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Believe it, Hooker.

Eighteen months of spinning wrenches.

Searching through wrecking yards.

She's milled and blueprinted.

Eighteen miles on the odometer and she's all mine.

Smells new.

And expensive.

Real English leather.

Uh, be careful.

Prints, they leave oils and acids on the surface. I'm sorry.

I don't know how you'd give this thing a secret so long. Are you kidding?

It was killing me.

But this is just part of the big surprise, Hooker.

Step it out.

I am going to show you how the other half lives.

It's a real neck snapper.

Nice toe.

Music to my ears.

That's an anti -theft alarm on this thing. You have to hear to believe like

beginning of World War III.

Well, remind me not to damper with your toys.

Hey, Vinnie, it'll cost you a buck for not letting me handle the wheel.

Watch it like your own and I'll make it by.

You got it.

They know you're around here. I'm impressed.

Hey, I'm a big spender.

You sure they have food here? Hey, Adrian says everything. Come on, tell

What do you really think of my new bomb? It's beautiful. You should be very

proud. You want to take it to the table with us? I'm kidding.

I'm only kidding.

Who put it in, Seymour?

Nobody comes to Adrian's to have dinner before dancing.

I don't mind being convinced of that. But my friend here might need an extra

argument to bring him around.

I'd be happy to change his mind here on the spot.

What mind has changed?

Name's Hilda. This is Jennifer.

Vince Romano.

My friend T .J. Hooker, shall we?

It's just exactly my style.

It's not style that counts in the long run.

Just follow my moves, okay?

That too?

Okay.

Let's get a drink, okay? Away from her clutches.

She has her hands full with my friend, believe me.

I told you I saw Kaczynski come this way. You're a good niece, Tony, my girl.

Your Uncle Victor won't forget you in his will.

You don't collect from that louse. There won't be a will.

Wish I had a card. Run him off the road, I guess. You turn your poor sister's

hair gray from fear for you.

So what are you going to do? Let Kaczynski hit you with another smooth

No.

I'm going to get my money.

Hooker my car!

Never mind about me.

Call an ambulance. I'm okay, Tony.

What's the commotion? Did he get in the car?

Come on, get in the car.

They're hot on a rig.

Just ran over old man Pullman.

Pullman, you promised us there wouldn't be any trouble. Yeah?

Well, there is. Go!

What do you think? That bandana's on our heads?

When your uncle told the admitting desk that he was a gypsy king, I was just

surprised, that's all.

God just always thinks because we're gypsies, we travel around covered

Fine. How about sticking to business?

Why were you in that parking lot?

Oh, yeah. My Uncle Victor and I were just passing through.

My uncle hears the music.

From Adrian's?

Uh -huh. He says, Tony, this is the kind of music that leads kids astray.

Wouldn't you listen to it?

And stay away from places that play it.

I mean, he wants me to grow up good, you know.

How about growing up to tell the truth?

And when Romano went back into the club, our dates were gone.

You figure they were part of the scam to rip off Romano's wheels?

I gotta look at that thief's face. I'll never forget it.

Sergeant, get me in to see Uncle Victor, please.

Well, it won't be necessary. He's being released right now.

Nurse Rapp, please contact Nurse Waddy on extension 78.

Did you get anything from the kid? About five of the best fairy tales a kid her

age can concoct.

Where'd she get her imagination?

Probably an inherited trait. We got a half a dozen stories from Uncle Victor

to why they were in the parking lot.

You know what my insurance agent just said?

I was doing police work, so my claim's no good.

Since when did dancing qualify as police work?

That's very funny, Stacy.

I appreciate the sympathy.

Junior, I'll sign the statement backing you up, but I'd much rather get your car

and the trash that took it.

Look, if we do find them, let's try to be careful, huh?

Oh, God, I hope they're taking good care of it. I don't think they're going to

be tucking it into bed with an oil can for a bottle.

Hey, this is no joking matter. If you knew how many hours I put into that

You told us half a dozen times, Vince. You've got the picture. Look, Romano, I

have DMV doing a workup on stolen exotics.

You know you were cruising around in the most popular targeted car in the

county? Well, it's hard on the target. I'll start with the mug books you got

of Citywide Broadcast on Romano's wheels. And a blonde.

