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This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message.

I'll get back to you.

Jim, it's Benny. I know your store is backed up, but I can't get out there

today. Maybe your buyers won't notice.

Oh, great.

What are you doing here?

What's it look like I'm doing? I brought you your car.

Tomorrow, Gus. I asked you to bring it tomorrow. I don't want it today.

I don't know why you want this at all.

Gus, do me a favor, would you? Would you go back and check your paperwork? I

think you'll find that I specifically requested delivery on the 30th, the

Could you bring it back tomorrow, please?

Okay.

Thank you. Your money.

Oh, hi. Hey. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What do you mean it's my money?

I'm not paying for today. This is your mistake, Gus, not mine. I don't make

mistakes. I make deliveries. And this is a delivery.

Now, if you want me to deliver again tomorrow, fine.

But you pay for today and you pay for tomorrow.

So what's it going to be?

Leave it.

this place.

Oh, God.

you got more than a problem with reverse.

At least I have reverse.

Where'd they find it?

Chop shop in El Segundo.

Angel, this is not a good time. You're gonna have to excuse me, but I'm

expecting a guest.

What am I?

Uninvited. You should have called first. You shouldn't just drop by.

That's the trouble with living at the beach. Everybody just thinks they can

by, use your towels, run up your phone bill, eat your food. Hey.

Anytime I'm not welcome around here, all you got to do is say the word.

Go home, Angel.

Angel, I told you this is not a good time. For sitting?

I don't want you to sit. I don't want you to stay.

Jimmy, we can't always have what we want. This is an emergency, Angel.

Jimmy, I'm about this far from a complete, total rubber room breakdown.

Mr. Immenthaler. I thought we'd never make it. Oh, a couple of minutes late.

problem. Ed.

Ed. Oh, Mrs.

Immenthaler. I've been looking forward to meeting you. I'm going to throw up.

What? I'm going to throw up.

She doesn't seem to be feeling too well. It's excitement, I guess.

I'll wait until she sees the closet. Great closet. She can't seem to fill

up. That's one of the first things that women want to see.

Well, maybe a glass of water. Oh, of course. I should have thought about

Angel?

Angel? Could you bring Mrs.

Immenthaler a glass of water, please?

Got some water coming, Mara. Just hold on. A friend of mine just dropped by.

It's one of the great things about living at the beach. People just drop

can never spend a lonely day. I can guarantee that.

And what are you doing? You told me you'd get me out of here. Get me out of

here, please. All right, Mara. All right, look, we got to get going. What

mean, going?

You said on the phone that you were ready to sign the papers.

Your exact word, it's a done deal. You said you were ready to buy the trailer.

Well, wait a minute. Now, don't throw my words back at me. That was before we

took a couple of bricks through the window. We could have been killed.

I mean, we drove right through the middle of this thing. Now, don't you

they'd have had somebody out there to, like, warn us off or something? We drove

right through the middle of it. Get me...

In the middle of what?

The riot or whatever it's supposed to be. The whole damn town's going up in

smoke. People are running around with guns. They're looting. They're burning.

don't know how we got out of there alive.

Listen, I only came by because it seemed like the right thing to do. Now, we

have nothing on paper, so if you're thinking about suing me... I'm not

about suing. I'm just trying to get a handle on this. All right. No, never

We'll get the hell out of here, Rockford. And I would suggest that you

same.

What did he think I was gonna do with his money? Open a lemonade stand?

Angel? Angel, don't you go anywhere. You stay right here. I gotta answer the

phone. Don't leave.

Angel?

Angel?

Yeah, yeah, hi, Rocky.

Yeah, I just heard.

Don't worry about me. You know, I'm home, I'm fine, I'm not going anywhere.

Yeah. Okay, okay, I'll talk to you later.

Angel!

Angel, what is the matter with you? Didn't you hear what Emmerthaler said

the riots? Yeah, I got the whole ear full.

You checking out, Jimmy? You leaving town, maybe?

Maybe?

Well, all right, I'm leaving town. At least I'm trying to.

Didn't I mention that?

No, you did not.

Oh, buddy.

The mayor has declared a state of emergency, and there is the possibility

curfew may be imposed tonight in an effort to contain the violence which

continues to erupt. The National Guard has been deployed by the governor.

Residents are being warned... This is Angel at the beep speak.

Angel, this is Jim.

I know you're probably still sore at me, but would you call me back anyway so I

know you got home?

I really don't like what's happening out there. Now, you call me. The mood of

the mob seems to change by the moment.

There is still a great deal of anger, but there is also fear.

Looting is widespread and has been reported at points across Los Angeles

including Compton, South Central Los Angeles, and Westwood Village.

At this moment, several downtown structures are being damaged by

vandals. Cars have been smashed at the intersections and abandoned by their

owners.

Trouble erupted almost immediately upon delivery of the King verdict. At the

moment, the courthouse, federal and state office buildings...

From the Hallmark Hall of Fame collection.

May I help you, ma 'am?

I'm Hallie Kittredge, Mrs. Lansing's attorney.

Her children called and asked me to meet them here. All right, follow me.

Where is she? I called her hours ago.

More like 20 minutes, Dory. She'll be here.

Come on, sis.

This is going to make you feel worse.

I just couldn't feel any worse.

Oh, my eyes are so hot.

They're swollen, aren't they? I practically can't see. Excuse me, ma

help you? I'm an attorney.

It's okay.

I thought he was fast as I could.

I don't know what to say.

She's been like that ever since.

She didn't see anything. I made sure of that.

But I had to tell her how it was.

What happened, Josh?

I don't know.

I heard a shot.

I ran outside and... Mom was just lying there.

They did it for the car.

They didn't have to shoot her. They could have just taken it. You saw them?

you identify them? No.

They were, uh... They were wearing some kind of ski mask thing.

When I came outside, they just jumped in the car and took off.

I ran after them, but... Can you believe it? I ran after them.

Like I could catch an eight -cylinder car.

I just want to go to bed. Why don't they keep us sitting here? I mean, we've

told them everything that happened.

Yeah. As you can see, they really ran with it.

What's the matter with them anyway? What are they, standing around waiting for

their pensions to kick in?

Josh.

Josh, look.

I know you're distraught now. But what?

They're not doing anything. They're not doing a damn thing.

Mom is dead.

Okay?

And we got a bunch of brown shoes who are more interested in what's going down

in South Central than what happened here.

Look at them. They're not even second string. No, they don't care who killed

her. They're not even going to look for the two bastards.

Josh.

Please. Just... We're going private.

What?

Cops aren't going to do anything, so we'll hire someone who will.

You probably have people you work with all the time, right?

Yeah, occasionally I do. The best.

I want the best.

And I'll pay for it.

Why don't we discuss this in the morning? No, I... I want this guy,

is, to be working on this in the morning, okay?

You took care of mom for as long as I can remember, all right? Not just

negotiating contracts and stuff like that, but any problems she had, she

depended on you.

