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I did a hold -up! Everybody get up against the window! Got him.

Well, they hadn't died so damn young.

Well, I don't blame you for anything.

He was shot during a hold -up, drawing the suspect's fire away from innocent

bystanders. One car in our tail, this beautiful couple won't have nothing to

live for!

I want to do one good piece of police work just one more time.

You know, that's the first time in your life you've ever opened up to me. Hold

it! No!

No, hold up.

Everybody do what I say. Nobody gets hurt.

Put your hands behind your head.

Come on, folks, get off.

Come on.

Nothing funny, Commander. Mama's going to be drawing your pension.

Open it up!

Take a look at that safe.

Now move!

All units, vicinity of Hampton's Market at 26...

What do we have here?

Now, friend, you don't open that safe real quick, the little lady goes to

heaven. Isn't that real clear to you?

Huh?

Get that money in there.

Come on. Get in there.

I put one down back there.

Let's go.

There's two more.

Where? In back.

You don't want their blood all over the floor.

They don't mean nothing to me.

Two of us coming up the path.

We make sure they survive.

All right, everybody stay cool.

Triple couple won't have nothing to live for.

More M -30 to control.

Advise all units that suspects have taken hostages and have fled south on

Normandy in a blue 85 Ford van, license number 2K97600.

Big blast to Danny.

What about Frank?

Don't swear.

I'll bless him with a legal counsel, an expert in the art of the flea bargain.

He knows enough to keep his mouth shut.

When do we take off on next job?

Alex, you get greedy, you get dead. The heat's on.

You just be calm.

I'll pick out a couple of new vice presidents. I'll map out the plan. I'll

your phone. You keep quiet until then, okay? Okay.

How are the hostages?

Safe, silent, scared.

Suspect's van was found about two blocks away from where the hostages were

going.

They've been getting away with these market heists for too long.

We're back where we started. Zero leads. Yeah, well, I'll try and scratch up

some more bodies to throw into the case.

Oh, by the way, Lieutenant said to give you this.

Oh, he also said the pay is coming in at six o 'clock from Phoenix.

What you coming here for?

You ought to know that better than we do.

He's your father.

How are you, son?

No surprise.

I haven't met you.

You told me you're coming.

No need.

I'm an old fire horse. I know my way back to the station.

No arguing about that.

Well, what'll it be?

A bunk with you or find a motel?

I rent a house.

Fire him. And I'm an A1 boarder. No trouble at all.

Looks like the old place.

Oh, it'll do.

Just needs a woman's touch. Now, don't start that again.

You and Fran had the old magic.

Just that damn job. It chews up a relationship and spits it out.

How are the kids?

Tommy and Chrissy are fine.

They're up with Fran and Oregon.

They visit whenever they have a chance.

Penal code gives me the right.

That doesn't explain why you're carrying.

Never stopped.

Just an old habit, I guess.

John.

Why did you come back?

That's funny.

I never heard much of John Hooker before. Now that's all everybody seems

talking about.

That's what my dad's told me. Sort of a living legend around the department.

Yeah, I guess. The old timers talk about him like he was a disciple to street

police work.

I wonder why I never heard Hooker mentioned.

Maybe Hooker didn't want to live with the legend.

Take it from me, it's tough enough coming on the job when one of your

has already broken ground and built the ivory tower.

Besides, I understand he was off the job nearly ten years. It's a long vacation.

Where's he been?

Pensioned. He fought it, though.

It was a disability case.

He was shot during a holdup, drawing the suspect's fire away from innocent

bystanders.

Sounds like a Medal of Valor candidate.

He got one.

Then he spent seven months in the hospital, and the pension board gave him

shove out the door.

You know what they say about drinking alone.

Translated, it means, well, I'm doing the cheering section.

Yeah, now that you mention it.

What's bugging you?

Let's just say it's personal.

Webster and Tomasino, Adam 9.

Whalen and Edom.

Adam Seven.

Jackson and Waters.

Adam Three.

Sheridan and Corrigan.

Anybody seen Corrigan?

Right here, Hooker.

Look who I found roaming the halls.

Jim here just saved me from future shock. Things have really changed around

in the past ten years.

You want the honor, Hooker?

I'd like you all to meet... John Hooker.

