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You can have them after we catch them.

Why me?

Because you're shorter than me.

What do you think, son?

Okay, then I'll go.

Wait, what?

He asked me first to go.

Don't.

Go.

Wait up. When you get in there, I'll cover you from down here.

Okay, stop. Listen, will you stop being such a baby then?

I'll go right, you go left.

I'll go left, you go right.

That's my point.

Will you stop playing Twister, Josh?

You can't even get out of your own way.

You were supposed to go right.

I did.

No, you didn't.

Thanks for dropping in. Roll over.

Wait, I can explain.

Let me explain. Roll over.

You have a right to remain silent.

Blah, blah, blah.

Ow!

What is with you?

All right, party's over.

Case closed.

You back in New York?

No, no, no.

I'm almost going to miss all those warm, fuzzy feelings you two have for each

other. Yeah, well, I could always come back and visit.

Been almost, I heard.

in his hotel room.

Oh, let me see the crime scene photo.

Look. Like we got our guy, huh? Yeah, it looks that way. Did you compare

William's DNA with what NYPD picked up at the crime scene? No, because NYPD

still hasn't faxed us William's file. I thought this guy was supposed to be

three hours ahead of us. Call it what you will.

I'll be right here as soon as they get in. Let me know. Hey, Har. Iris.

Well, thanks for helping me catch this creep, Nashman.

It makes us even.

For the Bobat case, right?

Oh, I hate being evening. You'll get over it.

Morning, Joe. No, make that great morning.

Iris. Joe.

Listen, I've taken the liberty of checking you out of your hotel at Park

Excellent hotel, by the way. Great staff. You know, they help me move your

And they're waiting right out front in a taxi.

You trying to get rid of me?

Here's your plane tickets.

You and your prisoner booked on a 10 a .m. flight to JFK. Extra edition papers.

Copy of your hotel bill. Bye -bye.

Before I leave, I just want to say what an incredible pain in the ass you've

been for the last three days, Joe. Well, thank you very much. And there's a name

for you, too, and it rhymes with itch. All right, now, let's kind of move back

to neutral corner, shall we? What's the matter? You got PMS or something?

What's the matter? You got ESP? Extra scary personality?

Stop! Get off! What is it with you two, anyway?

She's rude and abrasive. Surly and uncooperative. All right, you're never

to have to see each other again.

Nash, DNA comparison's in from New York.

This is a good thing. Not so good. They rule out Williams as the murder suspect

in the New York murder.

It's not possible, man.

He's been following Kendall Conway for over a year.

He was right outside her apartment building two minutes before her

murdered. It's the guy.

He followed Kendall from New York, and I followed him. He's the guy. The guy.

DNA doesn't lie.

Williams is not the guy.

Which means our stalker is still with us. I've got a moose. I think I'll kill

myself.

Need any help?

See what I mean? You see what I mean? All right, give me a minute.

Just give me a minute.

Come here. Can I talk to you?

Now, look.

I know the two of you got off on the wrong foot, but she's one of the best

that I've ever worked with.

And I really like her on our team. All right?

She's not better than me, right?

Nobody's better than me.

Okay,

Johnny.

Take William from lockup to interrogation. Harm, call down to the

and tell those guys in security down there not to drop their guard. Our

stalker's still out there. And you two, I would suggest you make a truce right

now. Too sweet.

Can you keep my mouth shut if you can?

What a beautiful image that is.

Take my time.

I have all the time in the world to make you mine.

Right next to me.

You can run, but you cannot hide.

Hello.

Hi, I'm here to meet with Iris Hiller. Here you go. I'm sorry, of course.

right, right. I'm Inspector Lee, Harvey. Hi, how are you? Do you want to sit

down?

Listen, can I get you a cup of coffee or something?

Oh, tea would be great.

No caffeine.

No caffeine?

Get over here.

We've got ginseng, we've got manchurian, green leaf, we've got happy time, sad

time, sleepy time. Oh, any time.

St. John's wort, hemp mint.

What about this chamomile?

Chamomile? No, for the traditionalists. All right.

Listen, I'm sorry that that wasn't the right guy.

Yeah, me too. Yeah.

Um, do you mind if I use your phone?

Not at all. Uh, Grateful Dead Shrine over there. And dial nine for an outside

line. Okay.

Oh, you're horribly late.

Yeah, well... Thank you. You're welcome.

I don't suppose that you've noticed that there's an incredibly stunning

supermodel sitting at my desk. Yes, there you are.

Sitting in my chair.

