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Good day, ma 'am. How are you today?

Fine, thank you. Did you know that Jesus loves you?

Yes, I do.

That's wonderful. Well, then, if I could just take a few short minutes of your

time... I'm really busy. Thank you very much, but... It really would be worth

your while.

Yes, no, but... What are you doing? Get out of here!

Don't make any sound, and don't do anything that would have bet me and

train of thought.

Just put the key into the ignition and back out.

I keep telling you, Hooker, your car is a certified clunker. You need to trade

it before it dies under you.

Last few days of the month.

Car sales, if you haven't met their quotas, will be right for that last sale

two. Right.

Take a slow day, just before closing, and be sure it's a good time.

Are we buying a car or are we holding them up?

Hooker, I'm sitting here pouring out a lifetime of knowledge and you're making

light. What time?

My tires are older than you, Junior.

Units in the vicinity of 4 Adam 30.

They're playing our song.

A possible attack in progress at the parking lot 422 North Pine.

4 Adam 30, be advised.

There is also an ambulance en route to 422 North Pine.

That's four blocks away. Let's go for it, Eddie. You got it.

What happened over there?

Well, I'm sure it's nothing serious.

Here comes our bus.

Stand back, please. Give us the mirror.

Please, stand back.

How would you live in mail?

All right, then. An ambulance is on its way.

Did you see which way the suspect went? No, I just saw him sitting in the car,

and he hit her a couple of times.

Get that camera out of here, please.

Tracy Hill, Channel 6 News.

I don't care about Walter Cronkite.

Back off.

Excuse me.

He said,

thank you very much for your time.

God loves you. And then he handed me that.

Just relax, lady.

Help is on its way.

Another Bible.

It's him.

Sergeant, is this another attack by the Bible mugger? No comment.

That's all we seem to be getting from your people. It's no comment and no

progress. You get that camera out of here, please.

Eddie, you keep rolling.

This woman has been brutally beaten. You found the Bible, which is the signature

of the mugger who's been terrorizing this place. I said get the camera out of

face.

All right, Eddie, pull the plug.

I don't think he likes us much.

Well, with you, that's understandable.

Me, I'll grow on him.

I don't get it, Hooker. Is this mother character a religious nut who likes to

abuse women, or is he just out for the money?

Oh, you figure it out.

He beats him up, gives him a sermon, and then takes an offering of cash or

jewelry, whatever the guy.

Then leaves him a Bible, all in the name of God.

Talk about weird.

Freak city.

Let's get this creep off the streets and then let the doctors figure it out.

Captain, there have been four attacks on women in your precinct by some psycho

who leaves Bibles behind.

You have an M .O. and you have a description from each of the victims.

So what exactly is happening with this case?

Well, as soon as we have something on the muggings, Tracy, I promise I'll give

you a first shot.

Oh, that'd be super.

But, you know, I just had a flash on what I really like, what could be the

of our documentary.

I'd like to ride in one of your patrol cars on a regular watch.

I don't see any problem with that.

Oh, good.

Good.

With those two officers, Hooker and Romano, isn't it?

Hooker and Romano aren't exactly what you'd call the police department's

relations experts.

I recall a controversy when Sergeant Hooker was disciplined for a shooting

incident, but he also had, and correct me if I'm wrong, a medal of valor and an

impressive list of commendations.

Believe me, you'd be wasting your time.

Captain, we're shooting an hour of tape. Now, as attractive as I'm going to make

you look at it...

me all you.

Hooker? Romano?

Sergeant Hooker?

Officer Romano?

Tracy Hill?

Yes,

we have.

I apologize if we got in your way today. That was my fault. I just have this

natural instinct for fishing.

When you try it again with me, you'll be looking for a new creek.

See what I mean?

Yeah. Don't mind my partner, Miss Hill. I caught that piece you did on youth

gangs, and I really liked it. It had a nice perspective.

Well, thank you.

