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Thank you.

You're about as talkative as a brick wall this morning. Something bugging

I'm sorry, Junior. I didn't know the sound of my voice was so soothing to

Look, I know you and Lieutenant Merritt don't exactly get along and it's eating

at you that we're on standby for his narco operation, but maybe you ought to

a tad more diplomatic when you deal with him and his troops.

I mean, I hear he's got heavy pull -downs.

Uh, I was just a little too anxious to climb the department ladders for my

money. Yeah, he's got a pound of ambition, that's for sure.

Well, there's nothing wrong with ambition if you don't leave footprints

people on your way to getting where you're going.

Merritt's detectives are going after some hot Vegas money, huh?

Yeah, Vice picked up word that a player's coming in from Vegas to set up

for a cash exchange out of a condo that's the front for a call girl

4 -Atom -30, meet Lieutenant Merritt.

Administrative narcotics at the pre -designated Code 5 location.

Regarding the Vegas narcotics suspect, Code 2.

Tell him we're on it.

That's the Roger control.

4 out of 16, rolling back up to 30.

April sends coffee.

Thank you. Put it on the balcony.

So when

is

this deal supposed to go down?

As soon as the buyer shows.

Anything yet, Lieutenant Merritt?

We're in position outside April DeMarco's condo.

Nothing so far.

Is that Barrett?

That's the room a Vegas dealer's supposed to be in.

a light sport coat and he's carrying a leather attache case.

Looks like our buyer.

Baron here. Our player with money just showed. We're taking up positions.

All units, stand by.

Roger.

Ten keys.

Eight hundred thou.

Going in.

Sit, Merritt.

Nothing. Hold it.

I won't.

Please.

No.

Please, no.

I'm coming at you

with a hostage.

down, April. Sure.

Sure thing.

How can I help you, gentlemen?

We just busted one of your girls down the hall, and you're looking at prison

you're part of the drug deal that just went down.

What's up with me, Lieutenant?

Got it, Hooker. Come on in.

We just finished tossing April to Marco's condo.

She's put together quite an operation in the last six months.

Yeah, so you told me when you asked for backup for the radio.

Yeah. Well, one of the ways that April found to come up with a few extra bucks

was to make video cassettes of her wealthy tricks with her girls. Black

mean? Uh -huh.

Names, dates, sexual preference.

Girls got carried away with all that happy electronic gear.

Started videotaping everything.

Right off the bat, came up with this.

Now, April, we all seem to know. I have.

The blonde's name is Karen Wilkins. She's a stand -up prostitute down from

It means I pay cops.

One cop, really. And you girls don't go to jail.

A vice cop on your payroll?

He doesn't work vice anymore, but he has friends.

All over.

I know who vice is looking for, where, and how.

Sounds good, but a little too familiar. Then Vice breaks down my door and I got

six months to do my nails and write tons of letters.

What's the lucky number?

115.

It's his badge number.

Hey.

Well, that's a lie.

She gave that girl my badge number so she could convince her that she could

here without getting busted.

Uh -uh, Hooker. We ran the entire tape.

She names the motel that you live in.

The car you drive, that your ex -wife and kid live out of town, and a whole

more. Come on.

How does she know that, Hooker? Lieutenant, you're asking Hooker to tell

what goes on in somebody else's mind in a court of law. We're not in a court of

law, Romano.

And we don't need any clubhouse lawyers in here.

So as I said, Hooker, do you have any answers? No, I don't have any

on that.

But I'm telling you, it's all part of the same lie.

Did you question her? Yep.

But I haven't been able to get a word out of her. It's any consolation. No,

no consolation. What kind of question should I ask her? Look, I'm acting under

direct orders from your chief.

Now, until this is resolved one way or the other, you're assigned to your place

of residence during duty hours.

Now, you're not suspended.

You don't have to give up your gun or your badge. I know the drill as well as

you do.

Hey, Hooker.

I'm really sorry.

Yeah.

Well, there's going to be a hell of a lot more people sorry before this is

Romano.

Internal Affairs would like to see you in the morning.

Well, it looks like Internal Affairs couldn't wait, right, Tom?

It's just getting started, Hooker. Nothing interesting in your locker so

You know, I'm kind of glad we got your case.

You always the white knight.

I never did believe in white knights. Right.

Well, you have a chance to put another notch on your gun butt rifle.

Not a cop, fired, or jailed. No wonder you were so eager.

You're taking this very personal, Hooker. This man's taking this very

This is not personal.

I guess they haven't tied you into the dope they found in the place.

Watch what you're saying.

Maybe we can help tie you into that, too. But for right now, we want to take

over to your place and search it. What if I say no? No, you're through saying

no, hotshot.

And if you refuse to exceed, you'll be suspended for failure to cooperate.

