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Next man, the signal lights. There is a difference between the red ones and the

green ones.

All right. All right. All right.

Maybe I've been a little negative.

Well, maybe you have.

All right, all right, I'm sorry.

From now on, I'm going to be supportive and positive.

Well, that would just be delightful.

All right, so fill me in. Your father and I have signed a contract with a

Japanese consortium.

For what?

The stud rights to Mr. Woody.

The stud rights?

What stud rights?

Hell, he's only raced once.

No, no, not even race once. Seven -eighths of a race.

What the hell are you... All right, sorry.

That's wonderful.

That's absolutely great.

As of today, Mr. Woody is officially in retirement. He's now a breeding owner.

Great. We just signed the deal. We're going to breed him in the morning. I

this doesn't even qualify as a scan. What can go wrong?

What can?

Where's Lucky?

We're supposed to meet us right here on this corner.

I can't remember without some lucky ass to deal with us out down here in

Chinatown. Exactly right, Bubba.

Makes me all the more anxious to find out what the hell's going on.

All right, well, let's just cruise a little.

Is that Lucky down there?

Yeah. What the hell is he doing down there?

I don't like the looks of this, Bubba.

Lucky! Get out!

Lucky.

Lucky was a famous guy around here, wasn't he? Oh, man. He was like the

Teresa of Chinatown.

Ran the Citizens Aid Group, washed graffiti off the buildings, took food

medicine to the shut -in.

Got new immigrants started.

You name it. You know him a long time?

Fifteen years.

I met him when I was a uni cop down here in Chinatown.

We've been friends ever since.

So he didn't say anything besides, Wu did it?

Or, uh, beware of Wu, depending on which one of us you ask.

It was Wu did it.

Kind of points in the same direction anyway, huh?

Here they come. Get ready.

Good morning, SFPD.

You must be Bobby Woo.

All right, would you entertain these gentlemen while we have a chat with Mr.

Woo? Cha -shoo -chao -main, boys. I need a new recipe. Talk to me. I'm Inspector

Bridges. This is Inspector Dominguez.

How you doing? Good. How about you?

You're making a big mistake by stopping Bobby Woo.

Is that right?

You don't want to make Bobby Woo unhappy.

We don't want to make Bobby Woo unhappy.

You know, I haven't heard somebody report himself in the third prison since

Dole ran for president.

Well, listen, you didn't stop by the station and say hello when you came to

town, so we thought we'd come here and say hello to you.

So how long have you been here, Bobby Woo?

About two months.

Two months.

Well, let's see, that's going to be about 59 days too long.

So welcome and goodbye.

Wait a minute.

Do you know who I am?

Yeah. Bobby Wu.

Just told us. Yeah, Bobby Wu, right? Bobby Wu. Yeah, the head of the triads

in Chinatown. Fresh off the plane from Hong Kong. And you're treating me like

this? Well, you see, here's the thing. A friend of ours was murdered last night

in Chinatown.

Li Zhongming.

In the community, they call him Lucky.

Yeah, that old man with the red cap.

Believe me, that's not a big law.

Because this is Chinatown.

I'm going to give you one courtesy.

What's that?

Get back on that plane and go back to Hong Kong.

Never come back.

Never happen.

It'll happen.

And don't think just because you've got Mr. Gao and his horses in Hong Kong

behind you that you're invincible.

Because you're not.

Is that clear, Bobby Woo?

Harvey! Say goodbye to Bobby Woo.

Goodbye, Bobby Woo.

Forget that it's Chinatown.

We are going to make a case against Bobby Wu.

We can't expect to get him straight off, so let's concentrate on identifying the

shooter. Harv, you've got to get me some witnesses.

I can tell you already, Nash, it's going to be nobody saw nothing.

Since it was lucky, maybe this will be the exception to the rule.

Everybody clear?

Let's get on it.

Nash. Yeah. Someone here to see you.

Who's that?

He's outside in the front deck. Says he's a normal friend of yours.

Joe.

Bubba, you are way too far from home.

Hey, man.

Nice man.

Long time no see.

You don't look any worse with a wear and tear. Look at you. You don't see

everything. Ditto.

Say hello to my partner, Joe Dominguez. This is Frederick Hawk.

Rick, right?