I have an even better angle on you and Sergeant Hooker.

Yeah? You gonna make us stars?

Oh, it could be.

Weren't you recruited in that new on -the -job training program that Sergeant

Hooker taught at the academy?

I'm still part of it in the probation phase of my training.

Living at the academy barracks till I put in enough duty for graduation.

You see?

That's perfect.

I can use all of that in my story. What are we talking about here, Captain? Miss

Hill's doing a news documentary.

She'll be writing with you and Romano tomorrow.

Captain Sheridan, it's rough enough out there on the streets without being

anchored with some news hit. No offense.

I'll bet.

Well, this was approved downtown.

You're being told, Hooker, not asked.

Now, I'll leave the three of you to work it out.

You know, if you'll just cooperate, life could be a lot easier.

Your life, not mine.

When we hit those streets, Miss Hill, it's real.

And it's rough.

That's a TV roadshow.

I guess when you get to know him, he's just a pussycat.

Well, if I ever really get to know him, I'll be sure to let you know.

Susie, see you tomorrow.

The battery again.

Can I help you?

There you go, Hooker.

What, no date tonight, Romano?

Just do any minute. He's on a roll. Like a consecutive game streak.

Oh, well, if I'm not mistaken, Romano, your little bit of heaven just glided

through the door.

I'll be in my private booth.

Listen, if I have to split, I don't want to leave you stranded. How's your

turkey car running?

Like me, after a little oil. Smooth.

Great. Then it'll be running nice and good for Melvin.

Melvin? The car dealer friend of mine. He's going to fix you up. I don't want

be fixed up.

Trust me, partner.

Trust me.

Hi, Vince. Am I late?

Not at all. Step into my private booth.

Jerry, hit me again.

Make it two.

That's still spoken for.

Well, hello to you too, Hooker.

Oh, I'm fine. Just fine. Thank you.

Well, now that we're old dear friends, I'm interested in this mugger cave.

What can you tell me about it?

Why don't you ask the detectives assigned to it?

Thank you.

You never have seen any of my work, have you?

I live in a fringe area. I don't get channel sex.

Well, how do you know that I'm not as good a reporter as you think you are a

cop? It's the media, right? You don't think it's reliable?

Hmm. It's reliable. Oh, too reliable.

Numbingly predictable.

Predictable? Sure.

As soon as the latest axe murderer is captured, a swarm of reporters converges

on the neighbor as the milkman assorted distant relatives.

You knew him? What was he like?

And the neighbor.

I was flattered to the interview. It says, oh, he's a regular fella. He had a

smile on his face for everybody. I can't believe that he killed all those

people. Well, a lot of people think that we do a pretty good job under a lot of

pressure. Yeah, well, maybe they're right. What can I tell you?

You know, if you've been burned, Hooker, I am sorry, but it was not by me.

Listen, baby, you already got what you want.

You're riding with us.

So why don't you leave it lay, huh?

You know, I can read you like a book.

Yeah. Yeah.

A regular nightcap every p .m. in here since you were a rookie.

Same stool because you're superstitious.

A double because it gets you there faster. And you're a man who doesn't

waste time.

Born and raised within ten miles of the precinct, but you still don't have any

roots. And all your friends are cops because you don't trust anybody else.

And you're closer to your partner than you will be to any woman ever.

Divorced. Probably because the woman couldn't handle standing in line second

the department.

Or waiting for a 2 a .m. phone call telling her that you've been blown away.

How am I doing so far?

Fair. Fair? Just fair?

My batting average is usually higher than that.

Fair.

We're a girl from Cincinnati.

Or is it Cleveland?

No matter.

What's important is you made it from the small town to the big time.

Chalked up some impressive credits.

and you're within a shouting distance of a network job.

You're a feminist, but a realist. You'll have a double shot with a cop to get an

angle when you'd rather have a glass of white wine.

Good year.

