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Yeah, I think so, man. I know it's late, but this guy was on the

fence from like the last minute.

I still don't get it, man. We're going to take down the guy. You got the

information? How does that work?

No, no, no. This guy, he was being recruited by this crew, right?

And then in the last minute, he bailed out. He said these guys are way too

nasty. Come on!

Keep your eyes on the floor.

You gonna make me kill you?

I agree.

I'm going around the other side. All right, I got you.

Go.

Evan, I'm here.

You're going to be all right.

You tell me that, man. You're all right, man.

Here, put this on there.

Hold it tight.

Hello. We got an officer down.

Roll paramedics, code three.

You got this address on the screen?

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on.

Evan?

Evan, you stay with me here.

You stay with me here.

Make sure you take good care of him. Hear me? Evan, we'll meet you at the

hospital. Hang in there, buddy.

So.

Man, man, can you believe this?

Are you guys all right?

I thought that was like World War III. What, did you see anybody?

Recognize anybody?

Are you kidding? These guys are pros.

This was as good a crew as any I have ever seen.

Got about 500 shell casings, not much else.

What'd they steal?

Single safety deposit box.

Containing? Roman coins, 1 .25 million worth.

What sales do you own?

Same M .O. as the other four.

Never any cash, always objects, and nothing distracts them from what they're

after. Clearly.

Not even that.

Who's the D .B.? Fred Thomas, this local muscle guy.

He's a hired gun.

Freelance strictly.

He would never be a regular in a crew this good.

But we better run his contacts anyway.

Okay, what about the guy that got shot?

I don't know who it is.

Maybe.

He put these on first and his gloves on later.

We can always hope. I'll drop him at forensics.

I'm going to go check on Evan. Come on, Joe.

Hey, listen, we're having this debate down at the bar. The question is, how

village people were there?

Have I ever given you any indication to make you believe I'd be some sort of

expert on the village people?

Hi, Daddy. How is he?

He's still asleep after surgery.

Poor guy.

What about his family?

They live in Chicago.

That's why I called you down here. I didn't want him to be by himself.

No problem.

Plenty to do anyway.

I'm going to go talk to the doctor, okay? Yeah.

So how are you?

Good. I just want to make sure you're okay.

No, I'm fine.

What's all this stuff?

School stuff.

What school stuff?

Okay, let's see.

Homework, SAT prep booklet, oh, and college brochures. I have...

Harvard, Wellesley, and Cornell.

I know the tuition's brutal, Dad, but I think I can get financial aid.

That's the last thing I want you worrying about.

I know, Daddy, but these schools are really expensive.

Just worry about getting in, sister.

All right?

Deal.

His name was Fred Thomas.

Well, you know, who he ran with.

Okay, call me back as soon as you got it.

I owe you.

We got a match overnight on those shades. A clean thumbprint. Excellent.

thumbprint? Overton.

Looks like we haven't gotten that from her.

Come on. Just out of curiosity.

I should learn this. Do you start with your weight forward or on the back foot?

Forget it, Harv. It's a great secret.

Don't move. Everybody stays in the bed.

Get your hands where we can see them. Now, move it.

Morning, Albert. What's up?

What the hell are you doing in here? You can't come barging in like that. Hey,

ladies.

No weapons.

Here. Brought you your morning paper.

Check out the Metro section.

Fascinating story about a bankers.

Yeah, except they forgot to part about the idiot that left his sunglasses and

fingerprints behind.

You're a known felon on parole.

Got an open warrant?

You can drop in any time.

Excuse me, is this going to take long? Because I need to shower, get to work,

I'm a process server, and I need to search some divorce papers. Hey, Ken,

hon. Yeah, we don't have any suspects.

You're it, Albert.

You can't pin it on me. I'm not in the crew. All I did was crowd.

Control. Well, you're going to have to tell us who hired you.

Well, speak up, Albert. Don't take the rap.

It was Lou Giardino. He's a customer at the bar where I work sometimes.

Put on your pants.

We won't expect you for dinner.

I'm free.

Arv.

Oh, there's a name, Eric Bowie. His wife's name's Cheryl. Just showed up. Is

cooperative?

