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Hi there.

Yes, yes, indeed.

It's me, Marlon Silver.

Well, well, people expect a clue so. Hello, darling. Hello, Marlon. Girl, how

you doing?

I wanted to see an album cover before I died.

Dan, Jeff, kindly show them out.

Oh, gosh.

You better get on your toes.

I'm sorry.

Deep breath. Deep breath. Do you want to do something?

From Judge Mayroth.

You know, Marlon.

You had me stumped there for a while. Yeah, airtight alibi, no murder weapon.

And yet I know that you killed your wife.

Evidence, mate?

Well, that's why we're here.

You're mad!

You can't come in here like this.

I just spent three mil refurbishing this place.

I'm going to call my attorney. Nothing over there.

We've got the problem. I need you at the club now. Now, let's try over here. You

want to try this? I don't care if you've got to travel in the morning.

Get over here. Hurry.

One, two, three.

How about it?

Look at this. You know,

we called the contractor, and he told us...

Because you insisted he move up the contract schedule on your drywall.

So I'm betting... Oh, sorry about the light.

Oh, wait a minute.

What have we got? Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well,

Silver with the knife in the party room.

We win.

We got it.

Excellent. Evan, send this over to a deluxe suite and no autographs, please.

Do not lose that. I won't.

Congratulations, Nash, Joe. Really, job well done.

Why, thank you, Rick. That's very kind.

Yeah, I think it's nice you could go out with the banks.

You know, Nash, I was perusing your personnel file the other day and I came

across something very, very interesting.

Really? Yeah. Did you know, according to Department Regulation 327, Article 4...

that no officer is expected to work more than 240 days a year, and that every

officer is expected to take a minimum of 14 vacation days a year. And any

officer who doesn't take his 14 vacation days may accrue them. And you, Nash

Bridges, you have so far accrued 317 days of vacation.

Boss, that may be a record.

That many, huh?

Yeah, I'd have guessed below 400. And furthermore, also according to regs, any

-12 supervisor or above... That's me.

May force any lieutenant grade or lower that... Nash, that would be you.

To take his vacation time.

Rick, are you giving me the day off? I'm not giving you the day off. No, Nash,

I'm giving you the next 10 months and 13 days off.

Rick, you are not my commanding officer, so... Not in a direct chain of command,

no, but SIU does fall under my administrative supervision.

And Nash...

I assure you, I'm within my power to do it.

He's got to be kidding.

Or insane.

Here's your official notification.

We'll keep your desk warm.

Come on, Richard, hit the road. We'll see you sometime next year.

What is wrong with him?

until my floors are done, which really should only take one more day. Oh, boy.

Keith and Cassidy warned me about this.

About what?

The control thing.

Always having to have the last word.

I don't have to have the last word.

Yeah, you do. No, I don't. You do. Don't. You do. Don't.

See? What do you do? You graze your way through the market in the shop?

It's an old survival habit from when I was broke.

Well, you ain't broke anymore.

So what are you going to do about work?

I'm going to cut through Bettina's political maneuvering and I'm going to

job back.

All right, let's go.

Come here.

Take this. Call 911.

Tell them there's a 211 in progress and stay down back there.

I can't. I can't. I'm not going to open it.

It's in progress now.

Yes, in supermarkets.

Check with robbery for a similar M .O. Looks like these guys have done this

thing before. You got it. Well, we got a plate read off this tape, but no camera

caught the guy taking his mask off.

The plate's going to be stolen anyway. You might find the truck. There's a

plumbing truck with Hart brothers on the side.

Probably bogus, too, but worth a check.

And look at our eyewitness here. Look what Lynette found on aisle three next

the salad dresser. Well, I have a sketch artist meeting Lynette down at the SIU.

I'll drop her off.

Bridget! Which part of on vacation is it that you don't understand?

Relax, Rick. I'm off the clock.

Hey, guess who foiled the robbery?