This is the last thing you can do for her, and the most important.

We gotta find those guys. We gotta make them pay.

Okay.

Sir? No, thank you. I see my party.

Okay, great. For you.

Hello, Jim.

How are you? Have any trouble getting here? Not really.

Right, the mess, isn't it? Yeah, big time.

You'd never know it to look around here.

Business as usual. Yeah.

Thanks for the tie. You didn't have to wear one.

Let's call it a sense of occasion.

Good to see you again.

How long has it been? Six months?

More like eight.

Are you limping a little?

No, I'm limping a lot.

What happened?

Oh, a couple of months ago, some guy thought my car would look better in his

driveway than it did in mine, so he screwed a .38 in my left ear.

I gave him my car keys as a way of saying thanks. He shot me.

Oh, Jim.

Well, it's not without its upside. I mean...

While I've lost in mobility, I've more than made up with my ability to predict

rain. I'd say the barometer right now was about 29 .95 and steady.

I don't know how you can make a joke out of something like that. He could have

been killed.

Oh, not a chance. The guy was a lousier shot than he was a driver.

You should see what he did to the Firebird. You know what a great car that

I mean, he trashed the engine, just trashed it.

Lila Lansing's car was stolen last night.

Oh. Well, you've probably never heard of her.

Lila Lansing?

She was married to Mickey Ryder. I got to see him play once. Rocky took me to

the game. I'll never forget it. The man was a legend. Still is.

I'm not here to talk about Mickey Ryder. He was out of her life years ago. I'm

here to talk about Lila Lansing. Not just a client of the office, but also a

close personal friend.

I don't remember meeting her.

Well, you didn't meet all of my friends. Did I meet all of yours?

Yeah, all my close friends.

Well, I'm sorry you never met Lila.

She was killed last night in front of her house.

Her kids heard the shot.

I'm sorry.

They're devastated, Jim.

Dory never stopped crying, and Josh, he kept raging about the police.

He's convinced that they're not even going to try and find the killer.

What? Oh, because of the riot. That's why he wants to hire you, so that

will be working on it. Well, that's ridiculous.

A case involving a major star, the cops are going to be falling all over

themselves to solve a headline grabber like that.

Well, I know, but when kids lose a parent, they're reacting from emotion,

from logic.

How old are the children?

We're talking about a murder. What difference does it make how old they

Lionel Lansing was a star in the 50s. Let's say she was 20 -something then.

That's 40 years ago.

You keep talking about the... Kids, like they just came in from rolling their

hoops on the lawn.

Say I'm interested in the job.

Are they old enough to hire me?

You know what? Why don't we just forget the whole thing?

Including breakfast?

You invited me.

Go ahead and order.

Something heavy and indigestible.

What are you having?

Flashbacks.

Now I remember why I divorced you.

Josh?

Josh!

What?

Josh. Sorry we're a little late, honey.

This is Jim Rocker, Josh.

Allie says you're the best P .I. in town. If you're not, you're out.

I'm not in yet.

You're here.

Miss Kittredge asked me to come.

I have a great deal of respect for her and for her judgment.

We don't always agree, but we're in to think on the basics.

That's terrific.

I'm going to use that.

I don't know if Hallie mentioned it, but I'm a writer.

I've just been working on my mom's eulogy.

You're going to use that in your mother's eulogy?

Yeah, well, I'll have to make a couple of changes.

Personalize it?

Josh. Mr. Rockford would like to talk to you about last night. Oh, God. How many

times do I have to tell it?

Okay.

Last night, Dory and I were at home.

Mom had gone out to dinner with some friends. We heard a shot. I ran outside.

And Mom had just opened the gates and was lying there in the driveway.

The gates aren't electronic?

Oh, yeah, but they were on manual last night. The motors keep... rusting out

from the sprinkler system.

Anyway, these two south -of -the -border types in ski masks jump in her car,

and they're out of here.

If they were wearing ski masks, how do you know they were Latino?

They were talking, yelling back and forth.

You sure it was Spanish they were speaking?

I was born in L .A., Rockford. It was Spanish.

Mr. Rockford, can I...

Let me ask you a question.

If a police officer says that he may have more questions for you, and yet he

doesn't come right out and say that you can't leave town... Dory, we've already

had this conversation.

We had it.

We didn't have it.

You want to leave town, Dory?

She wants to leave the country.

That is a lie. Look, look, my friend Cindy has a house in Cabo San Lucas.

I mean, it's actually her father's house, but she has it for a whole month.

I mean, she asked me to go weeks ago, and...

I mean, after what happened last night, I really need to get away. I mean, I'll

stay for the funeral, but after that, I just have to go somewhere and not have

to think about things. I don't even see what the big deal is. I mean, would

anybody even care if I went to Pasadena?

Pasadena is part of the United States.

So is Cabo.

It's Mexico, Dory. No, it is Baja California.

If it was in Mexico, it would be called Baja Mexico. If it was in Mexico, I

would need a passport, right?

You need a passport for Cabo.

And retrograde.

Well, I think that Mr. Rockford has probably heard enough. More than enough.

Well, we'll talk, and then I will talk with you later.

All right.

What?

Was that really your idea of distraught?

Dory came close there when we nixed her trip to Cabo, but that was about it.

Well, what do you think they're going to do?

Prostrate themselves with grief in front of you, a total stranger?

Oh, and you're such good friends. That's why they called you Hallie? Nobody

called you Hallie. Only those who were very, very close to me.

Well, it lets me out. I'm just an ex -husband.

I just can't believe that those two could have Mickey Ryder as a father. I

just... He was their stepfather for five vast years. Mickey Ryder has nothing to

do with this, Jim. Leave him out of it. The next thing I know, you'll be giving

me a stat.

What are you doing with these people?

I mean, Dory's all right. I guess she's just out there somewhere circling

Jupiter. But, Josh, there's a real piece of work.

Look, if you want to pass, fine. If you're not prepared to work for them,

solely on my judgment...

A judgment for which you recently expressed such deep and abiding respect.

right, all right. I'll check it out. If I find anything, I'll let you know.

It was something else.

He was right there, right over there.

I got the spot inside.

Hey, Jimmy!

Did you get my message?

What am I saying? You're here, ain't you?

Wait till you see what I got going.

Paco!

Hey, since I'm paying by the hour, do you think I might see somebody work up a

small sweat?

Now get that stuff inventoried and into the garage.

Yes, boss.

They all do.

Jimmy, my life's in turnaround, and it's all because of you. If you'd loaned me

that money yesterday, all right, I came to put the bite on you. I'm going to

admit that, but if you'd have given me that money, none of this would have

happened.

How about some designer water now?

Paco, some water! Don't want your water. Yeah, yeah, a little thank you. You

know, you like gas or no gas? Neither one. Oh, come on, you have both of them.

really don't want any water. No, thank you, Paco.

Okay, okay, okay.

I don't want any water, Angel. Why not?