Nervous. I mean, they got kids and he's still in a coma.

It's a hard way to make a living.

Want to have heart palpitations?

Get a load of that.

Solution.

Ow, that is a lot.

How am I supposed to do that?

That makes amazing money?

Why is it that every time you mention that, every survival instinct in my body

screams, run!

I'm serious.

This is truly easy money.

The detective agency I used to work for, they called the other day. They got

this quick, cushy job for me.

They do?

Yes, they do. Look, we can do it together. We'll split the money, man.

with our skills.

Two minutes, paid five figures.

It's completely legal under the police department rules.

Am I going to regret this?

Not a chance.

You're going to love me even more if that's possible.

I'm going to regret this.

I don't know what happened.

I've worked with Thomas before. He's a stand -up guy.

So stand -up, he takes a guard out without provocation.

And you, you're supposed to have the door. What happens? You get blindsided,

taken down.

When the gun starts popping, what do you do? You run away. All right, Bobby,

look.

They had my gun.

If I stayed and got nabbed, that would have been worse for all of us.

So do we do the other job?

We spend a year in planning.

The other two jobs go down as disgust.

And in 72 hours, we're in Atlanta.

Cops were too close for comfort.

That's why we do all these scores in four days.

This way they can't get organized to take us down. That's the whole point.

Okay, you're right.

Oh, back to you, Lou.

I hear Albert Jones was picked up by the police this morning.

Seems he dropped his sunglasses in the bank.

Hey, look, I'll bow out now.

You give me my cut on the Roman coin score, I'll go back to Ohio.

If anything, the cops will follow me.

You brought in Thomas and Jones, crowd control recruiting.

That was virtually your entire job.

Jones doesn't know anything.

He knows you.

I gave you a solution.

Nash Bridges. This is my partner, Joe Dominguez. We're from the detective

agency. Rondell Hightower. Oh, man, thank God you guys are here. You've got

find my car.

Your car?

Find your car. Yeah, it was stolen from my garage. Look, I'll give you $10 ,000

up front.

I'll give you $10 ,000 when you deliver.

Are you guys interested?

Of course, we're interested.

See, I told you it was going to be fun. Yeah.

So what kind of car do you have? A Testarossa, Lamborghini, one of those?

I have a 1973 Ford Pinto.

I have a garage full of electric cars, 20 total.

Let me get this straight.

You've got 20 cars, and you want us to find this Pinto.

I bought it when I was in the projects.

When we played home games, I'd drive the Pinto to the stadium.

It kind of reminds me where I come from. It keeps me focused.

I got you.

Do you have any idea who stole it?

I'll tell you straight up who stole it. Sade.

Sade? Yeah, Sade Grant.

I broke it off with her two weeks ago.

She disappeared and sold the car.

Hey, Rondo.

You're up.

Anyway, I got to go.

We're playing the Dodgers some this weekend.

You know, I'll give you a $5 ,000 bonus if you find it before then, though.

All right, listen, man, hang in there.

We'll find it.

Get some rest, we'll find your car.

$5 ,000 more.

Yeah, right. Yeah, it's Nash.

Well, Nash, we found one of the crew members, Lou Giardino.

Thanks, Harv.

They found one of the crew members.

Who's this guy Giardino worked for? This joint right here, Nash. Four diamonds.

Never heard of that one.

Hold on a second, Carr.

Nash.

I went 0 for 4 last night. I dropped a pop -up. Where is my car?

Well, hello there, Rondell. Nice to talk to you, too.

See, we're just a little busy with a police matter.

What am I paying you for?

Easy, Bubba.

You'll get your car back.

You work for me. I want results.

What is that, Rondell? Did he say hi to me?

Easy money, huh?

Hey, nothing's free.

Harv, you know what I think? Yeah, head over to Ford Diamond, check this out.

You're there.

Hey, Daddy, can we talk?

Sure, sweetheart.

You okay?

Yeah.

So, what's up?

Well, I've been thinking about what we talked about, you know, college.

And, you know, I don't think I have to go right away. What?