Oh, yeah, like what am I going to believe that you just happen to be here?

Rick, how would I know they were going to rob the joint? Yeah, that's what I

want to know.

You better double up on your medication.

Have we met somewhere before?

Let me introduce you to your replacement.

This is Dexter Birdsong, Nash Bridges. I recruited him from Las Vegas Homicide.

You replaced me. Oh, yeah. The guy's got an 85 % closure rate. He's a Navajo.

Blackbeat. Yeah, right. Whatever.

Anyway, the guy, he's a tracker. He's got the six cents for finding anything.

Really? We should have been here earlier when I was looking for light bulbs.

Isn't that in Houseworth?

Well, usually, but some... Whoa, whoa, hold on. Come here. Look at this. He's

already on to something.

What is it, Chief? What do you got?

Contact lens.

Popped out.

Impressive.

Saline solution, aisle three.

The guy is just getting started.

Is this my eyewitness?

Uh, yeah. Ah, I remember Lisa, Sister Lynette.

I'm going to be sick.

Bicarbonate, that would be aisle seven.

Valium, across the street.

Bridges, that's my eyewitness.

How's it look?

Um, I think the eyebrows were thinner and the forehead and the nose were

Here you go.

Light cream, no sugar.

Don't you two have something you should be doing?

Well, I'm not doing anything.

Come on, I'll buy you a cup.

Better have correct change.

So I understand your house sitting at Lisa's.

For a while, yeah.

Could you not get so close because your breath is moist?

You know what? I know where I've heard your name before.

You're the guy who was on the high -speed chase on TV and then you drove

Puritan to the bay, right?

I don't remember that.

What in the hell is this, and who put it here, the Russians?

This dispenser is the world's worst coffee product, and Bettina put it here.

The man has got to be stopped.

This is just the beginning, man. Now there's no unauthorized overtime, no

mileage allowances, no breaks longer than ten minutes, and you want to go to

bathroom, you've got to punch in and out.

I'm thinking he needs to be punched out.

When are you coming back?

Sooner than soon.

I'm meeting in the morning with the chief.

Being a stepfather, that's how he got the job in the first place.

Look, Patina's interpretation of the rule, I like lame.

I don't give a damn who his mother is.

What's that?

Joe's time card. I'm clocking you out. Don't tell me. I don't want to know. I

don't care. Take personal breaks as long as you log out.

I'm working here.

All right, I'm logging you back in.

Okay, Chief, Evan, Joe, Harvey, come on, let's go. I gotta find out what's going

on. Let's have a little powwow.

All right, give it to me.

The dead robber's name is Greg Garcia.

He worked at 3Com Park.

No priors. A non -pro. Great work, huh? Birdsong, what did I tell you guys? This

guy could track anything.

Tell me, how'd you do it?

Ran his name through the DMV.

How do you guys do it?

That was good.

You can cook.

Two dishes.

Don't act so shocked. Where's my daughter?

She called.

She's stuck at work.

This late?

This is late.

You're just never here.

Well, I used to have this day gig.

How can Rick take your job?

Rick didn't take my job. His mother is married to the chief of police. It's a

long story.

I know his mother.

Loretta Bettina Rooney.

She has horses.

She does?

She's loaded.

Real estate.

A whiz for biz.

Well, apparently that gene didn't get passed on to her son.

Whenever I'm at the track with Mr. Woody...

I see Loretta carrying on.

Amazing. Hey, everybody.

Hi. Hi. Things got crazy at work.

Yeah, I guess. Sit down. Eat.

Eat. No, Dad, what's this I hear about you getting fired?

I didn't get fired. That's not what Rick said. Who's Rick? The guy that fired

your dad.

I didn't get fired, okay?

It's just a temporary situation. It'll work out. I remember when the union let

me go because of my age, you know.

Man needs a place to go, son. Don't let lack of activity slow you down.

Something to drink? That can wait.

That can't.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Mr. Winstein.