One of the finest cops to ever strap on to Sam Brown.

All right, sir.

Senator Brown said it'd be okay if I dig around my roots.

Well, what can you say to an old friend who's as much a pain in the butt as

ever?

About yesterday's market robbery, number five in the month, people.

Each robbery at a market that had funds on hand to cash payroll checks from

nearby factories. And again, we have no leads.

Suspect in custody is a nickel -dime punk.

Probably hired for yesterday's job.

Hooker, how do we know that?

He just came out of the slam last week on a boosting charge. Now the detectives

say that he either didn't know who he was working with or isn't talking, which

is the most likely case.

In my opinion, the two with the shotguns are the brains. They engineered the

robbery MOs, the method of entry, hockey masks, the vehicle switch, everything.

The shotgun, was it cut down?

It looked like that, about 16 inches.

How was it carried?

Concealed under a support coat.

You two mind if I carry on?

Oh, sorry.

Just another old habit.

So what all this adds up to is that the brains, and I use that word charitably,

are still on the loose.

And we can expect to hear more from them. So stay on your toes out there.

Pick up what information you can. Pass it on to the detectives.

Any questions?

All right. Check your pin maps.

I'll see you on the street.

T .J., you'll handle him real good.

You'll never believe this. You're at the taco

stand with your father, and this guy puts... When this guy pulls up in the

behind the plate. Yeah, only we don't see him. But your father does.

Yeah, he says, hey, why don't you bust that guy for grand theft auto?

So we look, and we say, how can you tell that that car is hot?

And your dad says, check out the rear plate. It's a switch.

So we look, and it is.

Bugs. Dead bugs.

Your father said the plate had been the front plate off someone else's car.

Or this guy had been doing a lot of high -speed driving in reverse.

That's when the guy tried to split the old man, ran him down and busted him.

you kidding?

Well, nobody can say he's in a damn fine color.

Come here. Your idea or his?

I mean, two days in town, both nights you end up in here.

I think the two of you would want some private time.

We never did get much of that.

John was never home.

But it's funny how well you can get to know somebody without a lot of that

private time.

Hooker, when Lieutenant O 'Brien was injured, why wasn't he retired on

disability like your father?

Well, the lieutenant's a smart man.

He doesn't mind working inside most of the time. They have the same deal with J

.P. He told him what to do with it. He said, I'm a street cop, a no cop.

Hey, this is what sheriff's all about.

J .P., chow's out.

Pizza.

Just what the doctor ordered.

You should have paid this years ago.

Oh, it's great hanging out with everyone.

Seeing everybody around the old apartment, huh? John, whatever happened

suspects in the robbery when you were shot?

That was never solved. Never found the guy who pulled the trigger.

Then here's why Oz would mail for something.

Maybe, but not for putting a hole in me.

I read the reports on the market robbery.

There was very little detail on the descriptions.

I guess you didn't get close enough to get a good look, you know, with the

and all.

No, but we called in a follow -up later after Jim remembered something.

I was running the heist through my mind, and I remember what you were telling us

about the two guys who shot you. The M .O. was identical.

Yeah.

That's interesting.

In the quarry, it's down here.

We can run just about any combination you could ask for.

What about the M .O.? Sure, if there's something to work with.

You try one for me? Like that market robbery?

Could you compare the M .O. with the suspect description?

I'm already making a run like that this afternoon for the detective.

That's right. Hey, maybe I can look at the results.

See how all this modern technology comes together, huh?

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you, baby.

We're really getting into this modern technology. Any particular reason?

Just curiosity.

Trying to figure out how you do it these days.

Thinking of writing a book.

Return of the Dinosaur.

Got a luncheon day with some of the old -timers down in Bunko.

See you tonight?

Uh -huh.

4 Adam 30, meet 4 Adam 16 on tap 2.

4 Adam 30, go 16.

Just want to let you know we're taking our code 7 at Benny's, 1 a .m.

Benny's, 1 a .m., gotcha. How's it going?

Quiet. But you never know on a night like tonight.

We're keeping an eye on anything suspicious at markets along West 57.

Stakeout teams are posted along the boulevard. If anything goes down,

ready.

Meantime, I'm off duty to meet JP for dinner.

Have fun.

