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Getting nervous?

Okay.

Besides, I need the bread.

Not bad for your first time out, you know.

Any problems? No problem.

Pay him, Blaine.

So where can we drop you off, kid, huh?

Dave's waiting on Fairview, about four blocks away.

Okay.

Well, then look at it this way, Hook.

There's a shortage of nurses.

Fran's doing a good thing besides being employed. No, she doesn't have to go

back to work now. The kids are too young. Not that young. They're in school

of the day.

Well... Time marches on, Hooker.

Situations change. People change.

And you're among them.

I am?

It's a process called... How do you know so much about them?

Well... Anyway, I'm not getting into it.

I've got too many things to take care of before I get old.

Papaya oil would help.

I'm almost afraid to ask.

The oil of papaya holds the secret of you.

Yeah?

Papaya? Yeah.

Oh, listen, I... I haven't had a glass of papaya juice in a long time. No, no,

no, not papaya juice. Papaya oil.

You rub it all over your body.

No way. Come on, it's quiet.

I'm not going to rub fruit oil all over my body.

Okay, fine.

Someone put a cork in that bottle. Oh, terrific.

Cops make them.

Come on, officer. Give me a break.

It is an easy thing to check on, especially when you're fried.

Get traffic moving, will you? Units in the vicinity.

On 4 out of 43, a GTA occurred five minutes ago at the supermarket, Rio Mesa

Shopping Mall. A 1982 Ford Bronco, brown in color, was taken. Suspect is a male.

Everybody just makes dumb chicken jokes.

Kids pluck my feathers out. Once you gave me an egg, told me to sit on it.

Let's go.

Clear this up right now. Back it up. Back it up right here. Let's go. Come

You bring it right through here. Bring it right through there. Come on, honey.

There you go.

All right, right through there. Bring it right through there.

Step out of the car, please.

Get back here!

Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

Dr. Carroll.

Dr. Warner. One in radiology, please.

Dr. Warner.

Fran, I thought you were working the fifth floor.

Oh, Hooker.

I heard the call. Four Adam 30 officer down. I thought it was happening all

again. It has happened again.

Only this time it spins.

You just come in.

And where are you ordered?

Right, exactly.

Right down to the pinstripe.

Not bad for one day's work, huh? How can you do it?

How can you act like nothing happened?

Hey, listen to me, brother -in -law. The only thing that happened is we filled

an order in one day.

So now you can take out my baby sister to a decent meal for a change, right?

What if the kid talks?

They've never been to the garage.

They don't even know our names.

Who knows?

He might even be dead by now.

Parker, six o 'clock news.

Get a load of what the DA's stirring up.

Right.

Vincent Romano is reported to be under treatment for a head wound at Memorial

Hospital. Our Nightwatch news team was on the scene to get these pictures of

actual shooting of the unarmed teenager.

that the boy was shot in the back. The district attorney has appointed a

investigator to deal with this latest in a rash of police shootings.

The focus of the investigation, Sergeant T .J. Hooker.

It wasn't my bullet that hit the kid.

Ballistics will show that the minute the surgeons retrieve the slug. You don't

have to convince me, Hooker. I know how good a shot you are. But then they

should worry more about a cop that's still in ICU.

Do they know yet who the boy is?

The detectives have ID'd him as Craig Marshall, 18, no priors.

The ballistics Hooker's talking about may be a long time coming.

The boy's still critical, and the bullet's lodged between his third and

vertebrae. The surgeons say it's too dangerous to try to remove it.

Frank, check on this again, will you?

Any word on the four -wheel drive?

It was the same vehicle that was stolen from the Rio Mesa shopping mall. The

description the woman gave fits Craig Marshall, but she says he was alone.

Then before he hit that intersection, he picked up two friends.

One of them shot him, not me.

I wish we could prove that a lot faster than it looks like we're going to be

able to. There were witnesses there. They'll turn it around.

Look, there was also a lot happening there, Hooker. I mean, confusion. And

of those witnesses are saying that you shot the boy.