Because it's hot water, Angel.

I mean, your little thank you makes me an accessory after the fact. I invite

down here to share in my joy, and this is what I get.

What are you, are you suggesting that I'm a dealer in some kind of stolen

merchandise? I'm not suggesting it, Angel. I'm coming right out and saying

You were on the late night news, buddy, you.

You were taking three shopping carts out of a store.

All right, some of us have to look for our bargains where we can find them.

Is it my fault I'm out of a job? Yes.

Yes? Whose fault did you think it was?

Aaron. Your brother -in -law? Aaron sold a newspaper right out from under me.

All right, I wasn't getting rich, but I was doing okay.

He just stopped my career short. You never had a career.

You punched in, you punched out, and you got paid.

Aaron retired a year ago, and he gave you a very generous severance check.

hey, hey, I saw it. Remember?

You showed it to me.

He gave you enough money to last until you could find another job.

You haven't even looked for one.

Now, I don't have it.

Yeah,

put that with the trouble.

See, that's real good there.

You couldn't have walked off with all this stuff.

You didn't even get started till late afternoon.

I tell you, Jimmy, this is a legitimate enterprise. Most of this stuff's on

consignment anyway.

I got three holding areas bigger than this. All I'm in for is a straight 10%.

Plus handling, plus advertising, carrying charges, usually. If you can

with a brain -dead idea like this, I'm not even going to try to talk you out of

it.

You don't know everything, Jimmy. There's nothing wrong with this plan.

Come on, Jimmy.

Who'd you come down here for anyway?

You invited me.

And I wanted to see if you were all right.

You aren't.

There's not a damn thing I can do about it, so I'm going to go to work.

Oh, uh, if a 1971 silver Corniche convertible happens to turn up in one of

holding areas, give me a call.

Yeah, so what do you want?

It's about the Lansing murder. I'm doing a little work on it.

What do you mean you're doing a little work on it? You crazy?

It's a very hot case. The brass is all over it. I'm not interfering with the

police in any way. I'm just asking you a few questions as a favor to kill.

Oh.

Look at that, like he owns it. Well, I guess he does.

It's about the surveillance.

Let me ask you a question, Jim.

Yesterday, when the verdict comes in, what did you think was going to happen?

mean, some people are going to get sore, right?

Real sore.

Some windows are going to get broken, maybe some heads. Hey, nothing we can't

deal with. That's what we're trained to do. Is that the way you read it?

Well, I didn't hear about it until late afternoon. I didn't read it one way or

another. Well, that's the way I read it.

Dennis, give me a minute. I'll get out of your hair. Guess what his name is.

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

Gigmacool. I mean, what kind of a name is that for a cop? And I'll tell you

something else. He doesn't have seniority. I have seniority.

All settled in? Oh, no, no, not yet. I haven't even got my file set up yet.

But, man, that is a great office in there. You've been in it. Oh, of course

have. You know how stuffy it gets in here.

But that being a corner office, you just open the window, you got cross

ventilation.

You open up the windows, you screw up the air conditioning.

That's why it gets stuffy in here.

It's my office now, Becker. Learn to live with it.

Oh, hey, listen, Dennis. What I have to say... Ah, McCool.

I heard about your performance yesterday. They're talking about it

You read the signs absolutely right.

Good police work, son. Good police work. Thank you, sir.

Some of our other officers could take a page from your book.

You've got to pay attention. You've got to read the signs.

You know how long I've waited for Henderson to get kicked upstairs? I

office had my name on it for five years.

I mean, I painted the whole thing myself two months ago. Why'd they give it to

McCool? Well, because yesterday he kept saying all of the right things. It's the

tip of the iceberg. It's going ballistic. The governor should call out

I think the guy's going dramatic on me. I mean, he's got the name for it. Well,

they gave it off to McCool because you disagreed with him and he was right.

Yeah, well, yesterday I... I let the afternoon ship go and we had a hell of a

time rounding them up. Who knew we were going to need them? I mean, they're

always talking about no overtime.

I took them at their word.

Could you get that for me, Becca?

Sure.

Hey!

I'm a sore loser.

Learn to live with it.

Feel better?

Yes. It helps to kick something.

Dennis.

You think he'd handle a question now? Shoot.

What did they get on the surveillance tape? What tape?

Well, you know, the one covering the Lansing driveway.

There was no camera. Sure there is. It's not on the Lansing property. It's

across the street. It was mounted up on the fence.

It covered the tenant's court, but when it sweeps around, it also takes in the

Lansing driveway.

If your guys missed it, chances are the tape's still in it.

Yeah?

Well, get your butt over there. You got some objection to being a hero?

You could wrap this whole thing up without ever having to go to trial.

You could have the killer's dead bang in action on tape.

Where have you been?

I've been looking all over town for you.

Your office said you were at the Church of the Perpetual Something or other.

Well, we started there, but... It was way too small. You wouldn't bury your

out of there.

No, no, this is going to be an industry -wide event. I mean, Lila Lansing was a

golden oldie. Come on. I'm going to pick the music.

We've been looking at churches and chapels. You want to know the truth?

They've all been too small.

If you went al fresco, there's always the Hollywood Bowl.

Was there something you wanted, Jim? I'm thinking of using show teams.

What's Becker doing here?

Hi, Dennis.

Hi, Jim.

Hi, counsel. Good to see you.

This is Josh, door landing. This is Lieutenant Becker.

How'd you find us?

Was there a break in the case?

Well, this really isn't the place to get into it. I'd like for you and your

sister to come down to the station.

You too, counselor.

I'll fill you in on what we got, and we'll take it from there.

Just get in your cars and fall in behind me.

All right.

Well,

congratulations, Dennis.

Surveillance tape must have paid off, huh?

The fat lady is about to sing, and you just bought yourself a ringside seat if

you wanted.

That's my agent.

What's she doing here?

Karen? Hey!

What are you doing here? I don't know, but it better have nothing to do with

you. Do you know that 20 minutes ago I was in Oliver Stone's outer office with

an appointment, not just hanging around, and a cop shows up? I swear, a cop. Do

you know how long it took me to get that appointment?

You think Stone's right for my screenplay? I have other clients, you

Lieutenant Becker?

Sorry for the inconvenience, but if you have a seat, I'll be with you in a few

minutes. Oh, no, you'll be with me right now.

If you think that I'm going to let you screw up the rest of my day, no, no, no.

A few minutes or a whole lot longer. Your call.

You guys are all on power trips, aren't you?

You shouldn't talk to her like she's a junior agent. She's practically a

partner.

What'd you get her down here for anyway?

If you'd just shut up for a minute, maybe he'll tell us. Now, why doesn't

everybody just sit down, let the man do his job? Thank you.

Okay, this is what I was looking for. Now, before we go any further, I'm going

to have to Mirandize them.

You're going to what?

Read them their rights.

I don't want a translation. I want an explanation. We could all use one of

those, Dennis.