JP, I'm sorry I'm late.

Ozzie, you're a hard man to find.

Hooper, is that really you?

What are you doing here?

I came back to town. First thing I want to do is look up an old friend. Come on,

J .P.

I'm the old friend, and you're no cop anymore.

Times come when I want to take one last shot into the police work.

I need something for the street, Ozzie.

I think you have it.

I don't move with that crowd anymore.

Shoot, Nazi.

Uh -huh.

Baby monkey's crawling, itching, scratching.

And there's only one way to stop him. Money.

It's money I'll put the monkey down.

Buy you heavy fix.

I am hurting, J .P.

It's been bad lately.

I want his name.

He's 5 '10". Uses hired guns, heist markets.

Taken down two in the last week. If they found out... Nobody's gonna know except

you and me.

J .P., they'd kill me.

What do you prefer?

The alley or this?

There's this guy named Lucas.

Alex Lucas.

Drives a red Mercedes.

Word is he carries.

He's been known to take off a market here and there.

That's all I know.

He's around, but I don't know where.

This is John Hooker.

Listen, about that market robbery the other day.

I understand you lifted an unclean partial print off the safe.

Yeah, would a name help?

Yeah, I picked up a rumor that the suspect might be a guy called Lucas.

Alex Lucas.

You can check the partial against the name. There shouldn't be too many of

The boys down at the precinct would really appreciate it.

I'll check with you in the morning.

Okay, old buddy. Thanks.

Hey, I waited an hour before I went off to dinner.

Oh, my God.

I got involved with some of the guys.

What's going on with you?

What kind of question is that?

Straight one. I'll make a straight answer.

You here for something more than just a visit?

Look, son, I don't like your tone. Oh, come on. That doesn't wash anymore.

Talk to me.

For once in your life, talk to me.

About what?

About you?

Me?

What's going on in your head, this paper?

Talk to me!

I saw this paper before I came. I brought it with me to show to you.

Besides that, I don't have much of anything to say.

Hey, son, take a look at this.

Yeah, what is it?

Alex Lucas.

And his fingerprints match the partial taken off that market safe.

Beautiful. How'd Prince come up with his name? And how'd you get on to him? Just

luck. Incredible luck.

I dropped into a few of my old haunts. Ran into one of my old informants.

And he gave you Lucas just like that?

No, it wasn't as easy as that.

No, I had to take the first giant step.

By telling him about the robbery?

It took a long shot that he knew something.

I did.

Yeah, he did. It was sheer luck.

Incredible, dumb, stupid luck.

But the big thing is that Lucas wheels around in a red Mercedes and he's been

seen right here in your district.

Well, that's great police work. We'll give it to the watch.

Want to get on it?

This guy's nailed. We'll put it in the report courtesy of J .P. Hooker.

Hey, son.

I want in.

You're retired. That's out of the question. Well, that's a technicality. I

get it cleared.

You've got 25 years of this under your belt. Why ask for more?

To satisfy something inside.

Something... Oh, you wouldn't understand.

Try it.

That article you found.

It's the reason I came back.

Market robbers had pushed me off the job.

I got to thinking how nice it would feel to be alive again inside.

That's what I want you to understand.

That it's the police hunting him and finding him and bringing him in.

That's what breathes life into me, gives me a sense of being.

64 years of age and old fool or not, I want to do one good piece of police work

just one more time.

That's the first time in your life you've ever opened up to me.

I had to live my life over again. There'd be a hell of a lot of changes, I

guarantee you that.

But I can't.

So what do you say?

Just you and me.

One more hunt.

One more good buster.

We've never even hit a baseball together.

Now you want to team up doing police work?

I've got to hunt them together.

We'd be dynamite.

It's like we're coming up empty around here.

Let's say we check that informant of yours and try to place Lucas' car.

You forget this part of police work.

Patience.

So I wake up, and that dream is just as fresh and alive as it was before.

I say to my wife, maybe you get the dream book. And sure enough, there it

Just like I dreamed it.

Number 242. You're hooked on those numbers, Freddy.

Yeah. I put two dollars on it. And?

Lost, like always.

Okay, Sergeant Hooker.

You ought to put your money in the bank.

Yeah, but it's not as much fun.