Yeah.

Sure.

I can be there in 15 minutes.

Okay, thanks.

Dad, that was really great.

But I have to go. Bye.

Like father, like daughter.

Okay. Well, I've been thinking about taking you fishing anyway, Nick.

What do you say we go out and see if we can snag a few tomorrow after I have

that meeting with the chief?

I'm sorry, son. It's my weekly get -together at Three Oaks. Poker day.

Oh.

I have a plan, too.

All right. Well, I guess I could catch up on a

little reading.

That's how it starts.

Don't sit down, son. You'll atrophy.

Hello, Chief.

What's on your mind, Nash?

Well, you realize that if I take ten months off from the SIU...

That special investigations unit goes right down the drain.

Know that, don't you?

I wish I could help, but I can't.

Why not?

Because technically, Bettina's correct.

If I were to override a departmental regulation because you and I are old

buddies, wouldn't be right.

So, you're willing to look the other way while the best unit in the SFPD goes to

hell in a handbasket.

It's because you're married to the mother of the moron that's destroying

That's okay.

No, that's life.

Well, Danny, I knew that love was blind, but this is just plain stupid.

Yeah, uh -huh.

Yeah, well, let's see how the rap sheets match up.

Okay, let me know.

It's impossible to get any sleep around here.

Well, some of us work for a living, sister.

Still in denial, huh?

Yeah, pretty much.

Um, how about putting some clothes on?

All right, I have some clothes on.

More clothes.

Nash?

Nash, you ran down those other two robberies. Looks like you were right.

like the same crew.

What'd you get on the dead guy?

Uh, absolutely nothing.

Supposedly, I'm frozen.

Not helping us at all. What's the average take on these jobs?

100, 150K, somewhere around there. All right, check with the Fed bank. See if

anybody's running around depositing more than 10K at a clip.

Okay, you got it. I'll see you.

You back at work?

No, I'm back to getting back to work.

Might want to let everybody else know that.

Did you have plans for the day?

Uh, they fell through.

Nash, just got your message. What's up? Oh, uh, Harv, how, uh, difficult would

it be to scrounge up a copy of, uh, Fatina's personnel file?

You're kidding. It would be a pleasure. Do it. And give me a copy of the Regs

book, too, will you? I take it the chief didn't help?

Well, let's put it this way.

It is amazing what the power of marriage can do to a man. Tell him I know that.

See you.

Later.

You sure seem to be enjoying your time off, son.

Dad, let her ring. You're on vacation.

What?

You think I won't?

No, I think you can't

How

about that

Well

You'll almost not be working until you call in yourself.

I turned it off.

You're kidding. You turned it off?

I'm on vacation.

Why can't anyone accept that?

Yeah, starting with you.

Yeah. What can I do for you? Oh, I just want to let you know that I'm working it

from the inside.

By the time I'm done with the team, it's going to be begging you to come back.

P .T., keep me posted, Bubba. You got it.

Put your clothes on.

Let's go see if we can find a fishing boat.

No, no, an American.

Yeah, no, the guy, he's like a blackbird. He's amazing.

I'm telling you, he could track water on chrome.

Wait, hold on a second. One of my guys just came back.

Mifflon shoe, size 10, 9 1⁄2, and 9.

Pretty hard to find. What's up?

Bettina wears a size 10 1⁄2 exact same shoe. I don't get it.

Harvey, sit down. It's the minister.

A half -size smaller, the next day, half -size smaller than that.

Remind me never to cross you.

Hey,

Greg.

Now, look.

Can I help you?

Yeah, I'm looking for nice bridges. You know, the main man that the brothers got

to go down? Yeah, well, he went down. He's no longer with the department. Yo,

Bob Bishop, what up?

What's the deal, he brought?

Uh...

I ain't giving it up for nobody but the man, all right? And that's the point.

I'm out of 5 ,000.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Two things. First, son, you realize you're not black.