Oh, let's see.

You have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right to remain silent,

anything you say will be used against you in a court of law.

You have the right to speak with an attorney and to have an attorney present

during questioning. Did you kick it into high, Dennis?

If you're such as I can afford it, I'll turn it with a point of view and not

charge you for a question.

Yeah, that's it.

Before you go any further, let me get something straight.

Are you seriously considering charging my clients with murdering their own

mother? Because if you are, brace yourself.

I'm going to hit you with a wrongful arrest suit before you're even finished

booking them. Maybe if we heard what he's got, Kit.

What can he have?

Well, for openers, we recovered Mrs.

Lansing's car with his prints all over it.

So what does that prove? Mom let me drive her car all the time.

Ms. Kupfer?

Did you receive a telephone call from Josh Lansing

the night of the 29th, the night that Lila Lansing was killed?

Yeah. You wanted to know what the action was on a scripted visit I'd been

shopping? There wasn't any.

Do you remember what time you received that call?

Not really.

But it must have been after 10. I just started watching the news.

Thank you. That's all.

That'll be all.

You dragged me out of Oliver Stone's office for this?

Great. Now she's sore at me.

I fail to see the significance of his call, Mrs. Kupfer. She's his agent. He

concerned about the sale of his script.

An hour after his mother was killed?

Shock. Denial.

The call came from Lila Lansing's car.

Now, we got confirmation on that. We also got tape from surveillance cameras

that covered the driveway.

Mom didn't have surveillance cameras.

No, but there was one directly across the street.

Oh, so what are you saying? That that tape shows us killing mom?

It couldn't. No, it shows you driving off.

Why would we do that?

To make it look like a carjacking. When you back to Corniche out into the

street, the tape shows your mother lying there in the driveway.

Now, there was nothing to matter with the motors on the gate. Your clients put

the gate on manual so that their mother would have to get out of the car.

Now, that makes it premeditated. That makes it murder one.

I've been in here for 19 months.

You ever been in jail, Hallie?

It's nothing like I thought it would be. I thought it'd be like, you know,

trying not to get raped in the laundry or guys making shivs out of silverware.

It's just boring.

I feel like I've been here forever.

I know, with all the postponements and everything.

But we are going to go to court on Tuesday, and that's what I wanted to

you about.

Dory's been... What?

She's not sick again, is she?

No. No, but she's upset, understandably, and... She's not talking, right?

Ever since we were kids, when she gets really upset, she clams up. You can't

a word out of her.

I'm worried about going into court with her this way, Josh.

They're going to ask for the death penalty.

And I don't know what that's going to do to her.

I do.

She'll freak.

How come they asked for the death penalty when we didn't do it? The

is... I don't care about the evidence.

We didn't kill Mom, okay?

All right, we moved the car. I don't know why. I don't remember doing it. I

don't remember phoning my agent. But I'll tell you something, Hallie. I would

sure as hell remember shooting my own mother.

Look.

Excuse me, ma 'am. We just got word that you're wanted over at the hospital

ward. They say it's urgent.

Dory. It's Dory, isn't it? What happened to her?

They found her in her cell. She tried to commit suicide.

No!

Looking pretty good, huh?

Oh, who cares?

Vincent isn't going to live here.

He wants it as a fishing shack.

Probably keep live bait in the bathtub.

He'll have to keep it in the sink.

I only have a shower.

It may not be top of the line, but hey, it's hardly a shack. He called it a

shack. Who cares what he called it? He's willing to pay 50 % over market, and

he's got the cash to do it.

Don't go all sensitive on me, Jim.

I'm just trying to save you a lot of unnecessary work. Thanks, Maddie.

He's driving up from San Diego. He'll be here at 6, 6 .30. It gets dark at 6. He

won't be able to see anything.

He's already seen the place.

He's just coming by to sign the papers.

You've got one of the best lots in Malibu. Are you really just going to

away from it? As soon as the check clears.

Why? I mean, what's wrong with L .A.? The quality of life.

There isn't any.

I'll see you at 6.

If I'm a little late, don't worry.

I've got an open house in Panorama City, and who knows what the fire's going to

do to the valley traffic.

What fire?

Is that one of the canyons?

No, it's way out in Agora, someplace like that. I'll see you later.

over in a minute is that you kid what do you mean is it me of course it's me

what do you mean of course i haven't heard from you since august well i know

i've been meaning to call and i've been trying to prepare for this trial and

look i don't have time to get into that right now just get yourself down at the

metropolitan detention center the hospital ward what's going on i'll fill

when you get here but it's big it's dirty and it's the answer to a defense

attorney's prayers

I'm bending the rules here, you understand that?

Now, I'm only going to allow you in the room for a few minutes to observe.

Under no circumstances are you to speak, cry out, or make your presence known to

the patient.

It could have an adverse effect, and after all, we are here to help her.

not here to add any additional pain.

Were her injuries from the suicide attempt that bad?

I was referring to psychic pain, Mr. Rockford.

That, I'm afraid, is very bad.

And very deep.

Dory, it's Dr. Rezo.

I'm here to help you, Dory.

I think we should talk.

Like we talked this morning.

No.

No.

You want me to remember?

I won't.

He can't hurt you anymore, Dory. I'm here. I won't let him.

Take us down there.

The basement.

She let him... She didn't even try and stop him.

She let him... She let him do all those things.

And she watched. She said... She said... She said, you do what your father said.

What do you think?

What the devil was that all about?

I should probably wait for the doctor to explain, but this is very exciting,

Jim. Because of the suicide attempt, they hired this psychiatrist, this Dr.

to look at Dory. What was all that business about Mickey?

Would you please listen to me? Maybe it was because she was particularly

vulnerable. Who knows? But anyway, he managed to uncover this repressed

which explains everything, including Lila's death.

What repressed memory?

Both. Josh and Dory were sexually abused, habitually abused by Mickey

was married to Lila. Come on.

Yes, yes. He repeatedly took her in the basement and did unspeakable things. I

can't even repeat what she said.

And also, Dory described a pentagram drawn on the floor. Mickey Ryder's a

Satanist. In a pig's eye.

Well, either you can check it out for me, or I'll get someone who isn't quite

in awe of a Cooperstown idol.

Well, they're not going to find anything, especially not the... stuff

looking for.

He was one of the real gentlemen of baseball. He was not just a great

was a great role model. I bet he's never even had a parking ticket.

I don't care about his driving record, Jim.

Mickey Ryder is not a Satanist. He damn sure isn't a child molester.

Prove it.

All right, I will.

I'm afraid you won't be able to see her today, Mr. Kittredge. I've had to sedate

her. Call me in the morning and we'll see how she feels then.

Thank you, Doctor. I know it's been very rough on you.

Things could be rougher.

I could still own my house in Malibu.

Unloaded it just in time.

What does that mean?

That fire that started in Agoura has just jumped the coast highway. It's

all the way to the ocean.

