. Let's get down there.

Another car trashed. We're really going to be in trouble with Sheridan on this

one. What's this we business?

You were driving. I wasn't driving. You were driving.

It's always we when you're the driver.

Let's get a board under us.

Why did they do this to me?

Take it easy.

You're getting a lot of help, okay?

What's your name?

Karen.

Karen Stewart.

Why did they do this to me?

Karen, is there anybody in your family you want me to call?

It was just me and my dad.

He died last year.

Karen, if you have the strength, I want you to try and remember everything you

can about those people in the car.

They never took off their masks.

But I'm almost positive one of them was a girl.

What makes you say that?

Her voice.

I heard her ask them... I heard her ask them not to push me out.

It's kind of a southern accent.

I have school tonight.

I'll be able to go, won't I?

Doctor, my exams are important to me.

I can't afford to miss them.

Take it all one step at a time, Karen.

I want to get you to the hospital.

Take some pictures. Look them over.

Get you cleaned up.

Let's roll.

I need to be a PE teacher.

If I miss tonight, it'll set me back the whole semester.

You make him understand, okay?

I will.

It's just fine, isn't it?

It's serious, Hooker.

I'd like to bring all the judges, all the lawyers, all the well -meaning

who understand the plight of the unfortunate who turn to crime to see

girl and the agony she hasn't even been through yet.

All right, bring it back.

Bring it back a little further.

A little further. Turn your wheel on. Hold it.

Seymour says we can't have another car.

What are you talking about?

He's got orders. Something about being over budget.

What do you mean, Seymour says? What does it do? Patrol on foot?

Orders from who?

Orders from me, Hooker.

You know, maybe this city would be a lot safer if you two were on foot.

Now, this is your fleet safety record.

Now, you two have the distinction of leading this precinct in the willful

destruction of patrol cars.

May the 5th. That was $914.

That was the right front fender and the door.

Oh, yeah.

That was the Irishman who ran the red light. You remember that one, don't you,

Romano?

Yeah, May 5th.

The guy was celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Couldn't hold his tequila.

June 12th.

I already know what you're going to say on that one, Captain.

And you can't hold us responsible for that.

I can't?

It was both a tactical and a cost -effective decision.

Let me see if I got this straight, Hooker. The bandits pile into the

car, so you figure the best tactic is to ram them.

Avoid a shootout.

So, uh, being cost -conscious, you put your car into reverse and you ram the

crook's car with the back of your unit.

Save the front grill, the radiator, and the engine.

If Hooker banged them head -on, Captain, the cost would have quadrupled.

You've destroyed my fleet's safety record.

And I feel as though I should thank you.

For saving me money that shouldn't have been spent in the first place. You two

guys, you're driving me crazy. Yes, sir, sir. Why don't we just talk about the

market robberies? Yeah, why don't we?

You know, we might have nailed those bandits today if you had delivered the

rat's alarm system to their market on time.

Sorry, police work got in the way of our delivery schedule.

But we also might have nabbed them.

If you'd quit writing technology articles for Police Chief Magazine and

of your robbery people on stakeout.

I told you before, I'm morally opposed to a stakeout unless it's the last

resort. Six market robberies in a ten -square -mile area at the rate of two a

week. Math suspects, a shotgun, 45 autos to back up their move, move, move

robbery style.

Two victims with concussion from blows on a head.

And today, a young girl thrown from a car.

We don't even know if she's going to walk again.

That doesn't spell last resort. I don't know what does.

Hooker, three suspects.

Voice ID'd one of them as a girl. They were two men only on the other five

market robberies. Maybe they recruited a third gun, sir.

What do we know about the six stolen autos?

Five have been recovered.

Today's is still outstanding.

And you know, for a thief to steal a car before a robbery is as common as a

cold. We chased your common cold car today, Conrad, and it was anything but

stock. Making excuses, Romano?

Maybe you need some refresher time on the pursuit course?

Hey, wait a minute, Conrad. Hold it.

Now, look.

Conrad handled the detective work on this one.

You two hit the streets. Now, that's the end of it, okay?

investigation. You got something in mind?

I won't know until I get my hands on Conrad's follow -up.

Hooker, that's 484 in the penal code.

There.

But you're wrong, Romano.

There's one element missing in the crime.