What? Right. And the second thing, what are you guys?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What? Yeah, you. All right.

Show Mr.

Bishop to the lockup. What?

Oh, man, you can't bitch me up. I ain't done nothing. Hey, man, this guy walked

in here voluntarily. You can't arrest him. I'm in charge, Joey. I can do

anything I want.

Lockup. Guys, we got another robbery.

Medtronic store.

In the marina. Same M .O. Okay, that's you and Birdsong. Roll.

Roll. I'll talk to him.

Oh, man, I ain't done nothing.

That ain't right. That ain't right.

You remember when I kissed you in this car?

What? You never kissed me in this car.

So, I was 15, a little Catholic schoolgirl in her blue uniform, and you

older sister's Dudley College boyfriend, and you picked me up from school one

day. Come on, you don't remember that? You're delusional. It never happened.

I see, I see. So your memory is not only photographic, but it's selective, huh?

I'm not speaking to you anymore.

So anyways, Lucy's been having these night terrors, you know, and they're

upsetting the whole family, you know, so I tried it to linger.

I mean, my wife.

You know, and I try to tell her, hey, we've got to fertilize the kid, you

but you know how mothers can be.

You know, I don't know if it's me, my wife, the baby or what, or whatever's

supposed to happen to a guy in middle age, well, it sure hasn't happened to

I mean, I could go every night, if you know what I mean.

Unfortunately, she's got the baby in bed with us, and I don't have to tell you

what that's doing to my sex life.

You know?

Are you fluent in English?

I use my drive for quiet reflection.

Yeah.

Hello, Nick.

Loretta.

Oh, I just love the smell of a horse pond, don't you?

You don't have to sweet -talk me to make up for what your son's doing tonight,

Loretta.

Meaning what?

I've seen Rick out here on more than one occasion.

I know a mama's boy when I see one.

Well, that mama's boy is on his way to the top.

We're winners.

Yeah, Rick and I.

It's a family thing.

I'm glad you can't say the same thing for that horse of yours.

What did you say?

You heard me.

Nash! Yo, man, I thought you might like to know that Patina's got Boz down at

the SIU.

Boz, what did he do?

Nothing, except that he wouldn't talk to Patina. He only talked to you.

He says he has some information on the strong -arm crew, but they're in a

stalemate, so... Let's see who locks them up.

All right.

I'm on my way down there.

How's it working out with your new partner?

Yappy. Can't get a word in edgewise.

So I'm throwing back a few.

And this white dude, man, he's holding a grip.

Acting like he's just nipped Tiffany's or something. You know what I'm saying?

He's got broadcasting this bitch, right?

About how him and his G's ripping these joints off.

Get everybody real cool. Tell some crazy -ass 5 -0 show up.

Take on four 5Gs packing some big old heat.

I'm saying, ain't no one brother I know got that mad flavor.

Nash Bridges.

This guy got a name, boss? Jim Wilson.

Hanging the Red Bull on King in South Beach.

Come, it's longer.

Shouldn't be long. Excuse me.

Mr. Bishop is what we in the criminal justice business...

commonly referred to as a confidential informant.

And whenever you're dealing with a CI, it's a very tricky situation.

Why don't you come with me? I think it'll be more... Mom, what are you doing

here? Tell me that man is not wearing his vest over his jacket. Mom, he is an

undercover little officer, and it's a job to blend in. This is an account for

the armband and that hippie girl.

Yeah, Mom, come on. Come with me.

What's the matter?

My feet. They're killing me. I'm not even kidding. I think they're growing. I

think they're growing. Is that possible? Don't be silly.

Why? How do you tolerate these messy desks?

I mean, there's too many personal possessions around here. You ought to

some regulation about that.

Mom, this is actually my desk.

Look, Mom, Mom, Mom.

Don't you think people at their workplace don't think they should make

comfortable? In the police department and where they've wanted posters.