Steven. My God.

It's right in your face, isn't it?

You think you're going to make it?

The way things have been going, probably not.

You're back out of the deal.

I'm sorry, Jim.

Mr. Benson really wanted the place. It's just, this has been all over

television, and it scared him.

It scares me.

Well, I'll give you a call tomorrow, okay? All right, thanks for coming.

Good luck.

You be careful now. You too.

Shoot me?

You're not going to believe what happened, man. I've been robbed.

Three guys in a boat?

Robbed. Pitted and spit. My whole operation wiped out history.

I didn't know you still had an operation.

All right.

Maybe I should have moved a little faster, but you think I'm slow. Try

with the government.

You see, when this shopping network idea went belly up, it took me a long time

to figure out that a loan was the way to go with this thing. You applied for a

government loan?

Oh, they got a whole program where they help the little guy get back in

business. You were never in business, Angel, unless you consider a garage full

of hot merchandise business.

Not a garage.

Four. Four holding areas.

There ain't holding nothing anymore.

You know who got my inventory?

That stinking Paco.

I treated him like family, man. I treated him like my own brother. You

him, Paco, don't you, Jimmy?

Paco, yeah, the one that called you boss.

Out of respect.

Out of affection. I mean, like a nickname. What, you never heard anybody

boss like that?

Just you and Springsteen. All right, well, he calls me boss, but he steals me

blind. Oh, he says, oh, I don't know nothing about it, huh?

Squares on his dead mother's head. Who, even as we speak, is dealing seconds in

some cheesy card pal of Stanley Gardena.

Snakes. The whole family. Crooked as snakes.

I just, I just wish that Paco wasn't illegal so I could turn him in.

Born in Eagle Rock.

All right, I'll tell you what, Angel.

I won't say it serves you right.

I won't go Billy Graham on you. I'll give you a job.

A job?

Well, it's not anything I can't do myself, but you could save me some time.

came in here not too long ago with a sample case.

You had a lot of different things in that case. You had an ice cube with a

in it. That's a pretty big seller.

Yeah, and then you had this fertility mojo.

It looked like it was made out of chicken feathers.

You said you sold them to shops that specialized in the occult? So.

So. Tomorrow we're going to make the round.

Are you sure this is the right street? I'm sure.

Hey, Dave.

What did he like?

Dave, on pretty friendly terms, he only had a sales job the past 15 minutes.

He's watching us pick something up, look like a customer.

I was hoping Frank would be here. He's a lot easier to talk to.

Angel, would you look at this?

Great display, Dave. Very tasteful.

Give me a minute, Jimmy.

All right, here it is.

Is that Paco or is that Paco?

Where's the Benz? Where's the Benz? Get out of here, Rachel, come on. We just

got here.

I have seen enough. This is pathetic.

This is for people who think a shot of bat juice and a plastic mojo are going

give them a life.

Sit down, Jimmy. These are not the kind of people you want to take on. Well, you

think Dave's going to turn me into a frog?

You're making me very nervous.

If Dave is such a hotshot at spells, don't you think he'd own a boutique on

Rodeo Drive instead of this dump?

Don't you think he'd have hair?

Dave.

Thanks, Dave.

Thanks.

You just closed my account at Eccles Habitat. I hope you know that. You have

account there?

Well, I don't use it that often. I mean, every now and then when I'm running a

little low.

What, on Eye of Newt? I can't believe you'd go in that joint.

Can't you recognize a con when you see one? And I'll tell you something else.

Mickey Ryder wouldn't get within a mile of that joint.

He's about as much of a Satanist as Rocky is.

I just can't stop Kit.

She's convinced she's doing the right thing. She isn't, but she thinks she is.

She's going to throw those charges at Mickey, and a lot of people out there

going to believe them.

You know, Mickey Ryder is a decent man. He doesn't deserve to be blindsided like

this.

I'd love to warn him.

I haven't got time to find him.

Aaron used to do one of those Where Are They Now features. They did one on

Mickey Ryder.

Had pictures of him up at the Desert Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. Big Al Manette

used to use him as a celebrity greeter. He'd fly him into town and play golf

with all the big anchos, that kind of thing.

Aaron had some pictures from the honeymoon mansion with Lila, and Mickey

lives in the same crib.

And you know where it is?

For a Hamilton.

A what?

Jackson. A Jackson.

It's cheap at 20.

Where is it?

Brentwood.

I won't help you, Mr. Rockford.

Funny thing is, Lila would want me to.

She wouldn't want her children to suffer, even for her own murder.

Well, I'm not that forgiving. I hope they fry in hell.

I'm sorry.

Did you know Lila?

Well, I never had the pleasure, no, sir.

I'll make no mistake.

It would have been a pleasure.

She was...

A remarkable woman.

Ever since it happened, I keep wondering how they could do it and why. For

money? She gave them everything they needed or wanted.

They would have had it all in time.

I hope they didn't know, did they?

I pray to God she didn't die knowing that children wanted her dead.

You'll have to forgive me, Mr. Rockford. I'm not handling this very well. If

you'll excuse me, I might... I know this is an intrusion, but it's important to

you.

I'm not here on behalf of Josh and Dory.

You said... I was engaged by their attorney. I was.

But something has happened, and... This is a whole lot

harder than I thought it would be.

I'm very tired, Mr. Rockford. If you have something to say, would you please

it?

The defense is going to blame you indirectly for Lila Lansing's murder.

What? Dory claims to have uncovered a repressed memory from her childhood,

the years that you and Lila were married. She says that you forced her

into repellent and perverted sexual practices.

She says I'm a liar.

She says you're a Satanist, that you practiced devil worship in the basement.

You took them down there and performed unspeakable acts with Lila's tacit

permission. When they remembered, they turned on their mother and killed her

not protecting them.

Come with me.

Here it is. What do you think?

Oh, wow.

Look at that.

Doesn't look much like a temple for the Prince of Darkness, does it?

Of course, I'd have things hidden.

Like the whips, the chains, the sacrificial altar. Look around. See what

find. Go ahead.

Come on. You don't think I believed any of that, do you? Look around!

Not out here in the open. Come on. Hey, how about the desk drawer? I better get

things hidden in the damn desk drawer.

When they told me Lila was dead, I didn't think it could get any worse.

You want people to believe that Lila was some kind of monster?

That I'm some kind of monster?

They make me ashamed.

Not because I abused them, I swear before God I didn't.

But because I... I loved them. I loved those kids.

They'll put a wiler.

I've

been

leaving messages for you all over town.

I left the first message yesterday afternoon.

I've been busy.

What is it, Jim?

I, uh, went to see Mickey Ryder yesterday.

What? I don't think I find that acceptable. Well, I don't think I can.

There's an ethical consideration here. Jim, you're working for me. I quit just

before I went to see him. If you'd called me back, you'd have known that.

Well, then we have nothing to discuss.

Kit, Nicky Ryder is a nice man. He's not the Marquis de Sade. Not even close.