Freddy.

Take a look at this for me, will you?

Never seen him before.

Don't know who he is. Come on. That picture hit you like a ton of bricks.

Who is he?

I said I never saw him before.

You cut the bull, don't you?

John, I'll take care of it.

Sorry about that, Freddy.

You're just a little impatient.

Forget it.

Here you go.

Thank you, Freddy. Thank you.

Hooker, the dude drives a red Mercedes.

I see him park over on Dillon Street a few times.

Thank you, Freddy. That'll help.

I could have got it out of my way, too. Yeah?

But I have to work with these people long after you're back in Phoenix.

There are more than one way to skin a cat.

You're a damn good cop, but you don't know it all yet.

Maybe you can teach me.

I'm a little late in the ballgame, but I'm listening.

What are we fighting about, son?

My interrogation techniques or my lack of qualifications as a father?

You pick.

Look, if you want, I'll stay out of your car and out of your back.

Maybe I'm pushing too hard.

It just seems like the clock is running and I'm standing still.

It won't happen again.

Let's go check out Dylan, Steve.

Looks like our man's car.

I'll cover the back.

Take it easy.

I'll call for backup. It's been over ten years, you know. Oh, this I'd never

forget. Look, put the call through.

I'll cover the back till they get here.

Chief.

Control, this is 4 -Atom -30. Request a backup.

Atom -30, standby. 4 -Atom -23, go ahead with your message and all other units,

standby.

Control,

this is 4N.

Don't touch it!

Stand up, punk.

Stand up!

Make it easy, Pop.

You might hurt somebody with that thing.

Don't tell me you're afraid of an old man, punk.

I am when he's holding a piece on me.

Smart boy.

How long you been ripping off markets?

You writing a book?

Boy, anyway.

You got a warrant, cop?

I said back away.

you come flying to the front door like that for?

What the hell were you doing in the room?

He spotted me. I had to move in. You were supposed to wait for backup.

I'll call an ambulance.

Take your time. He's dead.

Better him than you, right?

Or you, right?

Starting now, our little adventurous partners is over.

Over?

Hey, what is this?

I kept that guy from blowing you away.

I had no choice but to take it. Take it easy. Nobody said it wasn't clean.

But you could have waited.

I told you before.

He saw me outside. I had to move.

It's a matter of opinion.

Anyway, the brass don't want any more questions than is necessary.

O 'Brien said no more ride -alongs, and I agree.

And that's it.

You're welcome to come down to the station and visit.

Watch the case develop on paper.

And that's it.

Okay.

I'll take what I can get.

Shooting team's waiting to talk to you.

JP.

It was fun while it lasted.

The problem these days is nothing lasts long enough.

Why did he try to take the guy without you? He's a good cop. He knows better.

Well, he said he was afraid that we'd lose him if he didn't.

You buy that?

I'm still thinking about him.

What are you getting at, Jim?

I'm not sure.

It's just going on alone that way.

J .P. could have been run and taken to the morgue.

I think he'd know better.

Anything wrong?

No, these damn vitamins are so big, you'd choke a horse.

Forgot to take them earlier.

I forgot to tell you Tommy and Chrissy called.

They said to say hello.

Yeah?

Hey, they're a real pair, aren't they?

Too bad your mother, God bless her, never got to see him.

Well, Oregon's away, but I'm able to point to see them as much as possible.

Something I never did.

I guess we all wish for things we never had.

But I don't blame you for anything, J .P.

You did the best you could.

The best wasn't good enough, was it?

I know that now as well as you.

God, if Mother hadn't died so damn young, she could have taught me so much

about living and loving and raising the kids.

You missed a lot not knowing your son.

I know.

Those last days, sitting there with her, watching her waste away to nothing.

She always kept that smile, that strength.

There's a whole lot of her in you, son.

A whole lot.

Lieutenant? Yeah, Corbett.

You were around back when John Hooker was shot, weren't you? I was right in

middle of it.

Ten years.

Man, it's hard to believe your life goes by that fast.

Is it possible Alex Lucas could have been a suspect in that robbery, the one

shot John?

I guess it could be possible, but... You know, J .P. mentioned that this morning

at coffee.

It's kind of remote, though.

No. Then the suspect who shot him was never ID?