Look, you can own me from 9 o 'clock tomorrow morning, but right now I'm

leaving. No, no, we own you from here on in, Hooker, until you hit the bricks

without a badge or the joint without a prayer.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hooker, come on.

Come on.

All right, Hooker.

You just put another nail in your coffin.

gonna hang you.

They shredded me.

They got some help building the gallows.

And it gets better.

I got a call.

The DA's officers are arraigning me this afternoon. Five counts.

Bribery. Corruption.

This is turning into a nightmare. You've got to do something to help yourself.

I gotta get some air.

I'm going to Las Vegas.

But they're gonna arraign you.

Fifteen minutes in court and a low army.

And April's getting out on bail in a couple of hours.

I'm going to meet her tonight.

Hey, Hooker.

Isn't meeting her in Vegas going to make matters worse for you?

It can't be helped.

I hope you know what you're doing.

I gotta get going.

Hooker.

They're saying if you knew about prostitution at April's place, maybe you

about narcotics deals there, too.

I thought they might say something like that.

I'll see if I can call you.

Here's the money.

You got a chance to talk to Hooker?

Just for a minute before he went into IA. I called him at home last night. He

said he was sorry to cause a lot of problems for us, but it couldn't be

April's coming out on bail, and he's meeting her in Vegas.

The DA agreed to a smaller bail because she's cooperating. You mean she's

talking? She told the DA that Hooker was taking $500 a week from her in bribe

money, that she's known him for years, and that she was first intimate with him

when she was 19.

How's New York, Mr. Capitol? New York's fine.

What's the latest on Hooker and April? She's back in Vegas.

Hooker's on his way.

Paper's right here.

Wow.

Hooker's digging his own grave.

It looks that way.

He's known April a long time.

He helped her when she first got busted.

They've kept in touch ever since.

You figure she'll be waiting for him at the airport?

Why not?

We'll find out.

If Hooker is washed up, if he's looking at jail, the syndicate can use

him. Otherwise, we bury Hooker and April.

I tried to call your room and tell you that the raid had to go down then.

But your line was busy.

It worked out all right.

It did?

They wrecked my place, and your narcotics squad thinks they're going to

away for a hundred years.

That's the way you planned it? The government planned it.

With my help.

Castle's moving back into California.

He tried it once before, but we bloodied his nose for him.

I was working administrative narcotics, and your dad was working Vegas PD

narcotics at the same time.

Suppose I said I wanted out.

Just like that?

You mean, what about my dad?

In my whole childhood, I saw my father a grand total of one, maybe two years.

The rest was phone calls and postcards.

Is that any reason to get killed by the mob? Oh, I don't know. Most of his life,

he was a pretty damn good cop.

You're a terrific cop, Hooker. I'm not anxious to die with you either.

I want to know if anybody follows him. Don't do anything but keep track.

Okay? Get started.

Tough time for you to come back home.

When was there an easy time?

What exactly comes next?

Well, I spend as much time as necessary to convince Castle and the mob that I'm

a bad cop.

Drinking and gambling, writing checks and balances.

Oh.

And anything that I can do to contribute to that effect, you'd appreciate.

That's the general idea.

I don't find it that tough playing your girlfriend, but I was always good at

role -playing.

I think you're too tough on yourself.

I know how you felt about my father.

I figure I gained some goodwill just by being his daughter.

I guess you know how I got into hooking. But you never turned your back on me.

Well, April, I've seen you rolling around in a custom Mercedes when you

finance a jailhouse phone call.

And you never whined or complained or blamed somebody else.

I found that admirable.

Thank you, Kurt.

Play Red.

They're here for a while. This is their joint.

I'll be at home.

Good luck.

I don't need luck, I got you.

Place

your

bets, ladies and gentlemen. Place your bets, please.

Place your bets.

25 ,000 plays, Mr. Hooker.

Cards, please.

Turning for the players.

A natural nine. There will be no more cards. Turning for the bank.

A natural eight.

The players win with a nine over eight. Mr. Hooker wins and is the new banker.

He's got 50 ,000 bucks in front of him now.

What did he start with?

Chicken feed, four or five hundred.

But he handles himself very well, Mr. Castle.

He's taking a meal at the table and... We started to watch his drinking. He's

cool.

He was always cool.

Poor cop.

I'll give him that.

He looks like he's having a good time.

There's a lot going on.

I thought I told you to keep out of sight.

Yeah, I can't live in a hotel room.

Look, I've got an obligation to you, Mr. Castle.

Hooker and his narco cop buddies grabbed our dope.

Take it slowly, Jack.

I just gotta find out for sure why he's out here in Vegas.

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

Place your bets, please.

Plates, please, ladies and gentlemen. Place your bets.

Cards, please.

I met with Hooker tonight, and I gave him a kilo of heroin.

He asked me to tell you that he's going undercover in Vegas.