Rick. Oh, Bridget, you remember my mother, Mrs. Rooney? Ah, yes. Loretta,

meet again.

Now. What's up, baby?

Bus. Hit the road.

And thanks. Cool.

Rick, here's the name, here's the number, there's the address. You got it

All right. Are you sure we can trust this clown? You got something better?

don't have anything better. All right, I'm on it. I'm on vacation.

I got to run as well.

Mom, was there a reason you came down here in the first place?

Oh, yes.

Yes. Dinner.

Tonight at the Chief.

Oh, right, right. Yes, the mayor's going to be there, and Danielle's going to

have a cousin from Italy. Not the Italian cousin, Mom. Yes.

The Italian cousin, please dress well, be on time, and for God's sake, don't

hobble in like a cripple.

Bye, Mom.

Leakes!

Leakes!

Leakes! That would be Leake, Richie. No S. Okay, okay.

For now, I want a new dress code here.

Oh, yes, what's that?

You better just start thinking Joe Friday. And clean up this pigsty. You're

at some concert.

So what kind of fish have you and Nick been catching outside the gate?

Well, they've been catching tuna out there, but they've said they've actually

seen some marlin. Wait, marlin? I'm not kidding. It's the whole El Nino thing.

Oh, my God, Nash.

Nash, that's the guy who saw the store, the robber.

No, I wasn't. Are you sure? Yeah, I'm totally positive.

All right, here we go. Hang on.

Still the next part of this guy when you were driving?

Yeah, apparently. She's my good luck charm.

Here comes your bad luck charm.

Bridges, what kind of games are you playing?

Rick, the crime scene is all yours. No, you sent me on a wild goose chase,

didn't you? You sent me to Jim Wilson's house where he wasn't when you knew

where he was.

Yeah, right after I planned the Kennedy assassination.

Come on. I want to know what happened here.

I'm out of here. Harp, fill him in. I'm on vacation. Hold on, hold on. Let's

just stop walking.

Bird song.

Use your eagle eyes, your keen senses. You tell me exactly what happened here.

Guy got shot.

All right.

He is good. Wow.

You think you're going to work this case behind my back? I'm telling you right

now, I'm going to turn to a very serious part of the regulations. Oh, dear.

Oh, dear. Hey, Lynette, how are you doing?

Rick -o -rama.

Let me get that for you, darling. You're looking very fancy today.

Isn't it sweet?

Say goodbye, Lynette.

Bye, Rick.

What are you hanging out with this guy for anyway?

He's going to let my free time.

Oh, you're going for the latte. You're a brave man, my friend. Yeah, which

doesn't kill me, shall we?

It ate your quarters.

Again.

It should be a zen moment of humility.

I'll go

across the street and I'll get you a latte. Whatever.

Okay.

Decaf. Can you say decaf?

You know, this isn't a coffee clutch, boys. I punched you both out. When

somebody wants to do their job around here, I'll punch you back in. Where's my

pen? Which one of you has my pen?

I bet I know where that and a couple of other large objects are located.

Who has my pen?

I don't have your damn pen.

Okay, Joe, it's not a damn pen. It's a 24 -carat gold pen that my mother gave

me. It's worth like 150 bucks.

Now, maybe no one's going anywhere tonight.

Until I get this pen.

Oh, good.

Rick, did you ever consider making yourself available to chemical companies

experimentation? Okay, okay, funny man. That's it, that's it. It's official. No

one's going anywhere until that pen appears right here. Come on, I'm not

kidding.

Where is the pen?

Is this your pen?

The culprit was gravity.

Better suspend the universe.

Thank you, Cordoba.

It's Cortez.

Okay. I want to apologize.

for accusing you all falsely.

I can admit my mistakes.

That's leadership.

It's simple, Nash, man. We're quitting.

No, man, you can't quit.

Hey, man, I got my 22 years in. I don't need any more of this abuse.