He's simple, straight from the shoulder, honest. And I'm not going to let you

take him into court and smear him.

What do you mean you're not going to let me?

Let me ask you something.

Doesn't it strike you as strangely convenient that Dory's repressed memory

stayed repressed until she needed it to get past a murder rap?

No, it doesn't.

It doesn't.

Yes? The writer press conference is about to start. Okay, thank you.

Kit, Kit, you've known them since they were kids. You don't want to believe

killed their mother, but they sold you a bill of goods.

Now, if you go through with this, you're going to regret it. I know you.

You don't want to win a case on lies, and you're going to be defaming a man

an unblemished record.

Jim, it's already out in the newspaper.

They'll drop it if you don't pursue it in court.

Stonewall it.

If I could have your attention, please.

I'm Sidney Kornblum.

I'd like to thank you all for being here today.

On behalf of my client, Mickey Ryder, I'd like to read a short statement. We

will not take any questions.

Certain allegations have been made regarding Mr. Ryder and his behavior

the minor children of Lila Lansing during the period of their marriage.

Mr. Ryder would like to take this opportunity to confirm that the

alleged, did indeed occur.

What? Mr.

Ryder, Mr.

Ryder deeply regrets the pain he has caused his stepchildren through his

involvement in Satanism.

He has since renounced such involvement and asks the understanding and prayers

of his friends and his fans.

Thank you.

I wasn't in the neighborhood, but I decided to come by anyway.

I suppose I should have called first.

I know it makes you angry when people just drop by.

No problem. You want a cup of coffee?

Yeah, thanks.

Sorry about Mickey, Jim.

I don't know how much he meant to you.

Childhood idol, that sort of thing.

Press conference rocked me, too.

Well, that's it.

I'm sorry. I was thinking about it, and I wanted to talk to you.

You've been thinking about it?

For two months?

The press conference was two months ago.

All right, so I didn't rush over here. Don't be unreasonable.

I had to get another postponement for the trial. I had to rethink my entire

defense.

That revelation changed everything.

Didn't it?

This isn't like you. You're usually my cheering section.

I hope you lose.

What?

You heard me. I hope you lose.

Why, just because you don't like Josh and Dory?

I particularly don't like Josh.

I'm a non -violent man, you know that for a fact, but every time I look at

kid, I want to deck him.

I think a whole new side to you tonight.

I'm not an attractive one.

Hello.

Mr. Rockford, Mickey Ryder. I've got a few. It's urgent. Can you come over?

There are a couple of people here right now, but they'll be leaving any minute.

Yeah, sure.

I don't know how to put this, but I don't know if it'll make any difference

this point, but I've got to go on record with the truth.

I can't let that confession stand.

I don't care what they do.

Are you saying you were coerced into making that confession?

They threatened a lot of things they're fully prepared to deliver on.

For the past two months, I've been trying to live down what I did, caving

that way. I can't any longer. I just can't.

When you came here that day, that was the truth, what I said then. That was

truth. That was Cornblum right off that piece of paper.

He's the one that talked me into this mess in the first place.

It goes way back before all this. He said, yeah, do a favor for a friend.

That's how he put it at the time. It just sounded so simple.

I'll be right over.

Funny, isn't it?

I mean, we barely know each other, and you seem to be the only real friend I

have.

I'll see you.

You'll have to excuse me.

I have an emergency.

That was about the case, huh?

Who was it?

That was Mickey Ryder, wasn't it?

I'm going to go with you.

No, you're not.

Get back in the truck, Kit. Lock the door.

Something wrong here.

I'm gonna have a look.

Kit.

I'm not gonna stay out here alone. I'm not.

I knew I shouldn't have brought you along. Just stay out of the way.

I don't think anybody's home. Mickey sure as hell ought to be.

What are we doing? There's nothing down here.

Well, the whole room's gone.

When I was here before, I mean, this whole place...

Kit.

Go upstairs, get a phone.

Tell Becker to get over here. I just found Mickey Wright. What is it?

Go.

You found the deceased at what time?

Did they log the call in at the station?

Yeah, sure.

Okay, two minutes before the log time. I didn't look at my watch, Dennis.

And why didn't you cut him down?

I wouldn't have done any good. He was dead.

I didn't want to contaminate the crime scene.

Well, it's pretty obvious what happened.

Oh, really?

Well, it is to those of us whose minds are not clouded with emotion.

He committed suicide, Jim.

You're overcome with remorse and pain.

I mean, everybody knows what happened. He can't live with it in the basement.

It's a logical choice.

Symbolic. It's what he did to the kids, you know. He didn't do the kids, did it?

Don't even try and argue with him. He called a press conference to confess.

And he called me to say that the confession was strong -armed out of him

that he was forced to make it.

There was no truth in the accusation. There was no truth in the confession.

I've heard of people turning their basements into dens, but when was the

time you heard of anybody turning their den back into a basement?

And if they're going to kill themselves, why bother?

The guy went over the edge. He tried to put the place back like it was years

ago. It's like he wrote a note saying, this is where I did it, this is where I

died.

This was not a suicide, Becker. This was murder.

Give me a name. Give me a motive.

Oh, I don't have one at the moment.

Let me tell you something.

When I was here a couple of months ago, there was a photograph right over there.

It was taken in Vegas at the Desert Palm.

And right next to Mickey was Sidney Kornblum on one side and Big Al Manette

the other. Two very forceful personalities.

They don't call him Big Al since he went legit.

What makes you think he went legit? Because he said so?

Mickey told me Sidney Kornblum asked him to do a favor for a friend.

That's how he got into this match.

Now, say that friend was Al Manette. Jim, Sidney Kornblum was a highly

attorney, and Al Manette operates legitimate and profitable enterprises in

Vegas. Why would either one of those men try and kill Mickey Ryder? I don't

know. I don't know, but I'm going to find out.

You watch how you write this one up, Dennis.

Don't close the book on it. You never will get into that corner office.

Why do you always have to complicate everything?

Why can't you just accept the fact that it's over? It's not over, Kit. Not as

long as the cops are calling it a suicide.

You're the only one that's calling it anything else.

You know, you accused me of having a blind spot. You're the one that has a

spot in this, Jim. You bought the whole package.

Peanuts and cracker jacks and 30 years of hype. You're really sore at me,

you? You're royally ticked off.

As a matter of fact, yes. Yes, I am.

Well, fine. This is probably as good a time as any to tell you. It's been on my

mind. I've been thinking about it.

I'm the one that found the surveillance camera that put your clients in a

slammer. You found it? Yeah, I told Dennis, and the rest, as they say, is

history. You mean to tell me the whole time I was paying you, you were working

to convict my client? That's an oversimplification.

I want my money back, every cent of it. Oh, you're not going to get it. I was

scrupulous in my performance of duty. That camera was a byproduct of my

investigation. I didn't set out to find it. I wasn't looking for damning

evidence. It's not my fault that your clients are guilty.