I have no intent to permanently deprive.

I'm afraid, Jeff.

You just can't keep doing robberies to save this.

You got no gripe.

You're doing just fine just six months away from that Texas farm I bailed you

out of.

Jeff, I love you.

I would go anywhere just to be with you, even if it was back to my daddy's farm

or the army base.

But when we came out here, you didn't tell me we was going to be doing this.

Then why don't you go back, sweetie?

You didn't have the gut to do what was necessary today.

Hey, shut up, Paulie.

The market heights are buying all the parts for my little toy here.

And I'm going to be king of the hill real soon.

Nobody can stop me from it.

Devil Dan is going to eat my smoke.

Not until you get 5 ,000 for that turbocharger.

That'll happen tomorrow.

Anybody gets in our way on this hit.

I'm going to do more than just shove him out of a car.

For sure.

Oh, excuse me, Raul. Stacy, I had a call in the hospital.

Any word on Karen Stewart?

Surgery lasted for 12 hours and she's still in intensive care.

They still don't know if she'll be able to walk. Poor kid.

What about the follow -ups on the recovered robbery vehicles?

Detective Conrad didn't lock his file last night. Good for you, Stacy.

Number six won't be in there, Hooker. It's still outstanding.

Marrow Trans Am Fiat BMW.

Stacy, run criminal records on each of the car owners.

Pull all associates. Break them down to male, female, age, birthplace, and

current resident address. Will you do that?

What do you want to, Hooker?

When I find that Trans Am we lost yesterday, I'll let you know, Junior.

Tell you what, Sheridan.

Since you phase twos think us phase fours are such foul -ups, let's put it

the test.

Why, Romano, you wouldn't be suggesting a little contest.

Pursuit track, nose -to -nose, wire -to -wire. Tell your class to pick a driver.

They already have.

You?

I love it.

Thank you. I love it.

Want to name a prize, Romano?

Oh, I have a few ideas.

Quite a few.

So do I, Romano.

So do I.

30, go Air One. Air One, I covered sector two west of the ridge.

Just like you said, Hooker. We've got one Trans Am sitting in the bush, 100

from Sky Ridge in Wonderland Lake.

Roger, Air One. Thanks much for the assist.

How much do you know about cars, Romano?

Hooker, you are talking to the South Philly Flash.

Come on. Hey!

In high school, I put together a 69 Mustang.

She had Indy 500 heads, Speed Pro 8 -to -1 thugs, and a roller cam crawled

crank. Nobody, but nobody, could touch me.

Street drags.

You figure the Trans Am is duped. In a way. Get us a tow truck, and we'll see

you were flat -out driven, or if the bandit had some help.

It's been wiped clean, Hooker, except for this one partial print the lab just

found behind the rearview mirror.

This car's telling us nothing.

This car is telling us a lot.

The study has heard nothing.

Hill racers.

Come again?

A bridge you don't find in South Philly, Ramon.

Suspension and engine tuned for high terrain. Driving flat out on washboard

straights, hairpin turns.

You figure a hill racer is pulling these jobs?

Stacy's preliminary look at the stolen car victims says that each one up to now

is a hill racer. And my gut tells me that the guy stealing these and driving

them is a part of that fraternity.

Because they know the kind of wheels to steal and the terrain we have trouble

catching them on. And not one of those stolen car victims had these on their

cars when they were stolen.

Suspension equipment.

Could be the answer to stopping those robberies.

Hill racers were hot. Nothing like them in the world.

Gas shocks.

Frames dipped in acid to lighten the load.

Beefed up suspension.

How do you know so much about hill racers?

Let's just say I had a good education.

Traffic detail's been trying to stop those rums for years.

Well, I'll just get in a little enforcement for them.

Nailing that peanut cush, no problem at all.

I'll get him.

What is going on with the Queen of Cards?

Oh, no.

Hooker!

My ego has just been totally destroyed.

That's what happens when you chase peanut cars, Junior. And you, what am I

to do about you, huh?

and got himself a tight gearbox.

You gonna write up my baby sister, cop?

Maybe I ought to write you up, wise guy, for contributing.

You begged, pleaded, and I gave in, so arrest me.

One day I might have to, Dan.

There's too many cars at the bottom of Dead Man's Curve. It's dangerous. It's

gotta be stopped.