I'll take a partial pension, Nash. I mean, I'd rather be a rent -a -cop than

work for Bettina. Hey, don't knock rent -a -cops. I'm gonna transfer to Vice.

Come on, guys. I promise you, I'm coming back.

Yeah, well, when?

I've already filed my complaint with the police commission.

And they overturned the chief?

When they find out that the chief's married into Bettina's family, I gotta

believe. Well, Nash, like what's the time frame?

We're looking at a week.

It'll be the longest week of our lives.

Tell me what's going on with this case. The one you're not working? Just out of

curiosity. Seven strong -arm robberies with the same memo.

But all different types of businesses, different owners in different parts of

the city.

What do all these businesses have in common?

Cat. They're all hit when they're rich. Problem is, we don't know when the next

hit's going to be. We have no idea what the target is. What about businesses

that service the target? Like? Well, like accountants and banks and armored

cars. Anyone that would know when there's a lot of cash going to be

That's a good idea. I'll get on it.

All right, boss. We'll see you. All right, thanks.

I'll, uh... Hang in.

Yeah, just be here holding this chair down.

So, you're just not enjoying this free time concept, are you?

In a word, no.

I used to think it'd be great to not have a job where I had to work so hard.

I don't believe it.

Well, it was usually when things weren't going so great with one ex or another.

Changed your mind?

I can definitively say that the grass is definitely not greener.

Hey, Nick.

Hello, son.

Lynette. Hey, Nick.

You know who I ran into?

Uh, Loretta Bettina.

That's right.

Did you know what she was saying?

She was claiming that her horse, Zanzibar 4, was superior to Mr.

Woody. So I told her to put her money where her mouth is.

Uh, meaning what? Mr. Woody is going to race Zanzibar 4 for title to the loser's

horse.

Kind of like drag racing for pink slips.

And the first thing I'm going to do is change his damn name.

Call it off.

I thought you would appreciate it. Nick.

You're not going to risk your life savings over one damn horse race.

She was practically gloating about how her son had demolished you.

So what?

Our family honor's at stake. I'm not going to stand by and see you trashed

that. Nick, this is not your fight.

What I do with my horse is none of your business.

If you'll excuse me, I have work to do.

Well, I guess he told me.

No. Uh -huh.

Okay, thank you very much.

Yes, we got it.

Got what?

All seven businesses that were held up had contracts with Barton Armored Cars.

That's something, man. That's Scott Ridgway. He's VP of Schedule and

He controls all the schedules and routes.

Worth a trip.

Roll, Ben.

Are you aware that seven of your customers have been robbed just prior to

pass pickups by your firm? I can't disclose that information.

I mean, doesn't that strike you as just a little bit coincidental?

I wouldn't commit to that description.

I am. All right, well, who has access to your schedule of routes, pickups, and

deliveries? I'm not at liberty to say.

I mean, who besides you, Scott?

Because let me tell you something, my friend. You don't start shining light

elsewhere. I'm going to keep the full brights on you, my friend.

Various people have assorted access.

That was a great non -answer.

Um, you recognize any of these men?

Not that I recall.

So that's no. I've given you the best answer I can.

Now look, I don't believe you're out there pulling these jobs.

But I do believe you're supplying information.

Aren't you?

Look, be smart. This deaf and dumb act is going to land your ass in jail.

I like to fish.

Scott, do you like to fish?

Fish? Yeah.

My family owns a salmon camp near Sitka.

Where do you like to fish?

I've fished in Alaska.

Where? The Kuskokwim River.

Ah, good fishing. Tell me, is this the Kuskokwim? Put that down.

Looks like a fun time, the five of you up on a remote river.

Isn't this Wilson?

And this one Garcia?

Man, that was really great. How did you spot those guys?

That was impressive.

I mean, those photos.

So how long have you been on the Las Vegas Police Department?

Got any books on tape?

Who is it?

Your former partner.

You may be right.

Why do you say that?