Not only do I want my money back, but I want your license.

As a matter of fact, I might just call the licensing bureau. I'm sure you're in

violation of some statute. You always are.

This is gonna be a fun ride home.

Hey, slow down, will ya?

I gotta make a phone call, then I'll follow you home.

I don't need to be followed home.

Well, whether you need it or not.

Look, I have to get Kornblum's home address from Becker. That is, if he's

talking to me.

Unless you have it.

Kit, you know I'm going to get it somewhere.

Why make it any more difficult than it has to be?

Then again, why not?

Kit, you said earlier that I was your cheering section.

Well, I was.

It was easy.

Always fighting for truth and justice and wearing a white hat.

It doesn't apply anymore, does it?

Now you just want to win.

That is a rotten thing to say.

You didn't talk to Mickey Ryder. I did. He loved your friend Lila. He loved

those two miserable kids of hers.

What'd he get out of it?

Humiliation, shame, and dead.

Well, I don't like it.

I'm going to find out who killed him and why.

If I uncover anything in my investigation that has a negative impact

case, that's just too damn bad.

Sidney Kornblum's at the Landau Country Club.

It's a party for his son's bar mitzvah.

Half the L .A. Bar Association's going to be there.

I sent regrets.

Hey, Jimmy.

What are you doing? You trying to kill me?

Well, I can say the same about you. My heart almost stopped. What are you doing

back there?

What are you here?

Well, first,

first, I get two flats.

Jimmy, I got to have new tires.

Go on.

Well, naturally, with two flats, I can't drive.

So far, none of this is putting you in my backseat. Okay, I pulled off the side

of the highway and I started walking.

Three miles, easy.

Figured I'd get to your place, I'd call the auto club.

You remember, ain't you?

Anyway, you're not there.

Well, I'm tired, I'm thirsty, my feet are killing me.

I can't go anywhere.

I know you gotta come back sometime, so I might as well be comfortable.

I saw some tires.

Where are you going?

To the party. We're not invited.

Jimmy, look at the place.

Look at all the cars. There's over a hundred people here. You think they're

going to notice a couple more?

Forget it.

I'm going to sit here until the host leaves. Then I'm going to follow him

and talk to him. Now, that's the plan.

You could talk to him right here. Have something to eat at the same time.

I need privacy when I talk to him.

Now, you can sit here with me or you can leave. I really don't care.

Now, how am I supposed to get home?

Take the bus.

This time of night?

Cab fare would be a little more like it. Unless you don't care when or if I get

home.

All right.

Take the cab.

No, no, no, no.

I'll take you to a cab.

What about tires?

Oh, it'll come with tires.

My tires for my car.

I don't carry that kind of money on me.

Okay, I'll borrow your credit card.

You'll have to shoot me to get it.

Oh, yeah.

All the way from Manette Motors in Vegas.

Uncle Al sure does give expensive gifts.

Big Al Manette? Yeah.

You want to take him where he wants to go and you can keep the change?

Manette's involved. Might as well. Give me your credit card. You ain't going to

be needing it.

I'm sorry it's so late, Mr. Kornblum.

I don't receive strangers in my home, Mr. Rockford.

Yeah, well, I wasn't a stranger to Mickey Ryder.

Oh, hey, last time I saw this was in Mickey's den. Last time I saw his den,

was a basement.

Mickey was hanging from one of the rafters.

I've spoken with the police.

Mickey's suicide was tragic, but not unexpected.

He was in a deep state of depression for some time.

It was murder, not suicide.

And he didn't sound too depressed when I talked with him earlier this evening.

As a matter of fact, he sounded mad.

Well, I'm mad, too, and I want some answers.

I want to know how you hammered a confession out of Mickey, and I want to

why. I want to know about the Vegas connection and how Almanet fended in

want to know why Mickey's basement was stripped down to the bare concrete, and

want to know what else you took out of it besides that baseball.

Is there an implied threat in all that?

No, those are the questions.

This is the threat.

I know you had something to do with Mickey's murder.

I'm going to keep digging until I find out what it is.

I'm going to give all this to a friend of mine down at the department in the

morning. So don't be surprised if the cops start digging, too.

Yeah, get me Sanders.

I'll find him.

Bill, I can't believe you're this stupid.

Oh, sure you can. Dennis, I do dumb things all the time.

Yeah, not this dumb. You set yourself up for a hit.

Well, if I'm right about Corn Bloom, I did. But how else am I going to smoke a

bounce? You're the one that's liable to get smoked.

Dennis, I don't have time to do a verse or two courses on this. If you're not

in... Yeah, if I'm not in, you never thought about that, did you?

I'm in. Ah, good, good.

What we ought to do is you move your car over near the sandcastle, get a good,

clear view of the trailer, and then when Corn Bloom's gorillas show up... You

sure he has gorillas?

Well, he has to.

They're going to be our leverage, and don't make any premature moves.

We don't want to get them for spitting on the sidewalk. We want them for

attempted murder.

Oh, Jim, how many times have I let them shoot you?

There's the keys to the Firebird.

It is running great.

That government issue you're driving is a joke.

I don't want you losing me.

Shall we go?

I don't know why I just don't take an early retirement.

Hi. Hi, Dennis.

Oh, she was just leaving.

Wait.

He was just leaving.

Actually, I was just leaving.

Where are you going at this time of night?

Well... Was there something I couldn't wait?

An apology?

I know I should have called first.

Nobody ever does.

There's no apology necessary, Kit.

Thank you for coming by. I'll call you in the morning.

You want me out of here, don't you?

No.

It's a little late. It has been a long day.

Expecting someone?

Kit, I can't explain right now.

Mr. Rockford!

Oh, yes. I'll be with you in a minute. My friend was just leaving. That's not

playing a game.

Okay? Who are these people?

My late date.

Come on, come on. Move it.

Move it. Tell me, this is who you were testing.

Put a cork in it, lady.

Get in.

The trunk? I will not.

Yeah, I'm going to have a little trouble, too. You know, I took a bullet

leg. I'd like to take a bullet in the other one.

Make it a set.

I'll get in first.

I'll sort of cushion it for you.

I'm going to need a little help.

I'm sorry, Kit, but I ask you to leave.

There's plenty of air. Would you move your foot?

This reminds me of Marin.

Remember when we drove up to Marin?

What was that, 85?

84. To go fishing with those friends of yours?

They were friends of yours, too.

They were never my friends. I hated them.

Let's go.

Come on.

Easy. Easy. Okay, okay.

Come on, Rockford. I can't move.

What the hell are you talking about? Your leg?

No, it's my back.

I'm throwing my back out.

You guys got to do me. You're going to have to do me right here.

In my car.

It's the only way.

Are you crazy?

I'm supposed to drive around with a stiff in my trunk?

Till when?

It gets a little warmer?

He gets a little ripe, help him out of there. Yeah, help me.

Oh, easy.

