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to turn the other way.

He ain't supposed to be coming up here. Go take a look.

The security guard pulled out on me. What the hell is wrong?

Let's move him.

Raisin quiche, Hooker. That is where it's at.

Yeah? Don't forget the Covallier sparkling water. Of course.

From Belgium.

Much more delicate than that French stuff. That Pamela van Vriesen's going

the end of you, Junior.

Just because a guy is from South Philly doesn't mean he can't improve himself.

4 Adam 30 and all units in the vicinity. A 211 silent at Wallace Diamond

Exchange, 210 Central. 4 Adam 30, handle code 3.

Don't they know it's Sunday?

No, they're probably counting up.

Four -hundred -and -thirty, roger.

Okay, let's go.

Hang on, hang on.

Ben.

Hooker.

Elise lives at the university.

Don't worry, Ben.

I'll get in touch with her.

Elise.

She'll be proud.

Can you remember anything about the suspects?

Description? Anything at all that could help us name them?

I just saw the one.

It went so fast.

Large, small, color hair, anything, Ben.

Big guy.

Just to watch.

Yeah. Black guy.

I feel so worn down. Hang in there, Ben.

Who's the lead?

His wife?

His daughter.

She goes to the university.

We'll have campus security notify her.

We go back to the same academy class together.

All Ben ever wanted was to be a cop.

He had a heart murmur when he was a kid.

Background investigators found out third week in training.

City doctors didn't want to take a chance.

That's rough when you want it so bad.

Yeah, well, it wasn't a heart murmur that put him down today.

A settling torch, magnesium bar, in and out of a roof.

Froze with a tight M .O. that you and I are going to nail. We're going to nail

him for Ben.

What do you hear from the hospital?

Ben Edwards is out of surgery.

Weak, but improving.

Great.

Well, Amato, does the computer do anything? I think we got ourselves a

suspect. All right.

The magnesium torch and roof entry ammo fit three suspects, but two of them are

in prison.

Which leaves... A Miami -born con named Cody Mayfield. I'm getting a mug wired

right now. You want to believe he's wanted for this kind of caper in three

states? Put him on the FBI's wanted list, too. I have one question.

I'm on the safety tail.

Why are you two nosing into my case?

Well, you didn't show on the scene, Holland. We didn't think you'd mind the

help.

Don't you think we should put out a bulletin on this description of Mayfield

until the mugs are in?

I'll make my case my way, Sergeant.

Right now, I'm going to the hospital and see how our security guards do it.

Oh.

Ben Edwards just got out of surgery.

I can give you everything you was able to remember in my report.

What's in your report and what I can get Hooker are two different things.

In case you didn't hear me the first time.

Stay out of my case.

What's his problem?

Bad case of burning ambition.

Playing with the idea that my favorite snitch has been scamming me.

Man, you get everything I got. You're the one with the hammer.

That gram of H I caught you with is going straight to the DA if I get one

answer. What does the DA think about you hanging on to that junk and pumping me

for six months?

He doesn't have to know about that part of it, Durbin.

Now, I want Cody Mayfield wanted in three states for safe burglary.

I don't know Cody Mayfield.

He just lied to me again, Durbin.

One of our blue suits ran the M .O. He got the name Mayfield.

I checked it a little bit further.

You want to keep lying to me?

Or you want me to drop the hammer?

Okay, man. I know Cody. We did a little time together in Lexington.

See, I overheard this conversation he was having about this safe job.

I passed it on to you. That's all there is to it.

Why should I believe you?

There was another part of the conversation I overheard, something

an inside setup.

The security guard had been paid to look the other way.

Durbin, you got 24 hours to deliver Mayfield to me, or I take your package

the DA.

I've got the mug shots of that Mayfield suspect.

Yeah. Did Holland get these out to all the roll calls?

Not so far.

Romano, contact the lab. Have them make hundreds of copies of that.

And I'll shove them down Holland's throat if I have to.

What's the word on your friend Ben Edwards?

Well, he's still in the recovery room. No visitors.

And the hospital staff said our good detective Holland sent Ben's daughter

of the visitor's room in tears.

I'm about to find out why.

I didn't put mud shots out on Mayfield because I'm going to take him down my

way. Asking for a little help from the troops isn't going to cost you a bus

credit, Holland.

Let's just get the grime off the street and into jail.