I don't know. You give me your news first.

Okay, well, the armored car thing was gold when we nailed the inside guy.

Actually, Bergson did.

Bergson? Yeah.

He's not a bad cop.

He's not going to have a second career as a talk show host.

So, you can wrap it up, huh?

Yeah. We'll just figure out what their next target is.

Well, that's great.

How was your day, dear?

Well, I heard from the police commission.

I'm not going to review my appeal.

Well, why not?

Well, in their view, I'm not being harmed.

In fact, they see it as me getting a 10 -month paid vacation.

No harm, no foul, no intervention.

Well, that is a total nightmare.

Hmm.

It's no dream, Bubba. It's very, very real.

Plus, Nick's pissed at me.

Oh, wonderful.

Well, if it's any consolation, I've worked Bettina down from a size 10 1⁄2

to a size 9 shoe.

All right, that does make me feel better.

Hey, and you always have me.

True.

And I got lots of ideas for new businesses.

Now I'm really depressed.

Hey, people, listen up.

I've narrowed it down to the next target.

Yeah, I thought Harvey did that.

With Harvey's help.

All right, here's what's going to happen. The robbers are going to hit the

trucks when they come in right here to pick up the day's receipts. No, no,

Rick. Actually, the robbers are going in early, before the gates open, in order

to grab the payout money from the counting room. Okay, Harvey, why don't

take it from here?

The armored truck that brings the money to the park comes through this gate

between 11 and 11 .15 a .m. So if we set up like here, here, and here, we can

trap them in the counting room?

Yeah. Okay.

Two eggs, over medium, poached, on wheat toast, just the way you like them.

Or if they're not the way you like them, then forget it.

What section is done?

When I went into the Navy, I wasn't prepared for boot camp.

They took everything away from you.

Girlfriend, family, job, everything.

I remember thinking, I don't know who I am.

What the hell are they going to get out of me like this?

I didn't know at the time that things would get better.

You can only control what you can control, Nash.

Um, let's get clear on something here.

Are you really going to put Mr. Woody up against Loretta's horse?

Without reservation.

What time's the race?

Ten o 'clock.

Do you want some company?

I'd love some.

Wow. I actually have something to do today.

Hot dog.

Nick, are you sure you want to do this? Positive.

Let the best horse win.

Let's start the race.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. I'll start the race.

Are you going to watch?

I don't want to jinx it.

How's he doing?

Uh, he's running.

Run! Run!

Mr. Woody's leaving him in the dust! Come on! Mr. Woody!

Go, Mr. Woody!

vacation? Yeah, well, today's not so bad.

I thought you might want to know something.

I think we figured out where the crew's going to strike next.

Really? I'm more than curious.

The racetrack.

Oh, the racetrack, huh? Yeah, like right now we're rolling out there.

Patina's got a halfway decent plan figured out, but you know it's Patina,

anything could happen.

Man, I wish you could be there.

Uh, don't count me out.

Yo, gotta go.

Let's go.

Listen, I want you to wait right here until I get back, all right?

Okay, cool.

Don't even blink.

Oh, man.

Shh,

be very quiet.

Hand me that padlock over there, will you?

Here.

Let's depart.

Offices are over here. That means the truck came in from that direction. All

right? We need to evacuate.

Go around the back. Now you're on the back. Come on, let's go. Move, move,

Right there.

Don't move.

Hi, Rick.

Hi.

Okay, you two go around back. I want everybody hiding.

Rick, you can't speak.

You're a figment of my imagination.

What are you standing here for? Let's go. Go around back. I want everyone

hiding. Come on, get back.

You don't exist.

You know the bad guys you're looking for?

They're in that van.

All of them. Well, except for this guy.

Come on.

He's the driver. You want to take him?

Don't ask. You wouldn't believe me anyway.

Thanks for the help, Rick. Cab's here.

Those pansies need water.

Hey, Nick.

Good news.