Hey, it sounds like you are gonna write me.

Bobby, you get a warning, a registered warning.

You could lose your license, and I'm serious.

You're still tough as ever, Hooker.

And Bobby tells me you're still king of the hill.

Kind of like owning the fastest gun in the West, you know.

Always a new one coming around wanting to beat me.

Except one.

You, Hooker. I've been waiting 15 years for that challenge.

What's he talking about?

He's saying that people choose different paths in life.

Yeah, I took the crown and Hooker got himself a badge.

Hooker?

You were a hill racer?

We were the top contenders.

That day could have been Hooker's race.

But he stayed in class at the police academy and I took the crown.

You know, I'm still wondering if I could have beat you, Hooker. No way, Dan. Not

on your best day.

90 to 4 out of 30. Come in.

I'll get it.

What brings you back up here?

Memories? Robbery.

Tied to the hill cars.

I've heard a couple kids got their wheels copped, but robbery?

Probably got a warning because I need your cooperation.

Go on this way.

Hermano, pop the trunk, will you?

A stupid torsion bar.

I'd have gone a long while, Dan, but I'd say these are real specialty items.

Well, they both are. That sway bar is custom, but there's only one speed shop

the state that handles a stupid torsion bar.

Which one?

Mine.

Market robbery number seven went down 30 minutes ago.

They shot a security guard.

You've done okay for yourself.

Hey, keep that Porsche fit for the hill with bankrupt Fort Knox.

I was forced into success, Hooker.

Look at these wheels.

Can we take a look at those sales records now? Yeah, sure. Come on inside.

This is it.

Every stupid Porsche and Barbie sold so far this year, plus the inventory.

Can you think of a customer who sold more than one?

That'd be rare, Hooker, unless they had more than one Hilltar.

Or unless they wanted to rig a stolen getaway car.

You know, Hooker, I really must congratulate you on that excellent

Steuben torsion bar.

Police work moves right along when one has the right leads.

Well, you're in luck, Conrad.

Mr. Denko here is the sole statewide distributor for those torsion bars.

I know.

I ran a check to the FBI. They contacted Interpol, and we got a quick answer

from the Steuben factory in Germany.

Detective Conrad.

Dan Denko.

I also got a quick answer from our lab.

Our sole distributor here belongs to that partial fingerprint we lifted from

Trans Am.

Mr. Danko, you're under arrest for robbery and kidnapping.

I'd also like to talk to you about that guard that was shot in this afternoon's

robbery.

Dan Danko's not your man. He can't be. Well, he fits the description to a T.

His own records can't account for the torsion bars, and Conrad tells me that

kid sister is his only alibi.

And there was a female in the last two robberies. She had a southern accent,

Captain. Probably the California girl, born and bred.

That's why she's not in jail yet. But she still allows the alibi. I'm Danko's

alibi. I was on the hill this afternoon when the robbery went down.

You were on the hill, Hooker, but was Danko?

Captain, Hooker was talking to him. We were notified.

30 minutes after the robbery. Now, you timed the run from the market to the

yourself, Hooker. What was it? 12 minutes.

So he could have pulled off the robbery and been back up on the hill by the time

you first saw him. Now, the evidence is overwhelming, Hooker.

So why are you here, Hooker?

You want to ask me personally if I did it?

You didn't do it. I know you didn't do it.

But if I wanted to help you, you got to help me.

The only way you can help me is to get me a good lawyer.

That's not what I'm talking about. Come on.

You read the papers, you watch the news on TV.

Seven market robberies.

The last two pulled by three bandits, one of them a woman with a southern

accent. They wear masks.

They steal hill cars for getaways.

Yeah, and I'm in here because I drive the hill.

Put that blue suit on, you're all the same, hooker.

I've been the roust route before.

When you were rousted before, did you match the physical description of a

bandit? Was your fingerprint found on a stolen getaway car?

I didn't do it! Come on, Dan!

You're not blind, you're up there on a hill.

Think, man.

Give me something to work with.

I have thought I don't come up with nothing.

Conrad nails me behind the stupid torsion bar because I represent the

What about the sway bar? Why don't you guys go out and lock up everybody who

deals them?

Because they're custom.

You said they were on each of the six stolen cars.

That's right. Then it'd have to be modified to fit each car.