And a redhead.

Cervantes, this Porsche is worth 25 Gs if it's worth a penny.

So I delivered to you for 15 grand.

Won't sell to my mother for less.

Oh, yeah?

Well, you know where you can put that, too.

Where's he got you? I gave Jennifer and Gil an extra 200.

Those girls aren't our problem.

Victor Polnoy's our problem. Victor Polnoy is a gypsy.

Won't tell the cops nothing about us.

Crazy old man showing up that way. You know, I told you he had to be paid.

What?

He knew we had to make a score before we could pay him for them engine parts.

Well, if you don't want a hell of a lot more than the grains, you busted his

leg. So tell me, how much for Cervantes?

Nine Gs for the car.

Nine Gs?

Victor will take all of that.

So we hit him first, pay our debt with his money.

Hey, you know how much he's gotten to save.

That's bad luck, Rafe.

Yeah.

For Victor.

Got to deposit on that air wrench.

How much time did you offer him?

Half a day out of the shop.

You're a bandit.

But you're my bandit.

Open the safe, old man.

Hey, you don't scare us. My uncle's a gypsy king.

The child doesn't understand.

All you want is money.

To a gypsy, money is a burden.

What would life be if we have too much? Open the safe, Fulner. Hurry up.

Run, Tony, run!

Come on, look your part and get out of here. You grab the money.

I got this.

Tony.

Tony, where are you?

Come on out.

Units in the vicinity and four out of 30. Possible 211 in progress.

Shot fired. Washington and Santee.

Four out of 30. Handle the call. Code three.

Thanks a lot. Four out of 16.

Roll back up to four out of 30 on a 211. Shot fired. Washington and Santee.

For item 16, roger.

I don't think Bartender's going to make it, Reeve.

Forget it.

Let's go.

That's the suspect around the old man down in your car.

We got him, 16, in pursuit. Take the crime scene.

Blue Cadillac, license plate, 1 Adam David, 378.

You got a picture yet?

What I want.

The place belonged to Victor Polnoy.

You see the little girl?

You're going to have to be told.

It's not a sign of her anywhere in the neighborhood.

Suspect's the same one that took off Romano's wheels and hit the old man.

They're tied together somehow.

One of the ambulance may be able to give us a story. Anthony can stabilize it.

His name's Franco Barton. I'll get a workup on him started.

How do you... Okay, you know about police brutality.

Come here.

Uncle Victor?

When are you going to start telling me the truth?

I am. I know you are.

I know you're not.

I know you are.

Her sister's outside.

O 'Brien asked if we'd stay on this.

I intended.

Is this full line?

Yes.

I'm Sergeant Hooker.

Where's Tony?

She's only a child. She didn't have anything to do with what happened, and

can't hold her. I don't intend to, but she has information that's vital to us,

and she refuses to tell us anything.

And you blame her with an uncle to bury?

Yes, I know. I'm sorry.

But we have a murderer on our hands.

And Tony's our only witness.

And she's lying.

Tried to give me a new name, says she's 15, from Wyoming.

Chicago.

Tony was sent to me after our mother died eight months ago.

Let me take her with me.

If she'll talk, she'll talk to me, never to you.

Why? I'm trying to find her uncle's murderer.

She's a gypsy.

Look around you.

My whole family, they live by the old ways.

Never revealing their true feelings, keeping their problems to themselves.

And Tony's in a lot of pain right now because of what happened to Victor, but

she's never going to let it show how much she's hurt.

So keep it all inside.

Can't you explain this problem concerns the police?

I can't explain anything.

I dropped out.

I tried to make a new life for myself in the gacha world.

Tony's my sister.

I'm trying my very best to bring her along with me now, so let me take her

with me. I'll try. I'll talk to her. I'll explain what it is you need, how

important it is.

Wait outside.

I'll have her brought out by a side exit. I want to keep her away from the

of the clan.

You must have a lot of ladies.

A few.

Hey, I can get you perfume cheap. French, what do you say?

I say I think you're hustling me.

Diana!

Diana, they beat me, choked me. You remember to tell the judge.

Be quiet now, Tony. We're going home now.

We'll get in the car.

Thank you, Sergeant Hooker. You're welcome.

Hooker.

That kid's all we got. So what do you want to do, use a rubber hose on her?