I'm sorry I wasn't there, partner.

I'm sorry I didn't invite you.

Bullet grazed to the upper left forehead, causing a mild concussion.

Well, lucky the bullet hit you in the head, not one of your vital organs.

Funny guy.

Remember walking up to the Bronco?

Then nothing.

You want to know what I remember?

Papaya oil.

Diner get my head blown off, and it's papaya oil rather than suspects.

You always were strange.

What is this with you and papaya oil? I'm planning this demonstration party

at Sherry's bar so Daphne can explain her papaya oil personal care products.

I could have figured there'd be a Daphne at the bottom of your body rub.

Yeah.

Hooker.

I know you weren't close enough to get the description.

I'm sorry I can't remember anything about the suspects.

No sweat.

Are you satisfied that your partner's okay?

Physically, he's top notch.

We'll just have to wait and see how he handles the survival syndrome.

Do the other TV channels pick it up?

And the Chronicle, evening edition from Paige.

Daisy, anything on that hot four -wheel drive?

Not yet.

Listen,

do me a favor, will you?

Run that Greg Marshall kid through the field interview file.

Maybe he hasn't been arrested, but I can't believe he hasn't come close. The

good and uncle battle, and I'm... Done.

Booker?

It's coming down like I said.

There's a lawyer here from the DA's office waiting to talk to you.

And three years ago, your partner was shot.

He died.

Naturally, it was tough for you. You second -guessed yourself. You evaluated

over and over.

And you made some decisions about how you wished you would have dealt with it.

It's called self -critique. It's a healthy process. You guys ought to try

when you lose those open and shut cases in court.

Personality studies show that what you call... Self -critique sometimes builds

in a preconditioned response for the next time, Sergeant. A preconditioned

response working its way up from my gut.

My family, I don't want them to hurt any of them.

They went through this kind of smear once before.

Suddenly their friends stopped calling.

Little signs labeling their daddy a killer got scrawled on chalkboards at

school.

Strange voices on the phone uttered nasty words.

None of them slept too well. All because people shot their mouths off.

playing a guessing game called informed speculation before the facts were in.

The facts initiated this investigation, Sergeant.

You have been involved in a number of other shootings.

Hey, you know that happens when you're a working street cop?

I mean, the bad guy gets shot sometimes, too, as well as the cop.

But it wasn't a bad guy you shot in the back yesterday, Hooker. It was an

unarmed juvenile.

Now, I'm getting tired of saying this.

The TV camera didn't show the guy in the truck.

He shot the boy, not me.

It's not just the TV tape. We talked to the witnesses.

Now, wait a minute. You know yourself.

There was a lot of confusion among the witnesses.

Unfortunately for Hooker, there was confusion.

Some of the witnesses don't think you shot the boy.

But then, they didn't have a clear view.

Look at that.

Look at what?

Youth wounded in police shootout dies.

The district attorney's office is awaiting autopsy results to confirm

that Greg Marshall was struck by a police bullet.

But we know the cops didn't do it.

Yeah, but they don't.

Stacy, anything on the stolen Bronco?

No, sir.

But I did get the computer run you asked for on the stolen four -wheel drive.

Good.

Hooker, I do have the detectives all over this case.

I can use any help I can get.

That slick in there with Romano is going to waste his time looking for car

thieves or my bullet because he believes.

The stolen four -wheel drive is the key. And I assure you, Hooker, everybody's

looking for it.

If it hasn't shown by now, it's because it's been changed.

A chop -chop job?

Why not?

They know it isn't just kids. There were two adults in that vehicle. If they're

pros...

That Bronco won't look anything like it did before.

Hey.

Oh, Stacy, get out a special statewide M .O. bulletin on altered Broncos, new

paint jobs, anything that remotely smells of a chop job. I want it tossed.

Yes, sir.

You sound like a committed cop, Captain.

I sound like you.

Yeah. David, explain.

Sorry to hear about Greg.

Lousy cop.

He didn't have a gun or anything.

His hands were in the air.

Hey, David.

Calm down.