And that's specialty work.

There's only a few people in town who are good enough to do it, Hooker. Now

you're thinking.

Name names.

Start with one you know.

Who'd steal from his own mother.

Axle Suspension and Brake Shop down on East Channel Road.

Jailer!

That's the place to start.

Listen.

What about Bobby?

It's taken care of. She'll stay with Fran until I can get you out of here.

Booker. I guess I should say thanks.

If you feel like saying it, save it.

Till you have reason to thank me.

What we've got here is what you call camber and toeing. The whole front end

out of alignment, and your brakes are worn to nothing.

Very dangerous, lady, dangerous.

It'll cost you $283 now, or maybe your family's life if you scrimp

and don't do it.

My good friends, the police, I take care of all their cars.

Excuse me, lady.

I see it. What do you want, Hooker? Get lost, you bad business.

Good business requires referrals, Gedmini.

Come on, fade away, will you, Hooker? I'm going to stick my lawyers on you,

fair? This man has a bad attitude problem, Sergeant Hooker. Hey, you take

flying leap, too, son.

Axel.

Sway bars.

Talk to me about sway bars.

Seven cars in the last four weeks.

Fiat, BMW, Camaro, Trans Am, all to the same customer.

You're in the wrong place. I ain't into that no more.

What, sway bars?

On getaway cars?

Oh, on fadeaway.

Will you guys back off? I'm legit. And I'm a pink elephant.

Listen to me.

The maggots I'm looking for, they're heavy and I want them.

And they seem to have this idea that they can shoot security guards, thump

people on the head, throw young girls out of moving cars. Listen to me, Axel.

I have to ask myself, why?

Why should the people who do that?

And the people who help them do that.

Be allowed to even walk the streets.

What are you telling me all this for?

That I don't forget the victims.

I don't forget the agony they go through.

So you send your lawyers.

Maybe I'll send our undercover people from Bunko to check you out.

Maybe that lady over there is one of them right now.

All right, all right.

Two guys and a blonde girl.

What kind of a car are they driving?

Brown and beige GMC van.

Cash?

Yeah, yeah. No names, no records. I fix them up with a sway bar and I collect.

I don't know nothing else on it.

Then why your sweater?

Hooker, I got an answer from Germany. They shipped a dozen torsion bars to an

import house in Long Beach.

I tried to call to track the importer's customer, but they're closed.

So I'll try again first thing tomorrow morning.

The van info come back yet on Romano's computer run?

Yes, but nothing worthwhile.

And the hospital called, said you can see Karen Stewart first thing in the

morning. Any word on her injuries? Is there paralysis?

The test for that comes in the morning also.

Well, I'll just have to say a word of prayer for her, won't I?

Oh, Hooker, do you have any idea where I might find Romano?

He's not in the barracks, and he didn't sign off the academy grounds.

Try the garage. He's into cars this week.

About that.

Romano!

You've been discovered, hotshot.

I found this parts requisition in the captain's inbox.

Right. It was just delivered. That's what I'm hooking up now.

You admit it?

All right.

You think this is so I can whip you in the pursuit course?

No, no, no.

This, sweetheart, is to get our unit flat enough to the ground so we can nail

the market robbers. It has nothing to do with you.

And nothing to do with the pursuit course?

For that, I need no help.

Grab a wrench. You can change the plugs. They're in the toolbox.

Platinum tips?

You know about that stuff?

I built a 52 Chevy from the frame up in high school auto shop.

Remind me to check your car before the race.

It's winner take all. I wouldn't want you taking advantage of me.

You wouldn't, huh?

Come to think of it, maybe I would.

Look at it.

Five grand worth of turbocharger.

That'll be the undoing of Devil Band Danko. Why don't we just shoot him?

be a lot easier.

Jeff.

Jeff, why do you want that crown so bad?

The rep.

The power.

I know when I can eat every squid rookie alive.

I'm gonna get pure pleasure putting them into the boneyard under Dead Man's

Curb. You get yours and I get mine.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow?

Gotta live, gotta keep up the cash flow.

We're riding again, sweetness.

In bed.

And then, I'm gonna be king.

Karen, you mentioned the girl. What about the two others? Men, for sure?

Their voices were definitely male.

If I were to guess, in their early 20s, that's only a guess.