You're single, but you live alone because relationships can get in the way

career. Watch Barbara Walters tapes every weekend.

Religiously send your press clippings home to Mom and Dad and the two sisters.

And you know.

That a story about cops would be dynamite.

Because it's high drama.

Life and death.

Rating points.

Excuse me.

I gotta get going. I don't want to miss the ballgame.

On radio.

Hooker.

It's St.

Louis. And it's one brother and one sister.

Cops and robbers isn't a game for me, Miss Hill.

I've seen too much life and death. Too many alcoholic cops because they're

shaking inside.

Too many divorces and suicides because of stress.

Too many good men given a cop's funeral because some unfeeling, unthinking scum

pulls the trigger on them.

Sir Russell.

Hooker. Thank you very much.

Another one, Hooker. Just like the one you and Romano found.

Five laid next to her on the seat.

Anybody see the suspect?

Just her.

Milk, Caucasian, blonde hair, 5 '11", 150.

Was wearing a yellow windbreaker.

Appeared out of nowhere.

Disappeared the same way. A yellow windbreaker?

What?

I think I just saw him at the bus stand.

in a minute. I want to talk.

Yes, that's him.

That's the man.

Are you sure, Miss Thomas?

Base, I'll have nightmares over.

I'm positive.

Hooker?

Yeah, no question. That's the man I chased.

And lost.

Well, excuse me.

I was off duty at the time.

Couldn't find a telephone booth to change in.

Step over here.

How about the Bible, Jackson?

It's the same as before, sir.

Martial prints.

Nothing weak in ID.

What about the publisher?

Where and how was it purchased?

The biggest volume is sold through a mail order house in Phoenix.

I gave you everything but the license number and the cab the suspect took off

in. The cab company dispatcher said that none of his cabs were logged in

anywhere near the location of the time you claimed.

Cool it, Jackson.

All right, Jackson, I want a full run on the sketch and all the particulars, and

I want it distributed to all units immediately.

Yes, sir.

Hooker? Yes, sir. You and Romano were supposed to have been on the streets 20

minutes ago. Yes, sir.

One of Mickey's hands must be slow.

Sergeant, could I get a copy of that composite?

Oh, the composite is given out by division. We could drop you off if you

you're going to miss something. Not on your life. My equipment's already in

car. Not all of it, Lucille.

Not all of it.

Romano, was that a compliment or just a chauvinist dig?

I'm not sure, but Hooker is an acknowledged expert on equipment.

What about this Bible mugger who's been terrorizing this city?

Sergeant Hooker, do you have a theory on that?

You mean his psychological motivation, his sociopathic patterns, his messed up

childhood, whether or not he resented his mother?

Then you don't agree with the psychological profile that was drawn up

detective. I agree with anything that will help stop what's happening out

But most perpetrators do what they do because they hate, they want.

They do things to other people because it's easier to rob them than it is to

work.

4 Adam 30.

4 Adam 30.

6 -8 -6 Longley, Ridgewood Cleaners, regarding an abandoned vehicle.

Boy, Adam, 30 Roger.

Hooker!

This car's been here since the day that woman was attacked.

I didn't want to bother you with it, but when I thought about this mugger, how

he appears out of nowhere, and then he disappears without a trace. You did the

right thing, Joe. Thank you.

Don't touch it.

It's locked over here.

No, it's unlocked here.

But we don't go in.

Why? No warrant.

Does that upset you?

It's the law.

I mean, does it bother you that the mugger was as good as in your grasp last

night, and you lost him?

Now there may be a clue in this car.

But the detectives take over. They get the glory.

You get the street.

You writing a book?

I'm interested in what's behind that wall you put up.

Four item 30, roger.

Vehicle is registered to Dixon Rent -A -Car.

I got a hold of L -90 on TAC -2. He ran it down with Dixon.

Guy who took it never returned it. It's our composite like a glow.

Name and address?

Burke Park.

You have an Arizona license and a Phoenix address.