Well, my friend Elizabeth, she's going to take a year off and waitress, and

she's going to decide what she wants to do.

Uh -huh.

Well, you're going, sister.

But, Dad, you need me.

I mean, let's face it. Your life, you know, the past few years has been kind

crazy. You break up with Mom. That whole thing with Kelly.

Grandpa's not doing so good.

I mean, you need me here, don't you?

I mean, not on the East Coast running around somewhere.

Believe it or not, I can actually take care of myself.

Sweetheart, I know you're nervous.

But once you get there, you're going to love it.

But, Dad, I don't even know what I wouldn't do with my life yet.

That's what college is all about, is going there and figuring out what you

to do with your life.

I want you to reach.

I want you to be the best you can possibly be.

You get it?

Yeah, I get it.

Good.

Come on, I'll walk you out.

Don't be thinking about this waitressing over the summer, would you?

I'll have you talk to our head of technical operations.

Lou Giardino worked for him.

We appreciate that. Thanks.

Excuse me?

This is Bob Coles. Bob? Bob.

Inspectors Leak and Carson from the police department.

They're investigating Lou Giardino's murder.

Could you excuse me for a minute?

Thanks. Hey, brother.

Hey, is that your boy? Yeah.

Cute. You play Little League here in the city?

No, that's up in Marin.

Why?

You recruit for the Giants?

No, no, I used to coach.

Sorry to digress.

Now, what exactly did Mr. Giardino do for you? He did installations and alarm

checks. You're free to talk to the other installers.

Did you know that Lou had a criminal record?

Of course.

Including armed robbery?

Well, who better to help you design a sophisticated security system than a guy

who takes them down?

How did you find Mr. Giardino to hire him? California parole program.

They placed him here. You know who you should talk to? His parole officer. I've

got his number. I'll give it to you.

A Little League photo?

Exactly. He's telling me he lives in Marin and his kid plays Little League

there. But, man, this photo has Sonora Cacti in the background.

Amazing. What's this bozo's name?

Bob Coles. I mean, you can find this cacti in Arizona, New Mexico, but in

Northern California, no way.

I'm all over it. Great work, Harv.

You're in the zone, baby.

How soon before you're back?

Minutes. See you then.

Sade Grant, Rondell's girlfriend.

All I could dig up was her parents' phone number. They don't know where she

We'll just see about this.

All right, maybe it's not totally easy money. Easy money.

Hi there.

This is Teddy Malone from the America 100 Clearinghouse.

And I'm looking for a prize winner named Sade Grant.

Uh, no, no, no, no. Ed McMahon is the other guy.

Uh, well, you see, she has won fourth prize in our latest Sweet Steaks

Really? Well, we've got our prize van right here in the city, and we'd like to

send it by to surprise video her getting the good news.

Yeah. Oh, really?

Her work address.

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Yeah. Okay, that's good. Very nice.

I got it.

Thanks a lot. Bye -bye now.

You are my new personal god.

Anything else?

That'll be sufficient.

Wait a minute, Harv. You're going to love this. Right up with us.

We followed up on your cactus lead.

Phoned around all the cities in the Southwest.

Phoenix PD has five unsolved takedowns. Exact same M .O. as ours.

We got a break in the sinking case. It's going to get better.

According to employment records, Bobby Coles lived in this city before moving

San Francisco.

What would be Phoenix?

That would be correct, and we move on to Double Jeopardy. Should we pick this

creep up?

Yeah, we could, but all we got is circumstantial evidence.

Put a tail on him, let's see where it goes. Excellent. Thanks, Nat.

So I'll see you tomorrow. Bye, Sade.

Hi there, Sade Grant.

Could we have a couple of minutes with you?

Let me guess.

Rondell sent you, right?

Don't even think about touching me. I've got a scream that shatters glass. Whoa,

whoa, whoa. Wait a minute, baby. We just want to ask you a couple of questions,

like, you know, where Rondell's car is. What car?

His Pinto. He thinks you took it.

Why would I want that tired -ass beat -up old thing?

Well, he seems to think that you're angry with him because he broke up with

He told you he broke up with me.