It helps.

Was there anything special you noticed about them?

An accent? Clothing?

The driver.

He wore a blue stone ring, a signet ring.

He was the one that told them to throw me out of the car.

Well, Doc, what's the verdict?

We'll know for sure until I put you on your feet.

When do we do that?

out right now.

Let's see if you can make it to Sergeant Hooker.

Come on.

Here goes nothing.

Of course you can.

According to a certain professor I've been talking to, you've got a lot of

to make up.

Did Conrad take Danca to rain again?

I saw him headed back to the jail a minute ago.

And Hooker, I just got the info from the import company.

The torsion bar customer was a woman, a Tess Parker, but it was a man who picked

up the order.

Any address?

Cash customer.

I have a woman on a van FI printout named Tess Parker. She was alone.

Where does the van DMV to?

Not in file.

That's when the vehicle unit is running down for us.

Hooker!

I just talked to the kid who owns the Trans Am. He remembered that Dan gave

a cockpit lesson on the hill over a month ago.

Danny adjusted the rearview mirror.

That explains the fingerprint.

That should be enough to get him out of jail.

But we need more.

More evidence to put the real suspects in the slam.

The Trans Am owner cleared the print.

Can't think.

Two guys and a girl.

South in her mouth.

They travel around in a brown and beige GMC van.

The girl's blonde.

The guy wears a blue signet ring.

The guy who wanted to go for the crown today, he wears a ring like that.

And he drives a van.

Simpson, that wimp. Oh, he's capable of robbery, all right.

And he had a girl with him the other day.

Blonde. Does Simpson have a first name?

Jeff. He hangs with a crazy named Paulie Culver. They were arrested about three

years ago for smashing grab burglaries in auto parts stores.

Semi -rich kids. They were given straight probation by agreeing to join

army. Where can I find him?

Simpson's Hill Car has a personalized license.

Uh, crown six.

That help?

Oh, shit. short DMV should take us right to the throne.

Okay. I cased this market last week. It's got the exact same floor plan as

last one.

I mean, this time of day, there aren't that many customers.

There's plenty of cash.

I mean, they got the payroll checks coming in this afternoon.

Then that's the one we'll do.

And then we'll go straight to the hill.

I'm not going.

You can do whatever you want to me, but I'm not going. I can't do that.

Just say the word, Jeff.

Lady Tess likes the life. She just can't take the work.

Isn't that right, babe?

I feel like I'm going to be sick.

Will you just be here when we come back?

That's the girl.

We're looking for Jeff Simpson.

It concerns robbery.

That's a Roger. We have reason to believe it's the supermarket at 3460

Granville. Roger, 4 Adam 30.

Advise all units in the area that we're one block away.

Rolling in silent.

Well, I'm ready.

And this car is ready.

Cops!

Grab her!

All right, Simpson, put her down.

We know who both of you are.

That doesn't matter, does it?

When a little girl is going to die, you try to stop me.

Try sneaking behind them.

I'll start the car.

Keep in front of me. Got it.

I'm supposed to be driving.

4 -Atom -30 in pursuit.

South on flyer towards summit. All units be advised, do not join in pursuit.

Do not join in pursuit.

Suspect is headed for summit run.

forget about.

Impact.

Compression.

Accelerate.

Push it.

Slow it down.

Slow it

down.

You can't make it.

You just weren't good enough, punk.

What happened to the girl?

Well, she did take part in a crime, Bobby. But I'm sure her reluctance will

taken into consideration by the court. The main thing is, the right people are

behind bars.

The main thing is, the right people were on my side.

I won't forget it, Hooker.

Neither of us will.

Well, how can I not help the king and the queen of the hill?

Well, I'm ready.

It's Mario Andretti.

You won't make light when the Phase 4 flash consumes the Phase 2 filly on the

pursuit course, Hooker.

Let's get to it, Officer Sheridan.

I'm afraid there's not going to be a race, Romano.

There's who?

There's I, Romano.

This is an academy with a training mission, not Indianapolis.

Understand?

Yes, sir.

Cheer up, Ramon. The captain and I have worked up a substitute for you, for both

of you.

No kidding.

Yeah?

The secret to proper pursuit driving begins with concentration.

Hands at each side of the wheel.

Are you ready?