Let them take care of their own.

Listen, I need a couple more four -wheel drives.

Do you think you can handle that?

There's an orchard full of them out there.

Just name the make and model.

Sounds good.

Thanks.

Bad news.

Ballistics report.

Inconclusive, I know.

Bone damage to the slug.

They couldn't make a clear -cut comparison one way or the other.

That report just came into the captain's office. How did you find out? Hey, when

you've been around as long as I have, you get plugged in.

I still have a few friends around here. I was counting on that ballistics report

to put an end to the DA's witch hunt so things could get back to normal around

here. There's got to be something we can do, Hooker. Well, according to the

computer, there is, and we'll get to it tomorrow morning.

You got a lead on a stolen four -wheel drive?

Indirectly. It's going to take a lot of work.

I want to circle search the pattern that's been built up behind the last

four -wheel drive thefts.

Hey, I'm rested.

Dine at the street? And I'm dying to unload those barracudas.

Pretty bad.

Hard.

Yesterday put two more notches in the pattern.

One four -wheel drive from the Rio Mesa shopping center.

Another one five blocks away from the studio center complex.

You're talking about a possible chop shop. It doesn't figure for pros to be

going back to the same area. You know, I don't think Greg Marshall was a pro.

I think he was working for a while.

I think his replacement fits the same pattern.

Lazy, looking for easy pickings.

Romano.

You all recovered now?

Thanks to medical science and an incredibly resilient body.

Oh, good.

Now you can hustle your incredible body over to Sherry's.

You know how many people are coming to your soiree?

The more the merrier.

chips and dips and crackers and pretzels, I am getting phone calls for

reservations.

Plus, those personal care products are being shipped here. I cannot keep up

all of it. Hang in there, Stacy. You can handle it. I just gave up Romano. Hey,

come on.

You're not a quitter, are you?

Oh, uh, we gotta get going. Look, just sign my name on the statement, okay?

You will be rewarded, Stacy.

I like beer nuts.

Put a little salt.

16 four -wheel drive stops and three hours of circle searching.

Said police work with glamour. I don't know who.

There's one more.

Tell them what code 6 Adam. Give them our location.

Romano!

Romano.

Tell them what code 6 Adam.

Code 6, right.

4 Adam 30, code 6 Adam.

Riverdale and Union Way.

Put your hands behind your head.

The ignition was punched out.

He must have just picked it up.

But Kitty could have been killed.

And we could have lost him.

We weren't too quick on the radio.

Yeah, well, I'm sorry. I got this roaring headache, you know.

Yeah.

Physical wounds heal fast.

The emotional laughter affects.

No. You see, at the hospital, they mentioned something about delayed

You know, like the guys who came back from now.

Oh, no.

It was a while after I got shot.

I began to have thoughts.

Thoughts?

Hooker, who said anything about thoughts?

I'm getting headaches, that's all. Just headaches.

Relax, Romano.

It's normal to feel unsure when you come so close.

I'm not unsure.

I'm not.

But my problem is physical.

Physical.

Let's drop it, okay?

Just drop it.

Hooker.

I've got something for you from the computer run on the field interview

Greg Marshall?

I ran his name, DOB, and driver's license.

We scored on a cross -reference under primary associates.

Marshal Gregory C. and the company of David Harmon observed loitering near

square deal used car lot. Look a few lines down.

Harmon, David, joyriding, possession of stolen property.

I think I'm going to have a little talk with David Harmon.

You know where he is? We bagged him on the GTA.

I want to know where you're going and who you're planning on seeing.

And when I tell you nothing, what are you going to do?

Gun me down like you gunned down Greg?

Shut up.

Got it all figured out on you.

Joyriding bust, easy hit.

Stick it to the cop who shot your friend.

Walk out of here with a smile on your face.

You got it, Big Daddy. No, you got it, sunshine.

You got a point, cop.

Make it.

Put the tape on record.

The cop here didn't shoot your friend.

I know you don't choose to believe that.

Any more than you choose to believe that the Iceman...

It was in the car with your friend Greg.