Rick, yeah. Yeah, I heard a lot about you. You worked that extradition case

Nash down in the Caribbean, right? Yeah, two lifetimes ago when I was a U .S.

Marshal. Then he started playing cards. You ought to see this guy play poker.

Ooh, baby.

That's all behind me, Nash, man. You got it?

You got your hotel?

Yeah. 20 cabanas on Cat K south of Eleuthera. That is great, brother. I

would do it. I knew it.

Until I went to Freeport for one more game.

Oh, Bubba.

You know better than that. You gotta stick to the fish and the water. Yeah,

I was cheated, man.

The guy didn't act smart, but he was a great cheat.

How much did you lose?

$150 ,000.

Out of pocket?

I wrote a marker.

Who holds the marker?

Some gangsters from Tampa.

But the guy that cheated me lives here.

Who's that?

The name's Barry Chin.

Man, this is going from bad to worse.

Cool.

Well, who's Barry Chin?

Barry Chin is the comptroller for the Chinese triads here.

Handles all their investments.

Not this guy.

Oh, yeah, this guy.

I know, he doesn't look smart.

But he's what you'd call an idiot savant.

You put him in front of a computer screen or trading futures or stocks and

options, he goes from goofy to Mike Milken, like that.

And he's protected by the triads, so... Can you get me close to him?

Oh yeah, we can get you close to him.

It's what happens after that that I can't guarantee.

3 plus the girl behind the counter over there with the shotgun.

Hello? Hello?

Okay. I want to make sure you're clean.

Hey, Barry.

Hey, Nance. Yo, how's it going, guys?

Good, Bubba. How about you?

Yo, how's it going? Hey, well, you tell us, huh?

Do I know you?

Well, yes, you do know him. This is Cedric Hawks from the Bahamas.

He's a friend of mine.

You played cards with him, Barry.

Oh, yeah, I remember.

He says that you still owe him some money.

Oh, man, no, no. I wasn't that fair and square, man.

You were marking the cards.

No, no, no. Man, I was on a roll, man. I was on one of those karmic glides, man.

I couldn't lose.

Every hand was golden. Let me talk to him. Wait, wait, wait. Hold up.

Easy. Let's crew.

Come on, now.

Back off, Dan.

Say, Barry, why don't you tell us about your new boss, Bobby Woo?

Bobby Woo?

Mm -hmm.

He's the boss now, man.

A little young.

He's got a lot of testosterone, but he's shaking things up, man.

Yeah, I bet he is.

Like having Lucky murdered?

Yeah, Lucky wasn't so lucky.

But listen, I don't know anything about that.

Well, let me tell you what I know.

Bobby Woo is going down.

That's right, brother. He's going down.

And when he does, ain't nobody going to be around to protect you from guys like

Rick.

You're not taking on Bobby Woo in the triad, are you?

That's a death wish.

Well, it may be.

But cover your bets.

That's it.

What about my money? We're going to leave Barry Chen alone for the time

but don't worry, I've got something in mind that'll keep you busy. Yeah,

Dominguez.

Uh -huh. All right, I'll be right there. What's up?

That was Gordon, Mr. Woody's trainer.

There's a problem. I've got to get down to the track, but I'll see you back at

the SIU, okay? See you there.

All right.

What's going on? Don't cash that check yet, Joe.

What's happening, Joy Dominguez? Pam Truitt. I'm the veterinarian. She's been

hired by the Japanese due to breeding.

Unfortunately, we experienced some dysfunction in the property.

Dysfunction? Well, we walked our mare past the teaser. She gave us a good flag

and took her into the breeding shed. We brought in Mr. Woody for the live cover,

but nothing worked.

What she's trying to say is your horse here is impotent.

What? Impotent. That's what she's saying.

Is that what you're trying to say?

Let's just say today was not a good day for Mr. Woody.

Well, I never heard of this.

So what's the matter?

Who knows?

Could be a muscle pull.

Could be overtraining.

Could be a horse homosexual.

I don't find that funny.

No, Gordon, we don't find that funny.

But this is a very rare circumstance. I don't have an answer.

Well, don't look at me.

I never had a problem in this area.

Did you sign a contract with the life -fold guarantee?

Well, yeah. I mean, it was part of the deal. I had to.

You're in big trouble.

There you go.