I'm going to need a little help here, Sanders.

He does need a little help.

Come on.

That leg.

Bring him on.

Oh, that hurts. That hurts. Oh, I can't move.

I can't straighten up.

Run, kid.

I'm going to tell Mr. Kornblum this one's on the house.

This one's my pleasure.

Police! Drop it!

Now!

Face down!

What'd you do? Stop for a hamburger?

That hot shot car of yours is missing two wheels.

Angel! Damn!

I had to call in for air support. Helicopter spotted you and just in time.

Thanks, Dennis.

Am I all right?

You're just fine.

Mr. Cornbloom, right?

I'm Detective Becker.

This, you know... I know, Ms.

Kittredge and Mr. Rockford.

What is it you want, Detective Becker?

You said something on the phone about a Mr. Sanders.

I don't recall the other name.

Oh, well, it's worse than we thought, Dennett.

He's hired too many hits, you can't remember the names of the mechanics.

Jim, let me handle this, okay? Unless Mr.

Rockford is a member of the police department, I'd like him out of here.

You can't remove me, Cornbloom.

No, I'm the hit D. I'm the one that's filing the charges against you. And

you go pulling on your forelock and getting all bewildered on us, I have to

you that Sanders and Warshaw have talked.

You ordered the hit on Mickey Ryder, you ordered the hit on me, so we can start

from there.

I was at last night's festivities, Mr. Kornblum. I was also at the police

interrogation. Now, Mr. Rockford is not bluffing.

Sanders and Warshaw are probably still talking.

Mickey's death was not my doing. Those were not my orders.

Oh, so the hired hands just went crazy, huh? Come on.

What did you send them out there for? What were your orders?

It was a question of a favor for a client.

A friend.

Oh, Big Almanet.

I want to say this much regarding my involvement, which was minimal.

I did arrange to put the material in the basement.

What material?

Sensitive material.

that concerned certain parties, certain operations.

The reason Mickey pleaded guilty to satanic acts was he couldn't let the

search his basement.

You testify to that in court at the Lansing trial?

Of course, without in any way compromising client confidentiality.

Listen, about the attention of material, what is it?

I don't know.

Sanders gave me what he found in the basement.

A large sealed envelope. I didn't open it.

I put it in the safe.

You've got it here?

Yes. Well, get it.

Yeah, I'm sorry, Dennis.

I know I overstepped my bounds, Dennis, but do you believe how we've lucked out?

It could be the Burnett connection. It could have drugs. What do you think?

Drug dealing, maybe pipelines.

Oh, and that's out of Vegas. It could be a skimming operation.

Or money laundering.

Counterfeit. It counterfeits the growth industry today. Manette's got the

perfect operation to pass bad paper.

Mr. Kornblum. Sorry to intrude, Mr. Kornblum.

We interrogated Lloyd Sanders and Philip Warshaw.

You questioned my prisoners?

Who are you?

I busted them. Brought them in. Lieutenant Becker. Well done, Becker.

Mr. Sanders stated that he retrieved an envelope from the basement of Mickey

Ryder's house and subsequently gave that envelope to you.

Yes, I just took it out of my safe.

Thank you, Mr. Kornblum.

We'll leave a receipt with your secretary.

He got that out of the safe for Lieutenant Becker.

That's right.

This is federal, sir. I'm sure you understand.

Frankly, I never understood that.

They're making a TV movie about my life.

They want my cooperation.

Unless it's someone like Johnny Depp.

I've got some concerns.

Josh, you have some very serious concerns, but that's not one of them.

Sidney Kornblum, Mickey Ryder's attorney, is going to testify in court

Mickey's admission of guilt to your charges was a lie.

So that pretty well takes care of the recovered memory defense.

I told you it wouldn't work.

Shut up, Dory.

Look, I never heard of Sidney Kornblum.

Who's going to believe him?

I am.

You lied to me.

You lied under oath.

And I am not willing to deal with liars.

Your mother was my friend.

For her sake, I tried to believe you.

Every time a damning piece of evidence showed up, I tried to explain it away.

But you not only killed her, you defamed her.

You defamed Mickey Ryder, a decent man who loved you.

We're beneath contempt.

Hallie.

It wasn't my idea. I didn't even want to do it. Shut up, Dory. No, you were

always saying that. Like, I don't have a right to say what I want to.

It was Josh who didn't want to wait for the money. I kept telling him Mom was

old. It wouldn't be all that long. But you know how impatient he is. And then

comes up with that dumb story about Mickey.

So now what do we do?

I don't know, Dory.

Innocent or guilty, you're both entitled to the best defense possible, but I'm

not going to be the one to provide it.

I'll have my office submit appropriate names.

Now, I told you, Dad, Maddie's got a real interested customer. She's going to

bring him around tomorrow.

Maddie, the real estate agent.

I'm not really hoping for much. You know, the market's down.

Well, yeah, I know it's late.

I'm talking to you. What are you doing up so late?

All right, Dad.

Dad, I had a pretty long day. I'll give you a call tomorrow, all right? You go

to sleep. Good night.

I did it again. I didn't call first.

Mind if I come in anyway?

Well, I want to apologize, Jim.

Well, no, that's not altogether true. I don't want to apologize, because I hate

to be wrong, but I have to. I apologize.

I've been snapping and sniping at you ever since this thing started.

I'm sorry.

I met with Josh and Dorian, told them I couldn't represent them.

Good. They don't deserve you.

I didn't want them to be guilty.

I know.

Whenever I had any doubts, I'd think, they were really guilty. Why would they

hire a private detective?

Which is exactly what you were supposed to say. It was a nice touch, really.

I'll just never understand how they could do that.

Never.

God, I'm tired, Jim.

Do you mind if I stay here for the night so we're to take over your couch?

You can take over the bed. I'll walk out here.

I don't want to take the bed, Jim.

Do we have to argue about everything take the bed?

Take the couch.

Thank you

I'll be right there.

Get out. Come on. Let's go. Let's go.

It's just an aftershock.

Again.

Feel better?

Anybody tries to tell me that that wasn't a big one, I'll hit them.

Yeah, it felt different, didn't it? It felt mean.

Did you call Rocky?

I tried to when I dragged the chairs out, but the phone lines are down.

I hate earthquakes.

I don't know many who like them.

They always make me want to repent.

Would you like to know why you never met Lila? Huh?

She was a very special lady.

She would have liked you.

And more importantly, you would have liked her.

I didn't forget to introduce you. I did it deliberately.

I was afraid that you'd both like each other more than you liked me.

Fact check.

I guess you'll be hitting the freeway after breakfast, huh?

Well, I'm kind of changed in my mind about the move.

I don't believe you.

You hate the crime, the traffic, the smog. We've had everything but a plague

locusts. We've had a full -scale riot, a fire, an earthquake. Yeah, but where

else would you find that kind of variety?

You know, to tell you the truth, I'd be afraid to move.

Who knows what I'd miss?

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