The dude who pays the bills?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Of course not.

Just keep the recorder on.

The bullet I squeezed off is somewhere inside a chopped Bronco. I'm looking for

it. Because if you don't take me to the people who shot your friend, that four

-wheel drive will.

You're so full of it.

I saw you in full living color on the six o 'clock news, cop.

You did it.

You murdered Greg.

Just keep it going.

Because one day you'll rewind and put it on playback.

Your friend Greg got nervous.

He ran.

They pulled the plug on him. They did it. The same ones who put a bullet in my

partner's face.

I want him, sunshine.

I want him.

And I'm going to get him.

With or without your help, they're going to fall.

And I mean hard.

The bail's come through, so this time I'm gonna get you out the street.

But maybe this time, they will.

Permanent.

Because you don't believe.

Have you dated last night?

Huh? Oh, no.

I just didn't get much sleep.

Well, I guess I'd be worried, too, if I had all that papaya oil on my hands.

Okay.

What's this remedial training you've got set up for me anyway? Here it is,

Junior. New situation I want you to try on.

You get away from me.

Come on, put the knife down. Nobody wants to hurt you. Just put the knife

No, I won't.

Why don't you go ahead and shoot me?

I'm no good anyway. Go ahead.

Shoot me.

Nobody wants to hurt you. Put the knife down. Get me out of my house.

I'm going to lose.

Come on, nobody cut your furniture.

Everybody's okay.

Just put the knife down.

I don't want to put the knife down. Shoot me. Go ahead, shoot me.

No, we're not going to shoot you. Just put the knife down. Come on. Nobody

to hurt you. Just put the knife down. You're going to throw me out of my

I'm going to lose.

Come on, nobody cut your furniture.

Come on, put the knife down. Nobody wants to hurt you. Just put the knife

That's good.

Just put it down.

All right, partner, come on in and pick up that knife.

You're dead, Romano.

Your partner's dead.

Some film.

Caught me off guard, I guess.

That's twice.

What? You froze.

You're not dealing with it. Dealing with what?

Yourself. Your fear.

It was a simulated incident, Hooker. I'm just fine. Get off my back, okay?

Can't.

I can't do that.

I need a partner who can function.

You were a better cop when you had two weeks on the job.

If you don't think I cut it, Hooker, maybe you should be working with another

partner.

Handle, what's up? Good news. The CHP just informed us they've recovered the

four -wheeler up in Newhall.

Great. The bend number's been altered. New paint job. You should have it down

here by this afternoon.

There's a bullet in that set of wheels that should turn the heat off.

I hope so, Hooker, because the DA just informed us that he's going to put you

public display in spite of the inconclusive evidence.

Coroner's jury?

Yep. With all the trappings.

Great.

It's just what I made.

It's just what my family needs.

The lab should be here in an hour to start going over it. What do you say we

take our own look at my bullet?

I sure hope it's there, Hooker. The pressure around this place is getting

heavier by the minute. That's part of the job, Stacy. Just remember, if you're

right, nobody can change it.

Tell that to Romano.

You should have heard the way he was talking at lunch today.

He's really bad -mouthing the department, the system, everything.

Yeah, but I think that's temporary. He's hitting at every target but the right

one. The way he was talking at lunch today, I don't think he'll be around

longer to hit anything.

He's talking resignation.

In a dozen different ways.

About 90 % of what's on his mind, if you ask me.

I didn't think it had gotten that far.

The garage is this way, Hooker.

You've just changed my priorities.

and something.

on to the knife.

What about your dice?

Nobody out there

cares what kind of job we do. He didn't sign on to take the house.

Stop looking for excuses to quit, Junior.

Take out the real reason.

Deal with it. You might just find you don't want to quit at all.

going to happen again.

Those vermin multiply. They feed on decent people and cops, good cops.

Keep them in their holes, and you're a good cop, Romano.

I'd personally like to see you hold on to that badge.

The DA has nothing conclusive, so he's holding a coroner's jury to hear my case

tomorrow.