What's this for?

It's a number of a friend of mine named Tony.

I can't get too involved in this, you understand.

But Tony knows some big games in town.

You might be able to find you a chair.

All right. Thanks, man. Appreciate it.

Okay.

Uh -oh.

What do we got here?

We bought some Tampa.

Let me talk to him.

Hi, there.

You. Me.

We're not getting off to a very good start, are we?

You want to rethink that?

You sit down.

Me?

How'd you find me, Pep?

Oh, your sweetheart back home gave us the name of your hotel.

All we had to do was threaten to cut her nails.

I've never seen a woman so into her fingernails.

What'd you say your name was again?

My name is Charlie Pep.

Who the hell are you?

Well, Mr. Charlie Pep, I'm the person that you talk to from now on if you have

anything to say to Rick.

Fine.

Then give us our money.

Rick owes you the money.

And he's going to pay you.

But it's going to be on our timetable.

We need our money now.

You know, Mr. Charlie Pepp, you need to learn how to listen.

What I said was, when we get the money, we'll find you.

Until then, make yourself scarce.

Is that clear?

I work for Albert Conte.

Maybe you've heard of him.

You feel free to tell Mr. Conte exactly what I said.

Work for work.

Take him outside and beat him so that he can still

walk in a few days.

That's not a good idea, girls.

You haven't lost any of your speed.

Like I said, we'll be in touch.

Sorry about the mess.

What do you got, Harv?

Nobody's talking on the record, surprise, surprise. What I'm hearing is

Bobby Wu's been jacking everybody for higher protection and interest payments.

It's like a whole new regime down there, you guys.

How did Lucky figure into that? As far as I can tell, all Lucky was doing was

trying to make sure that the old folks in Chinatown didn't get squeezed too

hard. This guy Wu is pissing me off.

Any witnesses yet?

We found a lady who runs the noodle shop on the street where Lucky was killed.

We're trying to get her to come on in. Stay on that one. Working, working,

working. Joe, how did it go with Mr. Woody?

You don't want to know.

Yes, I do. This is the new, improved, optimistic Nash Bridges.

Okay, nothing happened.

He didn't do it.

Mr. Woody wouldn't work.

Try saying that fast, Anton.

What? He didn't do it? Nope.

What exactly happened?

Well, don't make me say the word impotent, okay?

Mr. Woody is impotent?

Why don't you say it loud enough for everybody to hear it now?

Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just thinking that maybe you ought to get

dog hypnotist back.

Hey, this is not funny, man. Your father and I owe the Japanese a full stud

service. I'm not going anywhere near that, bro.

Nowhere near that.

Well, apparently it's nothing physical.

We just have to get him over this emotional hurdle. Oh, no, no, no. You

there. That was a we word. Uh -uh. This is a you thing. You take care of the

horse. Man, we owe the Japanese a full value of a fold.

Well, maybe you can get out of it by looking at the contract.

I've looked at that thing ten times.

Here, you take a look at it.

Nash.

Yeah?

All right, man, that's great.

Yeah, I'm on my way.

That was Rick.

My pal Tony got him a seat in the game.

Yeah? So what's your thought here?

Well, I'm thinking we got enough trouble there in Chinatown without Rick killing

Barry Chin over a bad gambling debt.

Oh, I get it. So you're going to set up Rick to get him squared, huh?

I'll let you do that or start another war in Chinatown.

Hey, listen, I got to go to the track, so I'll catch up with you later, okay?

See you then.

Hey, Tony.

See you.

Say hello to Rick. Rick Coney. Pleasure. What a pleasure.

You good?

Very good.

You play at a Freeport, right? What I play?

You ever play Nicky Fernandez?

Played him three times and beat him three times. That's good.

What's the buy -in, Tony?

Ten grand.

I went to the bankrolling.

Standing behind him? Yep.

That's a big money, Nash.

You can't come with me if I go down.

Well, don't go down, bro.

What about her?

She's a babe, huh?

Look at that fine song.

That's the one.

You're beautiful.

Nash, I got that number on that guy you wanted.

Koji Hamashima. Who's he?

Oh, he's the guy that my dad and Joe made the breeding contract with.

Oh, yeah. I heard about what happened today to Mr. Woody on the performance

level. I hope you don't feel too sad about it, man, because it happens a lot.