The Bibles were purchased with you? Yeah.

We'll impound the car with a hole for prints.

But I don't need a warrant to know it's for real.

How can you be sure?

On the floor, in the rear.

There's a Bible.

and their sins their evil ways

may God forgive them

thy will be done

There you go, Officer Walker.

You know, I've been thinking.

We saw the suspect at the bus stop. Then he split in the cab.

Maybe that's part of his M .O. I want to talk to the cab company. Find out why

Jackson struck out.

Well, that Phoenix name and address of the DMV...

Is it?

Thank you.

You know, I never did ask you why you wanted to be a cop.

It's just something I do. I don't try and analyze it.

Maybe you should.

Hey, lady, I'm a garbage collector. I collect it and I dump it.

I file my report and I never look back.

I don't believe a word of that because Ramon has already told me how much you

care. And your record shows it. But I won't push it.

What's your next step?

Next step?

Lunch. Good idea.

I have more questions I want to ask you about the Muggers. Oh, good.

Where are we eating?

Across the street. Great sushi joint.

Oh, good sushi. Eddie, come on. Let's go.

Hooker!

Hey, Hooker, you're not leaving me here. Why not?

You've had your ride, shot your tape. Not enough. I want more.

Try the squid.

Excuse me, I don't mean to talk to you, but may I talk to you for just a few

minutes? I'm sorry, I'm on my way to my doctor.

Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean to keep you, but I'm afraid you're going to be a

little late. Just calm down. Don't make any loud noise or I'll be both of you

tonight. Come on, let's get in the car. Come on.

Come on, lady.

Come on. Come on. Get in here. Get in here.

Close the door, please.

Very good. Very good.

All I want to do is talk to you. What are you doing?

My medicine.

Oh, my God. I need my pills.

Pills, of course.

My pills. Don't you understand that that's Satan's way?

My pills. Do you see this Bible?

Now, I'm going to really have to show you how to repent.

My pills.

That's Satan's way.

Lady, are you listening to me?

Lady!

Hey, what's the matter with you?

Roger Duggar. This is Officer Ramone.

So?

Your dispatcher tells us that you were working the downtown area the night that

woman was assaulted.

Hey, man, I already talked to the detectives.

Told them I was nowhere near that section.

You had a fare you delivered two blocks from there a half hour before the

attack. Yeah.

And I ran off to the airport, checked my logbook. Well, I don't think so. Billy,

you have a history of on -the -job drinking.

And I think you had a few belts.

He pulled over next to the construction site and grabbed a few Z's.

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

I saw a capital cab take a suspect away from that site.

And I'm laying money that you were the driver. I remember you now.

Eight, nine years ago.

Dealing pills and coke to kids, wasn't it? I did my time.

I'm clean. You give it to me, Bill.

You give it to me straight or I'll pull your package and I'll roust you.

Until you lose your hack license for good.

Look.

I'm behind in my pain.

They're repossessing my car. I needed the bread.

10 -25.

You're logged out for a trip to the airport, but actually you're hibernating

the construction site.

This man comes over the fence.

He's in the yellow windbreaker.

And you take him for a pair.

He gave me a hundred up front to get him gone from there, and another C -note.

To keep my mouth shut after I let him off.

This dude is messing up a lot of women, friend. Don't you read the papers?

Like I said, I needed the bread.

I knew I'd get fired if I admitted I was there and not at the airport.

Or did you let him off?

Bus stop.

Corner of 8th and Broadway.

This is where I first saw the suspect.

Same B -Bus line runs right past the shopping center where that woman was

attacked.

What are you, some kind of expert on the B -Bus? Yeah.

I had to take it every day when my transmission went up. Yeah? Well, Melvin

take care of that.

Told him we'd be by tomorrow.

Is he also going to pay my alimony when I blow it on the floor on the floor?

Relax. Easy payment plan. Right.

Our man likes the B -Bus.