It'll happen, Hooker. I'm working on it.

The way you've been working on Ben Edwards' daughter?

I had to ask her a few questions. Do you mind?

Yes.

She put in a couple of calls to me.

When I got back to her, she was frantic.

She said your questions were tantamount to accusing her father of being involved

in the Wallace Ball job.

Is that correct?

If involved means being principal to a crime, the answer is yes. Hey, listen,

Hoff.

I know this guy. He's a friend of mine.

I'd like very much to... Sorry, Hooker.

Edwards is under investigation.

You know the rules.

No favor. I'm not asking for any favors. I'm telling you, I know him. He's a

friend of mine.

He's as clean as they come.

Oh? Then why was your friend, Ben Edwards, on the job yesterday when he

had two days of his vacation left?

How do you explain this note that I found in his uniform?

Wallace Vault.

Sunday.

Noon.

There she is.

Ben Edwards' daughter?

Hooker, she's beautiful.

And she's my goddaughter. Don't you forget that, Romano.

Elise.

Hooker.

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, baby.

Thanks for coming.

How's Dan?

There's a lot of pain, but the doctor says he's on the mend.

Good. And where's your mom?

She won't be here today, Hooker.

My mother lives in San Francisco now. They're divorced.

I'm sorry, Elise. I didn't know that. This is my partner, Vince Romano.

Hi. Hi.

We're all seeing a few words for you, Dad.

It's nice to get so much support.

Except for that Holland character.

Have you talked to him yet?

He told me that your dad went to work on a Sunday with days left on his

vacation. There's nothing about that.

Yeah. I think that was because of the way things have been lately.

Between you and your dad?

Father and daughter fighting.

Over the same things he and Mom used to fight over, his work.

What's wrong with his work?

He's a bright, intelligent man, Hooker. He has so much more potential than being

a door shaker.

Hey, Elise, he's putting you through college. Maybe something else isn't what

wants to do.

Well, anyway, our arguments on Sunday probably got to be too much.

So when the phone call came in, he put on his uniform and he left.

What phone call?

We weren't saying much to one another by then.

Elise!

I heard the news about your dad, and I thought I'd drop in and see how it was

done. Since when did you care anything about my father?

I'm Jerry Lee Lewis.

I'm T .J. Hooker.

I'm a friend of Ben's. This is my partner, Vince Romano. It's an honor,

Lewis. Vince?

Uh, if you don't mind me saying, Elise doesn't seem to like you very much.

Well, I'll tell you, on the road, Ben worked personal security for me for

three years, and, um...

I fired him last year.

I don't think any of his family really liked me, I guess, but I just came back

here to see Ben, and that's what I intend to do, so if you'll excuse me.

There goes one of a kind.

You like his music, too? Oh, I like his music.

Well, we can finally agree on something.

Musically speaking.

Hey, Hoss, how you feeling?

Hey, Jerry Lee.

Hi. What a surprise.

It's a regular reunion.

Two of my favorite people at the same time.

Did you meet Hooker?

Hooker's more than just a cop on this thing. He's Elise's godfather.

He pulled all the strings for the wife and me and sped up Elise's adoption by

more than a year.

You don't say. Well, that calls for a regular hottie.

Yeah, Hooker.

Elise was about two then, I think, wasn't she, Ben?

And no little girl had more love from her father.

Well, then, nothing changed, huh, Ben?

She's a fine daughter, Jerry Lee.

Excuse me, John.

Dan, I gotta ask you these things.

You went in on the job on your vacation with a note in your pocket.

Wallace Vault, noon Sunday.

Why? Well, one of the guards called me from the company, and he wanted me to

fill in for him, and he had some kind of family business to take care of. Did

the call come through the guard service or direct?

He called me.

I don't know. I guess he just didn't want to ask the boss.

Why, Hooker? Is something wrong?

Well, a detective has a piece of information that needs to be verified.

This guard, what's his name?

It's Joey.

Joey Bonner.

How well do you know Joey Bonner?

Hardly at all. Just another one of the guards down at the company.

Seems like a nice enough fellow to me.

Oh, God, I'm just getting a little frazzled here.

You hang in there, Hoss, and get you some rest.

I'll be back to see you soon.

Well, thank you for coming, Jerry.

And if you think of anything, Ben, anything else, call me.

Sure, sure thing, Hooker.