Most horses don't want to talk about it.

Uh, did I miss something, or was this Mr. Woody story part of the afternoon

watch briefing?

It was, yes.

Uh -huh.

What are you going to tell him? I'm going to tell him exactly what happened.

just might put a little spin on it.

Hello? Oh, yeah, hi.

Koji? Yes,

this is Nash Bridges.

Uh, my father is the owner of, uh, Mr.

Woody. Uh -huh.

Well, yeah, it's, uh, it's about this morning.

Well... I don't know, Koji. I mean, look, the guys blame the girls, the

blame the guys. You know, I think the best thing here is to keep in mind that

the end of any relationship, it's best not to assign blame.

It's better just to move on. Oh, I get it. He doesn't understand English.

Bubba, you look tired.

Oh, man, you'd be tired, too, if you spent half the night watching Black

National Velvet, two parts alone from Dove.

Well, what do you think? Do you think it worked?

Well, if oak consumption is any indication, we might have luck with

marry.

Well, I got some good news for you.

What's that? The Japanese have agreed to try Mr. Woody with another marriage.

How'd that happen?

I called them.

A sudden impulse swept over me. I don't know what happened. It's like buying a

candy bar when you're standing in the checkout line.

You did that, and they went for it?

I love you.

I love you.

Well, sometimes I just need to hear you say it.

I'll see you. How much you got in there now?

Eighty -three.

Seventy -five, seventy -eight, eighty... Eighty -three grand. Call.

How about you, cowboy?

How's he doing?

This is the hand.

Too rich for me. I'm out.

What you got, island man?

Full house.

Tends over.

Good enough?

Oh, gentlemen, thank you very much.

Tony, cash me out, would you? I'd appreciate it. That's my 150, Nash.

Never a doubt.

That's the 150K that Rick owes you.

Finish the due and hit the road.

Uh, 150 won't cover it.

You see, with the vig and the traveling expenses, what he owes me now is more

like 250.

Now, Pep, we already had this conversation about you working a little

your listening.

So now are you listening?

The marker was a straight IOU with no VIG.

So you're going to take this $150 ,000.

You're going to go home and consider the matter settled.

Got it?

Oh, yeah.

I got it.

Yeah, okay, Harv.

Good. Great work.

Harv's got the witness ready to roll.

That's good news.

Take care of the island for me until I get back down there.

All right. Come on down anytime.

Later, Rick. All right, pal.

See you later.

Hello, Rick.

What?

No friends?

He's back at the pre -thing. He's a cop.

Right. And I'm Batman.

Here's how it is.

I need another hundred thou right now, or I'll kill you.

Tick -tock, Rick.

When I was a young cop,

Lucky was like a role model for me.

They gave his life to the community, Mrs. Chalk.

It just doesn't seem right that we should let Bobby Woo get away with

him.

I thought the whole thing.

Lucky came to see me.

Then he went to the alley.

And that's when they shot him.

Who shot him?

I don't know his name.

But it was from Bobby Woo as a collector.

I've seen it many times, but, Bobby, it was Money Man.

Which Money Man?

Bernie Chan.

Move.

Hi there.

We don't have an appointment, but I'd really like to see Barry Chin.

Thanks.

Get him.

Get him!

Come out, come out.

Wherever you are.

Hi, Barry.

Hey. What you doing in there?

I'm just relaxing. This is my isolation booth.

Come on now.

You see, here's how it is, Barry.

We understand you are our friend Rick. Here's the money.

I do? Yeah, and we're here to collect it.

And I am going to collect it, or else there's going to be an accident.

Oh, no problem, man. I got it right over here.

Oh, good.

5 George 31, possible gunshots fired. 712 Brandon Jackson.

5 George 31, roger.

It's Barry Chance.

Come on, Barry.

Come on.

Listen, man, stealing from the triads, man, that's bad karma.

Barry, I want you to understand this.

I don't care about karma, and I don't give a rat's ass about the triads.

All I want is my money.

No problem, man. Okay, good. I like that. No problem. Take it all.

Hey, all that 150, that's mine.

Rick, I really just don't understand your attitude.

You guys are messing with some bad dudes, man.

I seen them take one guy's cojones and make dim sum out of them.