Do you know that on our first date, he shows up in that...

Beat up old thing, talking about how it's lucky for him, takes me to this

exclusive Nob Hill restaurant. Of course, we get out of the car. The

Parkers are hysterical, laughing at us.

We don't want to get in the middle of this personal thing with you and

Why don't you just tell us where the car is, and we'll go away.

I'm not saying that I do know where the car is, but if I did, I would have every

right. He treated me like some common piece of trash off the street. Do you

that he's got some?

thimble hold up in a condo down in L .A., and don't even get me started on

girlfriend he's got down in the marina, some woman nearly old enough to be my

mother. Look, Stardate, I'll tell you what. I'll give you $1 ,000 right now if

you tell us where the car is.

$1 ,000?

Put your money away, Bob Barker.

Oh, and when you speak with Rondell, be sure you tell him how fine I looked when

you saw me.

No, that went well.

Easy money.

Cool.

The rat just let us do the cheese.

Now it's time to set the trap.

Hey, Bubba.

You're awake.

You look good.

I don't feel so good.

Yeah, well, contrary to popular myth, life has its bad moment.

Trust me, I speak from personal experience.

I made a mistake out there, Nash. I'm sorry. Nah, forget about it.

It wasn't our lucky day, man.

I've learned a hell of a lot more from my mistakes than I have my successes.

Always blowing it, man.

I mean, nothing about this job comes easy.

Not one damn... Easy?

Don't go overboard, Evan.

You know something, Nash?

I'm a fourth -generation cop.

My father was a cop.

My older brother, all my uncles.

Even my aunt, my aunt's a cop.

Back in Chicago, my family's like, like cop royalty.

Why didn't you ever tell me this before?

Same reason I came to San Francisco.

Get out from under it.

Hey, it's okay. Don't get up.

How about your present?

It's my cane from when I got shot.

Thanks, Joe. Hey, it's a baby magnet. Just go. Oh, please. Me next.

Hey, recent update here.

Cheryl Bowie's pacing out to her husband's room. I think she's ready to

light.

You stay here with him, all right?

We'll finish this later.

I'll be here.

Cable TV, unlimited jelly. You got to knock, dude.

Cheryl Bowie?

Who are you?

My name's Nash Bridges. I'm a cop.

This whole crew's going down.

Right now, you're in the damage control phase.

Look, I don't want to have this conversation.

Okay, well, let me tell you something.

One guy, one guy in this crew is going to get a shot at immunity.

Now, I'm hoping that you'll take that shot, you and Eric.

Look, go away.

I don't want to talk to you anymore.

You can act like you're not listening.

But I know you're here.

It's time for you to think about your children.

And yourself.

So I'm thinking we sit here, because according to the credit union, the

car containing the two million in payroll cash arrives at 2 p .m. today,

using this rear entrance.

I don't know.

Something feels wonky to me.

These guys have never gone after cash.

Never.

out to rock the sequel, man.

Oh, yeah.

Pieces are getting bigger.

It's gonna be another leak.

Still? Yeah.

Joe? Yeah?

You can come out now.

Is it cool?

Yeah, come on out of there.

Come on, get out of there.

It's over.

Not like you can do much about it anyway.

In the big one, this table ain't gonna save you.

All right, where were we?

Hey, Jay, these guys have never gone after cash. It's not a random robbery.

a specific cash shipment.

I still don't buy it.

It's all we got, Nash.

Can't ignore it.

All right, Alvin, Bren, let's go. Let's set it up, see what we can see.

Good luck. I think you're wasting your time, AJ.

Did you feel that?

What?

Kind of like this?

Yeah.

That's funny.

Don't get upset.

It's over.

Kind of.

500 yards.

All right. Get ready.

Between the container and the truck.

Move the boxes. Move them.

Damn it. We've got an all -district strong arm.

211 in progress. Pier 94.

It's got to be that bugger Kohl's. Let's hit it. We'll never make it. Never.

Around dollars, they stole about 700 grand worth of heart medicine.

For $12 a pop, they shipped those heart pills off to Europe and probably net out

what, 300 grand?

You try to pick up Bobby Cole?