So what's with Holland?

Well, I had him looking on the other side of town just like you wanted.

But he's making you for that Wallace vault job. So he ID'd my M .O. What's

difference? Job's done.

Man, he is going crazy.

He wants me to turn you. Maybe I ought to turn you, Durbin.

That punk God you touted me on, Joey Bonner, he split with my cash.

Some replacement guard showed up, almost blew the whole deal. Look, man, I told

you Bonner didn't come with any references.

Just a young drunker hung out there at the club that you could buy real easy.

Nothing more than that.

All right.

Forget Bonner.

It's time we put that Coalfield Exchange job together and blow town.

That cop Holland is squeezing me for you.

You know the guy that taught me safes?

He had a hungry cop on his tail once. You know what he did?

He turned it all around.

Pretty soon he owned the cop.

How are we gonna own some cop, Cody?

Easy when he's hungry.

First you give him the bait.

Where's this bait gonna come from?

Well, he wants me, so I'm the bait.

The prize catch, Cody Mayfield.

He'll get a whole nother ball game.

Enough to make him look good.

Enough for us to own him.

Got your call for backup. Where's the accident?

A few miles up the road. Just follow me in.

Call him.

I got some new information on Ben Edwards.

Tell it to the DA.

Charges are being filed.

Aren't you moving a little fast?

I just talked to Edwards. There was another guard, a Joey Bonner.

Right. Joey Bonner was supposed to be on the job, but Edwards took his place.

A trade between them without company knowledge.

It was a favor Ben did to a fellow worker. He hardly knew him otherwise.

A favor to advance a conspiracy, maybe.

I talked to the security company.

Bonner's dropped from sight. Doesn't that make you suspicious?

It's more fuel for the conspiracy theory.

But I'll put a want out on Bonner for you.

Find Bonner. He can clear Edwards.

Don't make a charge on the basis of a snitch's word.

My source says this is a righteous bust, Hooker. And I've got the evidence to

back it up.

Then take a hard look at your source.

They may just be leading you around by the nose.

He gets me the right kind of bust, friend.

As a matter of fact, that's where we're headed right now.

He just called and told me where I might catch a safe cracker.

So do you, Mayfield?

Now's your chance to see firsthand if my source is reliable or not.

Let's roll.

Yeah, they just entered the park. All right, time to go.

I got to go see the fence, give them a look. I'll be back in about an hour.

Bring me back to six -pack, huh?

Yeah. Clean up this joint, will you?

Mayfield isn't here.

Your source is only half right.

Yeah.

Still a good part of the stolen gem.

Not bad for half right, huh?

I'll help for Ben Edwards.

Our friend Nichols in there isn't being very cooperative.

Oh, even about that guard Bonner.

He's ice.

Did your friend Edwin say that it was Nichols who shot him?

Romano was at the hospital, showing him the mud shots.

The VA's office served him diaper papers on Ben this morning.

What? He's relapsed.

Doctor said no visitors till tomorrow, so I couldn't show him Nichols' picture.

Just had to have your number, didn't you?

Couldn't wait until you knew for sure. I know for sure.

It was my information.

Now I got another one.

On my information.

Holland?

Hey, Holland.

It's all too easy.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, just ask yourself, isn't it possible that you've been fed just

satisfy your hunger for a bust?

And this source of yours is holding back dessert, Mayfield?

Are you trying to say, Hooker, that I'm being played?

Why not? It's happened before. Aren't the cops too eager for a caller?

Captain, I'm not going to stand here and let some blue suitor lay insults on me.

Let's just settle down.

Hooker, let's just settle down. I don't want a war in this precinct. Now,

Holland, Hooker's just trying to suggest that... I don't care what he's

suggesting.

My record speaks for itself.

Hooker, the full record's came through on Joey Bonner. It seems like he's been

in trouble all his life and all over the country.

with some heavier crimes sprinkled in.

Did you run an associate correlation like that?

Bonner's tied to Mayfield, but indirectly.

Mayfield's associates included a man named Frank Durbin.

On one of Joy Bonner's drunk driving arrest reports, there's a Frank Durbin

listed as a bartender witness at a local club.

The printout shows Durbin was in prison with Mayfield in 76.

Don't you say that, uh...

Edwards barely knew Joey Bonner. He was just a fellow employee.

That's what he told me.

Then he lied.