I'm telling you. I've seen one guy who took his intestine and pulled it right

through his nose, man.

I'm telling you. Whoa, listen.

Hey, take this. It's a shirt.

You done?

Yeah. Let's go.

Kill them.

Joe, call it in. Yeah.

They're gone.

Oh, man, tell me that's not Albert Conti's son.

You are having one hell of a losing streak, aren't you, Bubba?

You have any tea, man?

No, Barry, we just got coffee.

Burnt coffee.

Uh, speaking of burnt...

Do you have any idea who that guy was that you killed, Barry?

That punk he killed was Albert Conte's son.

Albert Conte is piece Florida with the triad of San Francisco.

Get it? Look, I never killed him.

It was my wah.

What? My wah.

My ethereal self.

See, the real me, man, I don't like violence.

But my wah.

That's with my wah, man. Look out.

Kill or be killed, man.

Well...

Unfortunately, the only person besides you and your, um, law that can

corroborate the story is Rick Hawks.

And, uh, Rick Hawks is not exactly Mr.

Popularity in the Conte household, if you know what I mean. Hey, do you got

sweetener or something there?

Ginseng? I need something.

I'm gonna tell you what you need, Bubba.

You need a way out of this.

Those boys down there in Florida aren't gonna take the death of Albert Conte's

son lying down.

Hey, look, those guys stole $300 ,000 from the triad, man.

Next time you see them, they're going to be yoke young.

Hamburger meat.

You know, little pieces.

Okay.

You think you can walk out of here with no problem?

Go with God, brother.

Hey, wait.

How are you going to fix this for me?

Who shot Lucky?

Hey, man, Chinese don't talk.

It's been a slice, Barry. But I'm only half Chinese.

Give me a name.

Tiger. Okay.

Where can we find Tiger?

I can take you to him.

Hang there.

So this is where Tiger hangs out? Yeah.

We go in undercover and we'd be cool, man.

We'll find him.

This is a marijuana club.

Yeah, man. Totally legal under Prop 215, man.

Yeah, you can get anything you want. All you need is a prescription.

Prescription for what?

Weed. You know, both of them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know what it's called.

What's wrong with you?

Oh, uh, depression, man. I get depressed when I don't get stoned, you know.

You got a doctor to give you a prescription?

Yeah. Legal MD? Yeah, legal, man. Dr.

J. Dr.

John Joseph, man. He's a cool guy. He's got an 800 number. I can get it for you

if you want.

Uh, it's okay, man. I stopped smoking pot a long time ago.

Oh, yeah?

What's your drug of choice now, man?

Uh, Rogaine.

Rogaine? What, do you snort it?

How you doing, Barry?

Listen, this is my good friend... I'm sorry, what's your name again?

Joe. Joe. This is Joe.

You got a valid medical reason to be here?

Hair loss.

I understand.

Go on in. Hey, brother.

Hey, man, where's Dave?

Dave's not here.

What's up, dude?

Whoa.

Hey, man.

This is supposed to be since the mirror, man. You got Mexican in here with this

good Napa bud, man. Don't you have any bigger buds than this, man?

Dude, I only work here.

By the end of my shift, I've inhaled so much secondhand smoke, I can't tell one

from another.

And you know what else?

I don't care, man.

Hey, mellow out, dude.

Look, why don't we go find Tiger, okay?

Hey, you got any Rogaine?

There

he

is.

Okay, be cool. Let me handle this. I want this to go as quiet as possible.

SSPD, keep your hands where I can see them and step away from the bong.

I got the bong, man.

Nat! A legend in his own mind is on the move.

Bobby Woo and two carloads of Triad soldiers.

Looks like they're going to head east on battery.

All right, good.

Keep cool and stay back. We're on our way. Hopefully we'll get there before

land.

Yeah. T -D -S -R.

Yeah, I got it. Thanks.

What's up, Barb?

Our boys drove up, went aboard, haven't heard a peep since.

How long have they been in there? About ten minutes.

Who owns the boat?

Registry says it's owned by a T -D -S -R Enterprises out of Tampa.

Robert Conti.

I'm going to bet Charlie Pett's in there.

I'm going to put you right.

The question is, who's got the money now?

Oops. Sounds like there might be a talk.

Florida and China just declared war.