You mean that whole business in this office was to establish Hooker as a

cop? Of course.

In the eyes of the department and the media.

But I guess he felt he put your people through enough already.

Ah, hell.

He caught that plane knowing that I wasn't sure about him anymore.

That's the way you go undercover, Vince.

You tell nobody.

And if something goes wrong, nobody in high places ever heard of you.

Are you saying if Hooker got killed in Vegas, he'd go out as a bad cop?

Dirty?

Maybe not quite that definite, but there'd always be a question mark behind

name. He's too good a cop for that.

On the other hand, if he pulls it off, he's a hero.

I guess we'd better get out of here.

Jim.

I've been thinking about that Mexican girl's case.

I got a couple of my buddies in law classes who are INS agents.

I'll check with them, let you know what I find out. You better make lightning

strike soon, buddy.

Immigration people called to check on poor Amelia today, and she thinks

looking to ship her home any minute.

I love your house. It's too bad you haven't had a chance to spend much time

here. I know. It's good to be home.

Get back in my house.

You go quietly now, hot shot.

And we'll give the girl a pass.

What's your game, Hooker? You gonna tell us or do we get rough? Back off.

You know, writing bad checks isn't that smart.

One bad check, that's all. Before that, I was winning.

And then you lost big.

You owe us money, Fred.

On your knees.

Come on. What are you up to?

I'll make the check good.

Forget about the check now, Hooker.

Who are you working with? If it's the FBI, they wrote you off, Hooker. They're

nowhere around.

This is the FBI.

Tell Tommy Cass to hear some of this dope.

Tell him.

TJ Hooker sends his regards.

That's my dope, or at least part of it. He was out here.

I put the .38 on him, and there was no one around to help him.

He's crazy.

Maybe he's crazy, maybe he's not.

Hell, I was wrong about him ten years ago, and I can't afford to be wrong

him again. Let's go.

God, Hooker, I thought they killed you.

They bought it.

The sting is in.

Hooker, I was scared as hell for you out there.

Is this thing going to be over soon? I don't know.

The castle may be getting the okay from the other syndicate family members

before you approach it.

Look, why don't you take this just in case?

It belonged to Dad. He gave it to me before he died.

Thank you, April.

Beautiful country.

Must have been great growing up here.

Not bad.

I was a good kid back then.

Very quiet.

You? Quiet?

Well, okay. I was medium quiet.

You know, there was the good and the bad.

It was good that I was a cop's daughter and my mother a showgirl.

It was bad that she could never talk the cop into marrying her.

Come on, let's go back. I'll get you breakfast.

All I want is a cup of black coffee.

Well, that's breakfast in Vegas.

Hodges, FBI.

He's here to go over the rest of the scam we're running on council.

The Bill of Rights in Spanish.

Right, Amelia?

Si. Yes. For my son.

Your son, huh?

Si. Mi hijo.

Gracias para todo.

Hey.

I just talked to my friends in the INS.

They are going to arrange a hearing in the Federal Commissioner's office, and

Amelia can't be deported before the hearing.

Terrific. What are you going to tell them at the hearing? I got the hearing,

didn't I?

Yeah, but what are you going to tell them?

By the time we get there, I'll think of something.

Trust me.

Look, Mr. Hodges, Hooker and I are dealing with cold, bad people.

We'll only be in Vegas a few days, but I have to live out the rest of my life

somewhere. The mob is primarily interested in Hooker. You weren't here

came after him.

Look, when you people came to me six months ago and you told me that you had

finally connected the death of my father with Castle, I didn't ask a lot of

questions. And the government appreciates that.

Oh, terrific. And you guys can't keep on giving me bits and pieces. I want the

whole story.

All right.

Ten years ago, Castle offered me half a million dollars to help a mob set up a

narcotics empire in Southern California.

He was willing to buy me, buy the government, buy the Vegas PD.

And that's when you came to my dad.

That's right. Your dad and I set up a narcotics conspiracy case that sent

to the federal pen. Now, Castle is on parole from that conviction now.

When Hooker arrests him for trying to bribe a police officer, federal parole

will violate him. He'll go back to prison for 40 years.

When this thing is over, I want another name and another identity.

What about another life?

Yeah. Why not?

Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.

Place your bets, please, ladies and gentlemen.

Cards, please.

Turning for the players.

Players have a natural nine. No more cards.

Turning for the bank.

The bank has a natural eight.

The players win with a nine over eight.

Sorry, Mr. Hooker. You lose again.

Hold your horses.

Hello?

Hi.

I'm still waiting for them to make their move. You all right?

Just a little nervous.

Wondering when you're coming home.

Don't plan a big dinner.

Well, I thought maybe we'd... April.

Yesterday wasn't enough fun for you?

Castle wants to talk to you. I want to talk to him.

I'm sure you do.

Go.