She's not going to tell us anything.

No, I'm never going to tell her anything.

We're going to put Uncle Victor into the ground, and then we'll have a bunch of

vigilantes on our hands, out for revenge, gypsy style.

It wasn't much different in my old neighborhood in San Francisco.

And the cops couldn't handle it, the families did.

Not this time.

We handle it.

Nobody else.

You're shaking like a cold dog in water.

What's the matter with you?

Barton's dead.

You see anything before he went?

What's it matter?

We're cursed.

Forget those crazy superstitions, man. If the cops had known about us, we'd

been out in the streets already.

It's that little girl, Toni.

She's the one I'm worried about.

A kid don't know the gypsy ways.

You just deliver this black beauty. I'll make sure the kid don't live to learn

the ways.

You know I bought flowers, Tony.

You're lying again.

Now, Uncle Victor, he'd want you to tell the truth.

Especially to Sergeant Hooker.

That would be the greatest respect you could pay to his memory.

I show respect.

Whatever I do, it's for Uncle Victor.

I know it is.

We'd like to talk to Tony.

Sure, come in.

Tony?

Tony?

Tony!

All right, where is she?

Our deal is you would get Tony to talk to you. And I've been trying.

Kind of hard to try when she's not around, isn't it?

Listen.

Her favorite person on earth is just about to be put in the ground.

Now that he told you what's churning inside of her, what do you expect?

Expect answers that might keep her alive.

Look, she saw what happened at your uncle's garage.

And there are killers out there that know that.

All I know is she's been trying to raise money. Why, I'm not sure.

How would she go about raising this money?

She sells perfume to ladies on the boulevard.

If I knew more, I'd tell you. But then you don't believe that, do you?

I believe you.

But trust is a luxury when one little girl is your only witness.

for your door.

Pay 30 anywhere else. Only six bucks for your door, anyone?

Six bucks for your door.

Pay 30 anywhere else.

Beautiful scent, beautiful ladies.

Tony, you're such a sweet girl.

Tell you what. For cash, two bottles for the price of one. What do you say,

Jennifer?

All right, Tony. I'll buy.

You won't be sorry.

When Ray smells you, guaranteed result.

Do you know Ray?

When you see him, tell him I want to do some business.

Gypsy business.

If I was Tony, you wouldn't find me.

When I was on the streets of South Philly, I could pick out even an

car from three blocks away. Well, you I could find, Romano. But Tony, I'm not so

sure.

I don't understand.

We've talked to half a dozen gypsies and nothing.

Bartan and Bacali, stolen murder. But their people just clam up.

Their family.

My family wouldn't protect them.

Your father's a police captain.

They got a different world out there.

4 Mary 27.

CHP is requesting a backup southbound Bogans Road near Hyacinth. They're

following a possible stolen black Porsche.

License number 2 Charles Adam Ocean 495.

That license... Number returns to a Dodge van.

This is 4 Mary 27.

I see the CHP's black Porsche 911 southbound on Bogans Road turning onto

Road. Request intercept at Stone Canyon.

4 Adam 16, 4 Adam 30 on tack 2.

4 Adam 30, go.

Catch up, Ben.

Roger, we're punching it.

The intercept worked.

They'll get him. If not, we'll be right on top.

If it's him.

Think positive, Booker.

He's storming.

Doggle belly up and suck wind before you smell his exhaust.

Get on the horn. Call ahead.

This is 4 -atom -30 in pursuit of a beautiful black 911 SC.

Blueprinted, milled, ported.

Request all units to intercept and roadblock Western Heights Road.

Oh, Junior, I know how much those wheels meant to you.

Why don't you swear at me a little? I feel responsible.

That's not going to bring it back. Besides, you weren't driving.

Do we know who it was?

Yeah.

Coroner verifies it was Arturo Buccoli.

The one who ran exotics like sausages across the border? Two down, and no way

find number three without that little girl, Toni.

There's one other possibility to nail this thing down without the kid.

I dug into Bricali's court transcript.

A girlfriend gave character testimony for a month.

Stripper named Jennifer Carlin.

Jennifer, like in Jennifer and Gilda, those girls we met at Adrian's?

The thought is crossing my mind.

All right, you three work up a history on her and see what you turn.