Not only did he split, but he packed up home enough.

That's unbelievable. He even emptied his weight basket.

Not only is he the best strong -armed guy I've ever seen, he'd make a terrific

maid. Let's keep working the crew lead.

We've got to turn up something. In the meantime, we've still got Eric Bowie.

Joe? Yeah? Come on, we've got to hit it. Wait a minute, Nashman. I'm under

something really big here.

What's that?

Sade Grant.

I just discovered she worked for two years as a receptionist for a car yard

South South Dakota.

Ah, that's got potential.

The name of the company?

Grant Frecking.

That would be a family business.

You know, this detective stuff just comes too easy to you. Very impressive

your first kid.

Luck.

Michelangelo. Luck.

Cal Ripken Jr.

Luck.

A good high -class case.

Hey, bingo.

Or should I say pinto?

Call a black and white and have them get over here and impound it.

Impound? No way.

We'll have to explain why we're here, first of all. There'll be more

delays, paperwork.

Not to mention our bonus. Look, we're just willing to get the car and get our

money.

Man, why do I always listen to you? Because you're very smart, not quite.

Joe, I got a bad feeling about this. Why?

Because I think you just stepped in something.

And I can only mean one thing.

Remain very, very still.

Are you absolutely sure about this?

I am.

I'm just not so sure if he knows the trick.

Saying a lot, Joe?

Run. Run.

I'll tell you what, calling for help is sounding a little bit better right now.

I got a phone, but let's think about this.

If I call for a patrol unit to rescue us, are you prepared to live with years

ridicule from our fellow officers?

Yes, I am.

Hey, what's a little ridicule, man? We always have retirement as an option.

Speak for yourself, Bubba.

Nice.

Man, this dog is seriously pissed off.

Now we know how the two little pigs felt.

You mean the three little pigs?

No, man, the three little pigs, the guy with the plant.

Unfortunately, he's not here.

I think I have a solution.

Do you believe Rondell's paying us 30 times blue book for this wreck?

Love is blind, Bubba.

And batting slumps are bitches.

Yeah.

Uh -huh.

You bet.

We'll be right there.

It was Cheryl Bowie. She wants to meet with us.

Fancy that.

I'll meet you at the hospital.

Don't get carjacked.

Call the nurse right now.

Eric's got a coma.

I didn't want to deal with this. He knows about the food stamp job.

That's the problem. But Eric's loyal.

On the other hand, these SIU cops are pretty good.

Meanwhile, we have $8 million in food stamps sitting in a government warehouse

in Richmond.

It's all about trade -offs.

What's our recovery on the score?

Our recovery on a full load is $4 .8 million.

That's 1 .2 million Deposited any bank in the world I'm in me too. But first we

have to take care of Eric.

We'll have to check him out of the house Hey

I had my first major accomplishment today. I walked to the bathroom all by

myself. Hey, now that's good.

So, um, you feel any different about what we talked about?

Uh, no.

No, not really.

I don't know, Nash.

I don't know what to do, really.

Well, I'll tell you what I think you should do.

I don't think you should quit on this note.

I think you'd always regret it.

Give it six months.

Take it day by day and then evaluate it then.

Hey, Evan.

I thought this really cute nurse down at the counter practiced in her signature.

Mrs. Evan Cortez, what's up with that?

Yeah, right, I wish.

Yeah, it's the sponge best by the moonlight, huh?

Hey, why don't we go take care of that other matter?

Come back?

Uh, yeah. Let's do that. Think about what I said.

Yeah.

He was in a lot of pain.

Doctors had to give him his medicine.

Eric, can you hear me?

Is the crew still in town?

Yeah.

What is it? What are they taking down?

Foods.

It's foods.

Food? What?

Caviar? Salmon?

Saffron?

Saffron?

Yeah, saffron.

You ever see how much a little tiny bit of that stuff costs?

Eric, where are these guys?

Where are they now?

Foods.

He's out.

Well, food stamps, that's something.

Yeah, something, not enough.

Thanks.

Food stamps, huh? How about that?

What? What's wrong? Cops running our case.