So let's follow the route.

See where it leads.

What's going down?

I don't know.

Let's take a look.

What

do

you got?

Looks like another Bible job.

Well, this time it went too far.

Is she dead?

The pill container on the floor is labeled Digitalis. It appears that she

heart attack and couldn't get to the pills.

Then it's murder.

Who said blue suits are dumb?

You got any word from Phoenix on those Bibles?

Two dozen of them were shipped last June to a Burt Clark at a post office box in

Sky Vista.

Where's your TV, pal hooker?

Order the legs and the fast mouth.

You got something against legs?

She's been pumping us for days about the mugger case.

She gets a chance. I think she's going to do a hatchet job on whoever's within

striking distance.

Let's go.

So while the city remains terrorized, while the latest mugging has culminated

death to its helpless female victim.

We still have some old -line cops who work in an antiquated fashion.

This is Sergeant T .J. Hooker, the officer who pursued and lost the mugger.

mean his psychological motivation, his sociopathic patterns, his messed -up

childhood, whether or not he resented his mother?

Then you don't believe in the psychological profile that was drawn up

detectives. Hey, I agree with anything that'll help stop what's going on out

here, but...

Most perpetrators do what they do because they hate.

They want.

They do things to other people because it's easier to rob them than it is to

work. That's a wonderful, tough law and order speech, but it's just more words.

And as you and your cohorts continue to fumble this mugger case, we have learned

exclusively that fingerprints lifted from one of the rental cars found

identify an Arlen Williams.

alias Bert Clark, of Phoenix, Arizona, as a prime suspect.

That report just came in our water. How did she get it so fast?

Why don't you ask Hooker?

We've also learned that Williams, found not guilty by reason of insanity in

several brutal assaults on Phoenix women, had been confined at Phoenix

Hospital before being released in an outpatient treatment program.

That's wrong!

They were the crazy ones.

And now our special in -studio guest here to discuss this case, Dr. Walter

Forbes. Can you give us a psychological profile for this Bible mugger?

Well, there's very little information available at this time. However, I can

make some educated speculations. He's probably a very insecure man, although

self -esteem. He tries to compensate for this by becoming close to a strong,

powerful being like God.

And the Bible, what about that?

Well, he leaves the Bible as a symbol of both his religion and his challenging

request for the police to stop him.

And so, Sergeant Hooker, in spite of your evaluation, we have a sociopathic,

sick person walking the streets.

This is Tracy Hill, Channel 6 News.

She made you look like a grade -A chump.

That's it. Thank you.

Hello, Tracy Hill.

Miss Hill, is this really you?

Yes, it is. Who's this?

Miss Hill, this is Harlan Williams.

I've been watching you on the television, and I think you

I think you're such a...

Fine reporter that, in order to tell my story properly, you should really know

the truth.

I think we should talk.

Yes. I'm listening. Go ahead.

No, no, no, no, no. Not over the phone.

You don't have to be afraid.

There is a phone booth on the corner of 8th and Maple.

I have the number.

You be there in an hour, and I'll call you.

I'll be there.

Yeah. Good, you can help me. I want you to tell Gus to hold open the lead for me

on the 11 and the art department. I want you to tell him to make blow -ups of

everything you've got on Williams, the psychiatric file, everything that works.

Hey, you got something hot? Yeah, sizzling. I'll see you later.

You here to give me a ticket, Hooker? No warning.

Well, I don't have time for lectures. I'm in what you might call a hurry.

They're always in a hurry.

I'm so busy being clever, you don't have time to listen.

Fine, you're angry because you think that I used you.

And maybe I did, because you've never given me the respect that I have earned

this business.

The call girl ring in South Beach?

I broke that story before any policeman even arrested a single suspect.

And the DA used my note to help prosecute.

Drug bust?

The Rojan murder case? I have paid my dues, mister, so you stay out of my way

before I call a cop.