What are you going to do?

I think I know where Tony Polnoy might turn up today.

You must put this out of your mind.

I choose to follow the gypsy law, like Uncle Victor would have done for me.

When you are an adult, Tony, then you can think about revenge.

Then I pray to be an adult.

Diana.

Diana. I'm sorry, please.

Did Tony come home last night?

Yes, she did, finally.

Why didn't you call?

Look. Could we talk about this some other time? I'm fresh out of time.

If I have to turn her over to a social worker or a probation officer, I will.

I'd rather you let me have her for a while.

I intend for her to talk to me one way or another.

That's wonderful.

I suppose you'll see she goes to school and learns to read.

How do you plan to explain to her that the streets and gypsy ways will see her

wind up just like her uncle?

Diana, I suggest that you let the sergeant have Tony.

At this moment, she needs a strong hand.

Since when is a stranger's hand stronger than family's?

You want to be a guard, Joe.

Think like one for a moment.

Tony is street wise.

So is this man.

You are not.

So it gets back to war again.

A battle of wills.

Well, I'm tired of battles. I want this one to end.

You will find her there, Sergeant.

What?

Please, God, take care of my Uncle Victor and his poor widow, my Aunt

And please, Saint Anne, help me to get the money to buy a gun.

Please.

I thought you might come with me for a while.

It's all right with you, sister.

I understand how you must feel about losing your uncle.

No, you don't.

Very nice, ladies. Care to dance?

I have a police car outside that's a good time.

How about if we all go for a ride and have a nice long chat? I have a feeling

I'm not going to like the conversation.

Maybe it'd be nicer if we had it here in the dressing room.

Your moves aren't going to get you out of this one.

This man was one of the men involved in your uncle's murder. Arturo Bucali. You

recognize him? I told you don't ask me about that stuff. Will you stop that?

Grow up.

We're going to have to face this thing, and you're not helping at all. Maybe

it's because you talk to me like I'm a little kid. Like I don't know what's

going on.

Yeah? Yeah.

You hungry?

Yes, I am.

All right.

Meet me in the coffee room, and we'll order out.

And then, my dear, we're going to talk like adults.

Can I call my sister?

Yeah.

Phone's in the coffee room. Dial 9. And tell her you're in good hands.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yes, Aunt Marie, Tony will be fine.

I know it's not the gypsy way, but it's the right way.

I...

God,

what do you want?

I want your sister, lady.

Little Tony.

She's screwing up my life.

Whatever I got to do to make you bring her to me, I'm gonna do it.

Ron will come into your life.

The Chinese make good cookies, but only gypsies know fortunes.

Well, maybe it's my cookie.

Besides, gypsies aren't the only ones that are special.

Cops are not like gypsies.

Gypsies and cops got nothing in common.

Oh, yes, they do.

Cops have a strong sense of honor.

Just like gypsies. We take care of our own. When someone kills a cop, nobody

wants that killer more than another police officer.

You shoot them?

No. Sometimes we'd like to.

But revenge is a beast that'll grow until it eats you up.

Or turns you into the very thing that you're fighting against. You don't want

that, do you?

I want justice.

Just? You want justice?

That's why we have the law.

Not gypsy law, not my law, but the law.

And it won't work unless you're willing to help us.

Think about what I said. Finish your meal.

And think about it hard, because we don't have much time.

I still want to talk to my sister.

Same drill. Dial 9.

Want to see if you had that police work?

Answer it.

Tony? Is that you?

Diana, what's the matter?

Tony, stay away! Don't come home!

Tony. Now listen to me. I've got your sister here with me. Now what I want you

to do... Hey, Ray.

Don't you hurt my sister.

You got a lot of my uncle's money.

But I got something you need very badly.

We're gypsies. We can deal.

All right.

What is it? I will bring it.

We'll deal.

But I tell you where we meet.

I don't want nothing to do with murder.

They just paid us to distract you guys.

We know about Barton.

We know about your boyfriend, your colleague.

Who's number three.

He's dangerous.

So is prison general.

All right. All right.

Rafe Kaczynski.

Rafe Kaczynski. He's an outcast gypsy.

grow up, I'd like to ride a motorcycle, just like you guys.

That should do it. The problem is, they only might get him for grand theft auto.