Tell them we're going to need everything we can get.

Are we going in there?

Unless you've got a death wish.

Until the cavalry get here.

Hopefully they'll kill each other before they do.

What was that?

We got a streaker.

Don't go in there without backup.

Oh, hell, I'm waiting for the Marines.

Try to get one of these? Yeah, just like riding a bicycle.

5 George 31.

Alert Harbor Patrol. We've got a stranded cigarette boat with suspects.

and dangerous.

Nice.

Look, those guys are sitting ducks.

5 George 31. All units, the other Mercedes is on Allied Point. Get the

there now.

Scratch that.

Don't defend the corner.

You speak English?

How long you been in the States?

Three months.

Well, let me tell you something, Tiger.

We've got a witness who will testify that you killed Lucky two nights ago.

We've also got a witness inside the triad who will testify that you were

Bobby Woo on several occasions to intimidate Lucky and finally to kill

Now, the good news is you're going to go to prison.

The bad news is if you don't work with me, I will make damn sure that you're

deported and you'll do your time on the mainland.

Chinese prison?

American prison?

He's starting to get the picture.

I need given tea.

You protect me from who?

You rotten bastard.

I ought to kill you myself for what you did to Lucky.

You tell me what I need to know and I'll...

Make a call to Mr. Gao in Hong Kong, and Bobby Wu will cease to exist as you

know him.

I want you to write down everything that you know about Lucky's murder.

If you can't write it in English, do it in Chinese. I'll have it translated.

Xie xie.

Step out of the way, Inspector.

Unless you want to start a war.

The war's over.

You just don't know yet.

Don't Mr. Wu slip into these, will you?

With pleasure.

Let me tell you where you made your mistake.

Even gangsters have to treat their people and their community with a little

respect.

out of bed.

I'd put a little plaid skirt on.

Maybe you'd spray her down with some session.

There he is.

All right, you ready?

All right, it's time.

I want you to go in there.

You're big, you're handsome, you're strong, you're hung like a... All right.

And you've got the best hair since Michael Bolton.

All right, look.

Over there, there she is.

Looks pretty good, huh?

Looks pretty good?

Yeah. All right, you ready?

All right.

Go do it.

Hey.

Got the money.

Yes.

You know what I'm thinking?

Joe, please, don't think anymore.

Wait a minute.

I'm thinking that since Mr. Woody is done breeding, maybe we should take him

of retirement and race him again, huh? Race him? Yeah.

Oh, hell, man. Look at him.

His girlfriend's leaving him.

He's melancholy again.

I remember when my girlfriend broke up with me.

What happened?

I enlisted.

Well, I know one thing.

He's going to want to run for a while.

I'm going home.

That'd be a country western song about this whole thing.

Tell you what, Nick.

Why don't we trade him in for a couple fast greyhounds, huh?

Yeah, you ever seen those puppies run, man? Those guys are fast. We can make a

killing.

Yeah, ladies love those.

Yeah, yeah, down in Florida.

18, 19, 20.

Full house.

That's impossible.

Nothing that can be imagined is impossible, my friend.

Since when did you start being a fortune cookie writer, and what does that mean?

It means that poker and in women, anything can happen.

It usually does.

That's for you.

What's this?

That's 150K that you owe Albert Conte.

I got it off of Pep's boat.

Thanks, man.

What about the rest of it, man?

Well, that's part two of my Asian peace plan.

The rest of it goes back to Mr. Gao in Hong Kong.

Yeah, the only thing is you're still on the hook with Conte for killing his son,

so you might want to think about going away for a little while.

Might be able to put you in the witness relocation program if you're interested.

Oh, yeah, right.

Where, Iowa?

I'm not into potatoes, man.

That's Idaho.

What'd they say?

Barry and I might be taking a little trip together.

Where?

Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo?

Yeah. And do what?

Gamble.

Gamble. Gamble?

Yeah. Do I believe this?

I... Thanks for everything, bro. Ah, forget it.

Hey, man.

I'll catch you at the pad. Yeah, we'll meet again.

It'll be good.

Don't come crying to me if things go bad now.

Hey, you okay, Angel?

Grow the mustache back.

You sign it.

You ever been to Monte Carlo?

Is it me or is that the strangest partnership you've ever seen?

I've seen stranger.