March, two years ago in Memphis, it seems that your friend Ben Edwards and

Bonner were booked into the same jail together on a drug charge.

Possession of heroin for sale.

Okay, if you don't believe Ben when he's in on the vault robbery, then explain

why he lied to you about Joey Bonner.

Well, I'll have the answer to that when the doctors let us see him.

He was booked with Bonner Hooker, possession for sale.

But the Memphis authorities prosecuted Bonner only.

They let Ben go, so there's an explanation. I believe in the man I

Meanwhile, we hunt for Bonner.

He's the key, Junior.

Sea rider, just to see what you have done.

See, sea rider, just see what you have done.

Woman, you made me love you.

Now your regular debt is done come.

have done.

Think about it, darling.

You better take a look at what you've done done.

Oh, Jerry Lee left upon your mama.

Now your regular dad is done gone.

How you doing, Jerry?

Good. Jerry Lee, how you doing? Well, don't I get no noise at all? Oh, no

This is our kind of music. Nothing you can get arrested for.

Well, is Ben okay?

Well, physically he's okay. We're still trying to clear him.

Things seem to be stacking up against him, though. This man, Joey Bonner,

supposedly hangs out here. Have you ever seen him?

Is he the one responsible for the things stacking up against Ben?

Jerry Lee, Ben's been lying to me about how well he knows Joey Bonner.

Well, I know Ben's always protected that guy, man. Then you know Bonner?

Couple of years back, yeah, Bonner started following my band around, and I

believe he was into drugs.

I told Ben to get rid of him.

Ben always wanted to keep the kid around and give him another chance. And one

night in Memphis, Bonner got busted by an undercover agent, digging drugs.

Heroin? Could have been, I don't know, but Ben told the cops it was his own

stash, and that the kid was pushing it for him.

So Ben got pulled in alongside Bonner?

They kept him too.

Then I...

I went down to the jail.

I told the whole story.

And then they let Ben go and they kept Bonner.

That's when I fired Ben and I sent him on home.

I think the guy would have ruined Ben's life and destroyed his family.

Why is Ben sticking his neck out for that guy?

I suppose for the same reason he's always done it.

Which is?

Well, Joey Bonner is Ben's stepbrother.

His stepbrother.

Do you have any idea where we might be able to find Joey Bonner?

Well, there's a rumor around that he's been hiding.

And there's another rumor that that pretty lady right over there is his

girlfriend.

Her name is Mary Beth.

Joy, you get out of here, Joy Bonner.

Ben, look, man, I'm scared, real scared.

That's your problem, Joy.

The cops, do they?

No, they don't know anything about your involvement, except that I took your

place. Where's out those safecrackers? They're looking to kill me.

At least you don't have the cops chasing you, too.

Now get out of here.

Get out of my life.

This time, get out for good.

What are you talking about?

Try this.

Joey Bonner knows too much, and the boys he's playing with don't like loose

ends. All right, Beth.

A friend of mine is lying in a hospital with two bolt holes in his chest, and

he's looking at a felony prosecution, I think because he was trying to help Joey

Bonner.

You're helping to destroy a man's life, and what for?

So you can keep Joey Bonner clean?

He's too late for that.

He stepped in dirt.

The first time he sat down with Cody Mayfield.

If you don't tell us where Joey is before Mayfield gets a hold of him, Joey

won't survive.

Hey, sweetheart.

Jail is better than dead.

It's on this... It's in a motel.

On the San Fernando Road.

The Corral.

Lou.

Where's Harlem?

What are you trying to say to me, little lad?

What I'm saying to you is that you're practically our partner now, Holland.

know it?

I mean, you went for it, old buddy.

What do you got now, huh?

You got some of the stones recovered, you got some second banana in custody,

Mayfield got away.

And if either one of us gets picked up, we say that the cop was in on it all the

way. Just trying to make a big name for himself and cut himself in on a part of

the proceeds, huh?

Here, take a look at this.

Take a real hard look at that.

That's 5 ,000 big ones deposited in your bank account the day after the big

bust.

You know who did that?

Old Cody Mayfield did that.

Now what are we talking about here, huh? You think those people are going to

believe that their great big deal super cop wasn't in on this?

Not a chance. You ain't squeezing me no more.

You won't get away with it, scum. Try me, huh? We're sending your big,

career right down the tubes. You can count on it. We own you, copper. We own

you.