Oh, man, they're probably here to talk to Bowie.

Then we gotta talk to them.

We gotta change plans.

You know what?

Food stamps are a perfect target for this crew.

Probably not heavily guarded.

Easy to turn around.

So what we do is we look for the biggest distribution points.

When do we take Rondell back to Star?

As soon as we finish.

Stay cool. Don't move.

Get in the car. Come on. Get in. Right now.

This is brilliant.

Bring it to an army barrack somewhere inside the city limits. Now, where could

that be?

Maybe the Alamo.

No. Hey, the Presidio.

Hey, how about that?

Shut up.

I want some information.

Make up your mind.

You want us to talk or you want us to shut up?

What did Eric Bowie tell you?

He didn't tell me anything.

You're a liar.

You want to help him out?

Don't tell him anything.

If I don't kill on us anyway.

Go to hell.

Allow me.

I didn't get you for that.

What do you think?

This one's useless.

We'll lose your Dino on it.

This one, this other one, we'll keep them around a little longer, work them

a little more thoroughly, see what we can find out.

Hey, aren't you, uh, Kenny Carr that worked out at Vegas?

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, you're the guy that boosted the 2 .3 million in jewelry from the casino

owner. What's his name? Edgar Hayes.

Right. Then did the 12 to 20 in Carson City. Yeah. Trying to pawn the stuff in

Reno. How do you remember all that?

Yeah, I got a photographic memory.

Believe me, it's a curse sometimes.

Let me ask you something.

What's a guy like Bobby Cole use you for? I mean, you're not a driver. You're

not muscle.

Ain't a highline guy.

So, just exactly what do you contribute?

Brains.

Brains, huh?

That's a good one. That guy's so stupid, he robs a casino owner and then tries

to pawn the stuff in Nevada.

Keep it up, I can make it real painful.

Is that supposed to scare me, Meathead?

My condolences.

Give me the keys to that pinto or I'm going to make you disappear.

Here and here, two separate alarm systems.

From this, you can trace back to the solid junction buttons.

Just you, baby.

Hurry up, man. I think that thing's gonna blow.

Come on, man.

Get out of here.

Did you have to use the pinhole?

I mean, that was your best idea?

No, I had one other.

Well, tell me what it was.

Come on, let's go.

So, uh, what are we gonna say?

I don't know, I'll think of something.

You haven't already bought it?

I've got to be in the moment.

Man, he's going to sue us.

I mean, we're going to be paying rent to him to live in our own houses, man.

Are you in the moment now?

If I remember right, you're the guy that said this was going to be easy cash. Is

that right?

All right, come on. He's done.

We should have gone with a decoy car. It would have worked.

Yeah, it would have never worked. You think he wouldn't know his own car?

Yeah, but not.

Rondell? Oh, no, no, no, man. I don't want to talk to you.

Wait a minute. We need to talk to you about your car, your Pinto. The check is

in the mail. Bonus two. Stay away from me.

What? I went four for four last night. Five RBIs. I don't want the car back.

You didn't bring it here, did you?

Well, not all of it. Kind of.

Let me get this straight. You don't want the car back?

No, I don't want the car. I broke my dependence on it, you see.

It's yours, brother.

I'll have my count send you the pink slip.

Well, okay. We worked hard to get it.

And we skated on that one.

Easy money.

Easy money.

Damn near killed.

What am I going to do with all that money?

Hey, Bubba.

Welcome back.

Yeah, it's good to be back.

Come on, we got your seat all warmed up for you.

I think Nash is still not so sure about this.

What are you talking about, man? We settled this.

I'm dipping Ash in pain here, you know? A pile of work waiting on you, young

man.

So what are you talking about?

I get the feeling that these people, they don't really like me.

If you walk away from this without proving to yourself and to me that you

still kick ass, then I'm going to kick your ass.

Don't be too hard with it.

No wreck for the wicked. May I say peace? Respect and love. Welcome back.

What great excuse is that? I don't know. It's not my case.

Great.

Come on, come on, let's get this party going.

Ready?

One, two, three, say team.

Team.

Okay, get out of here before Amy gets found married.