I was wrong to dump you the way I did. And you're just as wrong to pursue what

you're doing alone.

You're in over your head this time, Tracy. If you have any information, any

leads, turn them over to Jackson and Barnes. You'll still get your story.

They're worse than you.

You guys think that anything in a skirt has the IQ of a turnip.

Well, I have my ethics, and I have my integrity, and I do my homework, Hooker.

And I don't intend to give anybody else a beat.

You do have a way with women. Yeah, it's a talent I was born with.

Let's get out of here before we become another media event.

William Clark.

Had a post office box at Sky Vista at the end of the B bus run.

Detectives have it staked out, though. Now, try this one on for size. You know

what's on a hill overlooking Sky Vista?

A cross, a large cross.

Yeah, I know the place. There's an old convent there. I pulled the Williams

package, and it didn't hit me until now, but before Williams was committed, he

was a caretaker in Phoenix.

At a convent.

I'm Harlan Williams.

You are alone, aren't you?

Of course.

Um, I deal with a phone call, not this.

Well, I thought meeting face to face would be far more enlightening for both

us.

Why don't we go someplace where we can be alone?

No, this is, uh, this is isolated enough.

I thought you were interested in where I live.

Why I have to do what I do.

Oh, I am. Yes, of course I am.

I'm... McHill.

I don't have to tell you about this, do I?

I don't want to have to hurt you like the others.

Now, why don't we go across the street and get into your car and go someplace

where we can be alone?

Excuse me, Father.

Can you help us?

Do you recognize this man?

Why, yes. That's our caretaker. You'll find his quarters right at the end of

building and upstairs.

Thank you, Father.

You're welcome.

Williams! Open up! Police!

Look at this.

He'd get the log of his attack.

It's all here. Names, dates, the whole mess.

Let's call detectives. Get this place dusted.

Romano! It's all right, ladies.

It's all over.

You can get out of the bus now.

Oh, thank you, officer.

I'm sorry, I... Yeah, ethics and integrity are lovely words.

But they never want anybody in Emmy, right?

I want to apologize to you now.

And I'm going to apologize to you tonight on the air.

Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to have to miss it.

Like I say, I don't get Channel 6.

I just missed.

You buy again, Hooker.

I'm telling you.

Now is the time to trade.

Before your car gets a year older and the new models come out.

Who is this guy?

Melvin?

He's a buddy of mine. Give you a square deal. Who is he? What's he do? What's

his background?

Booker, you don't trust anybody.

You're just going to buy a car from the guy, not marry him. I got more miles out

of my car than I did in my marriage. I like to approach things from that

perspective. I'm going to tell him we're coming over. What have you got to lose?

Is this stool taken?

It's a free country.

You really know how to make a girl feel at home, Hunker.

White wine, or are you still living dangerously?

If I had nothing more to prove, white wine would be nice.

Jerry, white wine for the lady.

You know, I was a psychology major before I went into journalism.

You would have made an interesting class project.

Yeah.

Why'd you call me?

Romano heard your newscast.

He said you did what you said you were going to do.

And you respect that so now we can be buddies? Oh, no, no, I wouldn't quite go

that far.

I just thought somebody ought to straighten out your perceptions of cops.

And you're the man to do that, obviously.

Just don't come on with every story like we're trying to steal our pensions.

You'll make a lot more friends.

Who does the sports on your newscast?

Chuck Murray.

Good guy. Used to do play -by -play.

Yeah.

Maybe I'll get my antenna fixed.

Tracy. Nice to see you. Hi.

It's all set.

What's all set?

I got Hooker lined up with a dude who's going to give him the deal of a lifetime

on a new Porsche.

A Porsche? Mm -hmm. Well, maybe you should wait. You might get a better deal

through the state.

Yeah. Yeah, we just did some story on a guy who's selling stolen Porsches off a

lot on Maine.

Real sleazy character. What's his name?

Um, Delvin, Kelvin, um... Melvin?