Floors are done.

What's the matter?

They say with terrible news, it's best to just come right out and say it.

What is it, Nick?

Shortly after the race, Zanzibar 4 died.

Had a heart attack and passed on.

Nick, um...

How is it you can get so attached to a horse you've only owned for ten minutes?

I was right in the middle of renegotiating a deal to sell him back to

for $250 ,000 when he went and hooves up.

Oh, yeah.

Sorry, that is tragic.

I was greedy, Nash.

I was holding out for $275 ,000.

Now she's trying to stick me with the burial expenses.

No, no, no, no, no. That ain't gonna happen.

Worse. I think she's going to get an insurance settlement off him.

They don't know that she bet the horse, and I'm thinking I could sue her for the

money.

Yeah, you could.

Kind of a quality of life issue, isn't it?

Meaning what?

Well, meaning how much time do you want to spend giving depositions and battling

it out with...

Loretta Bettina Rooney in court.

There you go.

There is a bright side.

What's that?

That's your personnel file, Rick.

Very interesting.

Where'd you get this?

Well, I'll bet you're not even aware of your own number of vacation days.

First, I want to thank you for referring me to this nifty regs book.

And, you know, I've had plenty of time to read it recently.

Section 327, small letter B, number 2. No officer shall be entitled to more

14 paid vacation days per year.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Any officer compensated for these extra days shall forfeit future vacation days

until the surplus days have been repaid.

Meaning? Meaning when you left to work in Las Vegas, Rick, you were still on

payroll for five months.

No, no. That was a paid leave of absence.

Section 437, small letter C, number 7. Any officer on paid leave may not enter

into any other employment without written permission from the department

officer shall forfeit both wages and time earned.

Can you not see that I'm busy? What is your point?

Rick, you went to work for Dodson Bail Bonds five days after you got to Vegas,

but you remained on the department payroll for the next five months.

Technically, you owe the department 155 days of vacation pay.

That's every Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's for the next 11 years.

What are you talking about?

What do you want? You want to come back?

Fine, you're back.

Birdsong! Yeah? You're out.

What? You're out.

Nash is in, ergo you're out. Look, I'll use a sports metaphor. I only have room

on the court for starters.

I don't get it.

How can you guys stand it?

Practice.

Sorry, Berton.

Did a good job on that case.

You get yours.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever, whatever. Look, have a nice drive back to the

desert.

Look, Nash.

Hey, the truth, you know, I kind of... I miss having you around.

Welcome back.

Here's your time card.

You go punch him, buddy. Couple other issues, Rick. Uh, that coffee machine?

Out of here. Come on. Still got that sledgehammer?

Uh, yeah.

And the time clock?

Well, Rick, it's time to punch ya.

Okay.

Now then, what else is there around here that needs to go... You.

Oh, you can't get rid of me.

Rick, you can supervise from your old office down at the Hall of Justice.

You'll do a lot better there kissing ass than you are trying to kick ass here.

Yeah, but I won't be able to help you out on a caseload basis.

And that's a good thing.

You need to step back.

Let me cover everything.

Everybody will be a little bit happier. You'll be happier. I'll be happier.

Everybody. Hold on a second.

Tell me you're going to do all the work.

I'm going to get all the credit.

All right. That sounds fair.

It's the arrangement that the chief and I have had for years. Seems to work.

Okay. Okay, buddy. It's a deal.

Yeah, I got to tell you the truth.

I think I need a desk job. I've got to go see a podiatrist.

They're killing me.

Bye, Rick.

Keep going? Okay.

Oh, yes!

Oh, yes!

Oh, yes!

All right, back to work. Where were we?

Hey, Harv, can you take back a pair of eight and a half for the first minute?

They were worth every penny. Forget it. We got some real coffee and your report,

sir. Thank you, sir.

Update on current case study. Thank you.

Welcome back, dude. We missed you.

Like I never left.

Thank you.

Heck.