No, he wasn't.

What's bugging you anyway, Corey?

Oh, nothing. I'm just curious.

Ah, curious.

Yeah, well, that's a good thing for a cop to be.

Hey, Mary.

Mary, did the ice sheet on Alice Lucas come in yet? Yeah, about an hour ago.

it right here.

Hey, thanks, Mary. You're welcome.

Get the bags packed and be ready to split when I get back here.

Let's go now, Ed. Forget about the market.

It's too hot out there.

I'm taking the market, Tina. We need the traveling cash.

Look, Alex is dead. You've got two inexperienced kids to go with. It's too

risky. Just forget about it. We don't even need the money.

The puns will be okay. Besides, if they get killed, that's their problem.

It's 40 grand, Tina. It'll take us a long way.

Don't worry, baby.

I'd kill half the town to get back here.

Lucas matched the description of the suspect who shot J .P.? I just can't

thinking of the possibility that your dad was on a hunting trip looking for

revenge. You're dead wrong.

Did you see Lucas was off the ice sheet? Yeah, I know he was in the Kansas State

pen for forgery the day your dad was shot, but what if J .P. thought Lucas

the one and then used you to get to him?

He was a good cop.

Good cops don't go hunting for revenge.

He's not that type of man.

Oh, this is just coincidental, right? I didn't say that. I said he isn't a

killer.

Operator, I'd like information on Phoenix, Arizona.

Hey, babyface.

I wonder if it's possible to run Alex Lucas for any known associates, huh?

You really are persistent, aren't you, Mr. Hooker? Ah, via love, Mary.

I just want to show that kid in there the old... can still function, huh?

Well, it so happens I've already done that run for the detective.

Hey,

record show.

Lucas was questioned in the field a few times in the company of an Ed Jokish.

Most times in that red Mercedes, but twice in the gray Daytona. Is that your

license number?

Mm -hmm.

1 -H -A -D -3 -6 -9.

Registered to him as Tina Jokic.

247 Overland.

Thanks again, Mary.

Yes, I understand what you're saying.

But my father never mentioned it.

I know it was your father. I know it's tough to see a lot of things you maybe

don't want to see.

What are you saying?

He conned Mary for disinformation on Joker. She sent him out of here like a

shot.

He has to be stopped, Tucker.

You're right.

I didn't see it.

I didn't want to see it. Let's roll.

What are you doing in here?

Where is he?

I don't know what you're talking about. I think you better get out of here right

now. Shut up.

Listen to me. Shut up. I want you in my house. Shut up.

Are you his wife? Yes. Let go of me. He's a very dangerous man. I want to

him and I want to find him now. I don't know what you're talking about. Let go

of me. Shut up. Let go of me. Tell me where he is.

I had to tell him.

He's gonna kill Eddie, isn't he? Then he was here.

He's crazy.

He scared me to death.

He threatened me till I told him where Eddie was.

He's a cop, isn't he? You told him where your husband is?

Eddie's gonna hold up Phil's supermarket at three.

He's crazy.

I had to tell him.

Got to go through me first.

Reflexes aren't what they used to be.

Why?

Why did you do it?

You know.

I called your doctor in Phoenix. We had a long talk about... About your health.

I watched your mother die.

And I didn't want to go through what she did.

Understand?

Why didn't you tell me?

What was I to do?

Ask you to pull the plug when it got bad?

The way your mother asked me?

I couldn't do it for her.

I wasn't going to ask you to face that same decision.

It's better this way.

On the street.

In action.

Quick.

Hail.

I knew those guys weren't the ones who shot me up that time.

They had the same M .O.

I just used as an excuse to muscle in.

Booker, an ambulance is on the way.

Yes.

About what that doctor said.

That's our secret.

Between you and me.

Promise me, son.

That sounds good.

Blasphemy.

They finally had our little talk.

He did it his way, Hooker.

He'd be satisfied.

I never realized before how much I'm like my father.

Stubborn, proud, lovable.

A good cop all the way. Good epitaph. He didn't like that.

It's perfect.

No sad songs for John Hooker.

There were a lot of things both of us would like to have done over.

But no sad songs.

He loved you. You know that.

I just hope it got through to him.

But I loved him, too.

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