Figures he'll get a lot of press.

me for the circus.

Who knows, you might just get your picture in the paper.

I don't know how I'll handle myself on the street when it comes.

You called it right in the simulator.

Hey, Ramona, right now I know you can handle it.

so far and they've been all over it.

I missed the gun, but not by much.

That bullet is in the vehicle. Probably in the seat.

Not these. Look at them. Cut them brand new. Yeah.

It does look like a complete overhaul.

First class, too.

Spring lock handles.

Look at these chrome wheels.

Nickel plated pinstripe. A Weber 411 chrome bumper.

I've never seen a bumper like this before. That's because there aren't many

around. Weber's one of those old line companies.

Limited custom production.

A beginning.

Stacy, check the local distributors of custom auto parts. See who handles the

Weber 411 bumper for four -wheel drive.

It's a slim beginning, especially with the DA's show and tell starting

That's all we've got.

I'm running with it.

Lane, you here?

What are you doing here?

How'd you find this place?

I was curious.

Let me take the cars.

I phoned you one day. It was easy.

What do you want? Make it quick.

Aren't you going to introduce me?

Oh, yeah.

This is David Harmon. He's one of the kids who... Oh, of course.

Any problems, David? Yeah, there's a problem.

The cops picked me up. Ah, we heard.

That was quite stupid of you to let that happen, David.

Maybe.

I'm looking at a joyriding charge, which is going to bring down some heavy legal

fees. How heavy are we talking?

I don't know.

A couple thousand, maybe?

Oh, that seems like a reasonable request.

Would you mind if we stepped in the office and discussed the amount, David?

Good.

I'm sorry about that. Get rid of him.

Sure, I will.

Let me get some money from the safe.

I mean permanently.

Anything else?

I talked to the local Weber distributor.

There are only three shops near the Rio Mesa Mall that carry their 411 bumper.

Oh, Romano, I have a message for you from Daphne. Oh. She just got a job with

international airline.

She'll be flying to Rome and Paris.

Oh, that's great.

She said she'll call you when she gets back to the States.

Sometime next year.

Oh, no. What am I going to do?

Don't worry. She's got a replacement for you. Her cousin.

Great.

I wonder what a cousin looks like.

Well, why don't you look at it on the bright side of it? If any of these

cockeyed schemes of yours ever work out and you make enough money to buy a big

house and a large swimming pool, you'll always fill it with papaya oil.

Ha -ha.

Yeah, get me the police, quick.

This is David Harmon. Sergeant Hooker there. It's for you, Hooker. David

Hello. You were right. They did it. They shot Greg.

And they're going to shoot me. I'm at the Gearbox Transmission Shop, 500 South

Sherwood Street.

You see what I'm talking about?

David. What is it?

Shots fired.

Sounds like he's in real trouble.

Where is he?

The Gearbox Transmission Shop on Sherwood Street.

Let's hit it.

Sit down here. Back to that door that way.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm okay.

All right.

Come on.

Nice try, Dave.

Come on.

I'm sorry. It's got to be done.

He's wounded. We'll need an ambulance.

They did it. They shot Greg.

Three -quarter's on playback.

This car seat here's got a bullet hole in it.

Oh, by the way, welcome back, partner.

Step right up.

That'll be $5, please.

Look, pal, you got to buy a bottle of... Hooker!

Hi, Sergeant.

Sorry, I didn't know it was you.

You see, I got this deal with Sherry taking over the bar for today. Great,

Papaya oil must be a hot item.

That's not all that's hot around here.

You see, Daphne's cousin Zelda showed up to do the body rub demonstration.

Zelda?

You've got to buy a bottle of oil before you can go in.

Five dollars.

But for you, my buddy, my pal, my partner, $3 .50.

I'm just kidding.

Uh, uh, take it over, will you?

Watch this.

Ooh.

Velda brought her brother Herbie along.

I was wondering why all the ladies were here.

All right, Ramal, you sure lucked out.

Yeah? This is only the beginning.

Zelda does this incredible thing with extracts of guava.