Co -build exchange?

The bartender, Frank Durbin.

He has to be the way to Mayfield.

His name just comes into everything too much.

206 Elm Drive is the address Stacy ran down on us.

Do we give it to Holland or what?

We're five blocks from Elm Drive.

The what has it?

We've been dead a long time.

Looks like we lost our way to Mayfield.

Maybe, maybe not.

I think we just found Detective Holland's snitch.

Oh, Hawker, this just came in. An invitation from Jerry Lee Lewis for you

your death.

Death?

Really? You want to go?

You can go.

Oh, no. Look at this. The same night.

The Vienna String Quartet? Are you kidding?

I just spent 30 bucks to rent the tuxedo.

I can't believe it. I'm committed. Totally committed.

To Pamela Van Driessen.

Captain. Captain.

You seen Hollow?

What?

Does he know about Durbin's murder yet?

Well, he figures it was Mayfield.

According to his source, anyway.

I was about to suggest.

That Durbin was Holland's source all along.

No, it can't be.

Durbin's dead.

Holland turned new information on Mayfield. We're putting together a task

to move on it.

Holland's source says Mayfield is going to hit again.

Today.

According to my information, it did not come from Durbin.

Mayfield will hit somewhere in the Diamond Exchange District today at 5 p

I've run down to companies that are holding a large enough booty for him to

interested. I've narrowed it down to four companies.

Herring and Marsh will stake out the Fisher Company.

You two will take the Jewel Crafters.

You two, since Mayfield might clear your friend, I'll give you your choice.

Pick right and he's your caller.

No, it's your case.

You make out the stake assignment.

I want to give you every opportunity, Hooker.

We'll take Cofeld Exchange.

You're sure?

Seems to me that Beauvier Jewelers is a much more likely location.

It does have more avenues of escape.

Okay, we'll take Beauvier Jewelers.

Let's hit it.

Hold on, hold up.

Gauvier vault is on the third floor.

Not the top floor?

That isn't Mayfield's M .O.

What's grinding on you, Hogan?

I was sure that Holland maneuvered you out of the Kohfeldt exchange.

That map Holland threw away.

He must know that's Mayfield next hit.

Okay, down the roof.

Oh, back up. Cover the outside exits.

You go to the fire escape.

Adam's 30. Need assistance.

Coalfield building.

I've got him 10, Hooker. You go around the other way. I'll cover you.

Ramona's got the downstairs covered.

He can't get away.

He's armed.

I want him right now. Let's go.

I'm staying right with you, Holland.

Backup's on the way.

There's no need to push it.

My Jesus, you're going to take orders from me. I want Mayfield right now.

Move out, mister.

Don't shoot, Holland.

Hold it right there.

I'll take it from here, Hooker.

He'll never bring me in alive.

I saw him kill Durbin.

Now he wants to kill me.

Make it look legal because I can burn him.

Hold it.

My collar, Holland.

On the ground, face down.

I almost wish you'd try.

Try too hard, Holland.

Too hard and too fast.

It all fell apart because you felt sorry for some crummy security guard.

That's the way it goes, Holland. You had informants, connections, a hot record

of arrests, and the wrong kind of ambition.

I've got friends.

to dedicate this next song to some personal friends of mine, Mr. Ben

his daughter, Elise.

They're not left over here.

From Jerry Lee Lewis, a pleasure to you, fella.

Hope you enjoy it.

Oh, a whole lot of shaking going on.

All right?

Whoa!

Identification time here.

I'm all over, baby. A whole lot of shaking.

Why don't you shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it all night long?

I ain't faking.

Boy, what a shaking going on.

Well, let's shake it, baby, shake it.

Shake it, baby, shake it.

Shake it, baby, shake it.

Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it. Come on, mama.

I think he'd like to be back on the road.

No way. He told me that he'd like to hang around and see you graduate.

Why not?

I feel I've learned how to be a real daughter this time.

You're terrific, you know that?

I saw you.

Hey, Romano.

What happened to the string quartet?

I didn't go.

So where's Miss...

Miss Pamela is nowhere is where she is. You know how she introduced me to her

high -class friends?

Mr. Romano is the legal field practitioner.

I'm a cop.

I'm not ashamed of being a cop. I like being a cop.

Who's she to apologize for me?

He's shaking.