All the time since our last meeting.

Now he's clean, Mr. Castle.

Get him out of here. What are you talking about? Nothing you have to say

Anything I have to say to you is between the two of us. All right.

Feed it.

What do you really want? I know you came to Vegas to see me. You got that all

wrong. I came here to see April.

I don't believe that.

That you could care about a cheap prostitute that I first turned out

What have you done with April?

What makes you think I've got her?

You give me your word here and now that nothing happens to her, so help me. Your

life is over. I'll kill myself.

Okay, you be straight with me, and I'll be straight with you.

What do you want?

The mob.

It's coming back to California in narcotics.

You're a washed -up cop.

Maybe going to jail.

How can you help me?

I've got contacts.

I can help you with information on the Oriental and Hispanic drug dealers.

I can help you take over statewide.

What do you want out of it?

A quarter, 25%. Impossible.

A tenth, maybe.

And I couldn't even agree to it myself.

I don't even know if the families will believe that you can do it.

What will it take to convince them?

That you still have the contacts in the department, in the narcotics and

organized crime bureaus. I've got them.

I've got them all. I have a way of getting nine more keys of your heroin

you. I don't believe it.

I gave you one to prove that I could do it.

We go to California.

I can make a deal for all of it.

Okay. Me and you have a deal.

We'll do it tomorrow.

Come on.

you busted my jaw, threw me on a plane.

It's not going to happen again.

When this is over, I keep my promise.

She stays here in Vegas and you stay in Vegas too.

And if you don't deliver like he said, nobody will ever want to go to bed with

her again. Not for money.

Not for anything.

Not a deal goes down tomorrow in Nevada.

Not California.

I'll deliver.

Here in Vegas.

Ann? Ann, the law says the INS will not force departure until two months of the

birth of the child.

You mean if Amelia is seven months along, she's home free?

Hey, could you let us in, please?

And they also won't enforce departure until two months after she has the kid.

Sounds good. So what's the next step?

Establish the date, hi, Amelia, that she got pregnant, where and by whom.

Amelia, it's necessary that we go to court to prove that you are seven months

pregnant.

Then you will have the right to stay here.

Well, I'm sure that...

You're going to be all right?

Hey, hey.

I think she's going to be fine.

Hello?

Are you still in Vegas?

Yeah, I am. And I'm going to need you to fly up here.

Lieutenant Mary will arrange emergency time off for you.

Okay.

How are you?

Lieutenant Merritt will give you a piece of luggage.

He'll also give you a location and brief you on what I need.

This whole thing is going down in Vegas?

That's right. And I need you and Jim and Vince.

Okay, you got it.

Tell Lieutenant Merritt that everything is going as planned.

But I had to surrender my gun and badge when I was arraigned.

I'll need a gun up here, just in case.

See you soon.

Mr. Castle's received an okay from his people.

There's a hundred thousand here for running expense.

Everything asked for?

What did they... When we get the heroin and verify its contents, Mr. Castle

turns loose.

Castle me. We had a deal.

You understand that?

I'm going in there to pick up the package when I come out April better be

waiting for me

We're close.

Hannah's case over to Castle and his people.

And we have the elements of a bribery and narcotics conspiracy.

Okay. I'll help you get April out alive.

I'm counting on you.

I get her clear, we make the bust.

He wants the girl now.

Don't rip me off.

No way, copper.

Hey, you had your way too long. But before we're through, I'm going to

you into the dirt myself.

You wanted it all, didn't you, Cat?

You can't stand up. You're going down, Hooker.

I hired a hitman to run over April's father.

When her mother died, she made a prostitute out of her daughter.

She wanted it. It was easy for her. No!

You paid her booze and pills until she didn't know what she was doing.

It was all part of your revenge.

So what?

You wanted to destroy me. I can't destroy you.

Finally decide to come back to work, huh?

How's April?

Oh, she's gonna be fine. I spent a lot of time with her and her doctor before I

flew down last night.

Where's Jim and Vince? They had an order to bring Amelia into court today. I

think they just left, but they'll be back today. Who's Amelia?

I forgot you were away while everything's been happening.

Welcome back, Hooker.

We, uh, all wanted to be here for the occasion. Good.

Fallon?

I still feel bad about that punch.

Hell, I still feel pain in my jaw now and then where it landed.

Congratulations on a terrific job.

Hey, Hooker.

You have no idea what we all went through.

Yes, I do. And I'm sorry there was only one way to get the job done. You and Jim

are back from court already?

As a matter of fact, we never got there.

Amelia wasn't just seven months pregnant. You guys got a minute?

Who is Amelia?

Oh.

Not my first delivery either.

What are you going to call him, Amelia?

James Vincent Rodriguez.

We did it, huh?

It was beautiful.

You're the welcome back hooker.

So you're Amelia.

What do you say, fella?