Tony's the only one that can place him at the scene of the murder.

Now they got a name.

Little girl say where she was going. Oh Anders where's your piece?

Tony Tony, okay, what's wrong?

Give us God. He's got Andrews gun

What the devil is she?

She couldn't have gotten that far.

Especially with a gun.

What is she going to do with it? What we've been talking about.

Gypsy revenge.

Excuse me, ma 'am. I'm looking for a young girl.

Ten years old. Brown hair, brown eyes.

Jean jacket.

Oh, you must be that charming child that got on the 84 southbound. Now, I'm

waiting for the 92, and perhaps you could tell the officer why is it that

never arrives on schedule anymore. Thank you, ma 'am. Now, I've been taking this

bus for the past 12 years. Yes, ma 'am. But in the last two weeks, it's always

late. Thank you. Now, what's a person supposed to do? Thank you, ma 'am.

call, petition?

I can't just sit here forever, you know. Excuse me, ma 'am.

deal for you. You can buy something nice for your wife with this.

I don't get it. That bus couldn't have outrun us.

Maybe she hijacked, but she does have a gun.

Hey, hey, so I went off my route. I mean, the bus was empty and ahead of

schedule. It's not a federal offense.

All I want is a kid. I know she got on over at Claiborne. Look, she gave me 20

bucks to take her to a church over on Vernon. I mean, who can refuse a kid

she wants to go to church?

Oh, yeah, especially when she puts up 20 bucks.

And I thank you, St. Anne, for blessing me with this gun.

For my uncle, I thank you.

And please, St. Anne, make me brave.

Tony. Tony, run! Please, run now!

It's all right, Diana.

It's for me of business.

It's bad luck to talk business in the church, isn't it, Rafe?

Yeah. Yeah, let's get out of here. Come on.

All right, you said you had something. What is it? I want to talk to Uncle

Victor first. What is it?

Something the police would like, something they wouldn't give to you.

Tony.

It's all right. Uncle Victor will tell us what to do.

Something smells funny. This is Diana's car.

Like me.

Uncle Victor, I'm ashamed.

I should have stayed with you.

I can give Rafe what he needs.

Down there, I can make him give back your money.

Your Honor.

Okay, kid.

I'm through fooling with you.

If you got something to show it, show it right now.

If not, you've chosen the place where you two are going to die.

Back off!

Back off! Hold it right there, or you'll fall where you stand.

Kill her.

I'll kill them both.

Think about it.

You're in a great place for a burial.

like you had talked to him.

Put the gun down.

Put the gun down.

You remember what we talked about.

You don't want to live with that, do you?

Rafe knows what I want.

Do it, Rafe.

Give Uncle Victor his peace.

Ask his forgiveness.

Ask him now.

Please.

Stop, Victor.

Please.

I know I'm lost.

But let me suffer for it, please, Victor.

Take me now.

Forgive me, Victor.

Please, Victor, let me live.

Victor, please.

Please.

Empty. Of course it's empty.

I took the bullets out.

Don't you know it's dangerous for kids to go out with loaded guns?

I'll never be a gypsy hooker.

Well? Good news. The social worker said Tony could stay with her sister as long

as she attends school regularly and cleans up the rack.

And if Hooker promises to take a personal interest in Tony's

I wouldn't want Hooker as my truant officer.

Listen, young lady, when I say to go to school, you go.

Okay, I'll go to school.

Maybe I'll be a doctor.

Maybe a lawyer. We make a lot of money.

You're talking about a lot of years there, young lady.

Yeah, what salary do you guys start at?

It's not a fortune, but it pays the rent.

Hooker, I heard about your motel room.

Who'd want to live like that?

Hey, you can live like I do. You lost your Porsche.

But you work with a beautiful lady.

Thank you, Tony.

Maybe I'll be a cop.

And get a nice little guy like him, too.

Come on, Tony.

What about... Come on.

We're going to see a lot of each other.

By the time this is over, why don't we start with dinner tonight?

Well, Tony told me about your Chinese food.

There's nothing wrong with the Chinese food.

And they put good fortunes in the cookies.

I'm a gypsy, Hooker. And even I don't believe in fortune telling.

Really?

Yeah.

Aren't you just a little bit curious?