Touching my phone, the phone I use every day.

Yeah, that's wonderful. Have you seen my badge?

You were wearing it yesterday.

I met this girl last night, and she spent the night at my apartment.

This morning, she was gone, and the badge was gone. You do the math.

You could just call her.

I don't have her number and I don't remember her name.

Oh. Except for me.

Look, I... I thought of the sports club last night. You know, to have a beer and

watch the rest of the game. And then there's this really hot chick. She keeps

flirting with me. You know, next thing I know, she's back at my place.

Hey, bud.

How can you sleep with girls and not get their names?

I don't know. It was something weird. It was like, I don't know. I never really

quite got it. I just... No, I know.

Herb? This incredibly beautiful woman sitting at your desk.

Hi there, Kendall. How you doing?

Hi, Nash. I'm hanging in there.

Harvey, get me all the case files on Kendall's more persistent fans. I want

know which ones were in New York the night of the murder. You got it.

Kendall? Hey.

Oh, hi.

Thanks for coming down.

No sweat.

I was supposed to take Nick shopping today, except that the case that I was

that was supposed to be closed, is now reopened. All right? So I'm going to

you to take Nick shopping and kind of hang with him and do that thing.

Excellent. Shopping and hanging out with Nick are two of my favorite pastimes.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Don't scare me on this shopping thing, all right? Oh,

I won't go over your credit limit.

How about he shops, you're the companion, and nothing else, huh?

What else should we do?

Okay. Now, Kendall.

We're going to take you back to your place and make sure that you're safe.

come on. Let's go. Got to go. Bye.

All right.

Let go.

Excuse me. That's my seat. Just get in the back, Joe.

No, no, no, no. You get in the back seat. That's my seat, see? And you know

my seat. And it's been my seat since the beginning of time.

You see, this is good practice for you to see this in case you ever decide to

have kids again.

I don't see a name on this seat.

This is Nash's car. This is your car. Isn't it, Nash? All right.

That's what you please tell her.

No, no, no. Too dangerous.

Look, get in the back seat or I'll make you get in the back seat.

Are you threatening me, Dominguez?

As a matter of fact, I am.

Oh, no. Come on. Hey, hey, hey.

Get in the car. If you want a ride, you better get in.

Where time stands still.

I'll move at your will.

We let the morning come still.

What,

what, what?

You need to reassess the way you treat the fair sex, okay? Come on. In India,

for instance, celibacy is the road to nirvana. It's called brahmacharya.

Yeah, a name which resembles a very bitter medicine.

Well, you need to clear your head.

You need to release sexual tensions and thoughts.

You need to learn to treat women with respect.

Treat them as human beings instead of, say, you know, recreational vehicles.

Okay, look, look.

I've learned my lesson, okay? Next time, I'll get a name, all right?

No.

Okay, how about let's compromise here. How about two weeks? No, no, no.

There's no negotiating where enlightenment is concerned, Edmund.

Okay, you want my help? One month. No women. Period.

Okay, one month. Fine.

Hey! Oh, don't open that.

Somebody's been inside here. I stuck this between the door and the gym before

left. What is that?

Dental floss.

You're supposed to believe a piece of dental floss over a $10 ,000 state -of

-the -art security system?

I'm telling you, someone opened this door.

Watch your candle, Iris. Joe, come on.

Well, I guess the witch Dennis was wrong, huh?

What's up there?

My smoke alarm.

My heart burns with desire.

Soon yours will, too.

Your number one fan.

He was here.

He was in my house, Matt. Okay, now we are.

All right.

All right, Harv. Give me a list of all of Kendall's enemies.

Especially any that have ties to alarm companies. Canvas the neighborhood, get

statements, make sure these CSU boys dust this place as if it were a museum.

And find out where that doll came from. That's kind of rare.

That's gross.

You know, looking at the fabrics and the pigmentations, I bet it's French.

Early 1880s. Sardine or Faro, most likely.

How do you know that?

Oh, I got hooked on the doll collectible show on the home shopping club.

What the hell do you watch at three in the morning?

Dirty movies?

Hey, Harvey, come here. I want you to find out where this doll came from.

Also, I want a list of anyone who knows Kendall who has a job with access to

alarm companies, all right?

You guys dust every inch of this place.

Yoni, come here.

I want you to scour the neighborhood. Someone must have seen this guy. He was

probably wearing a disguise, you know, in order to smuggle in the doll and the

candles, all right?

You heard her go.

Hey, Ash, could you please talk to your guys and tell them it's okay to take

orders directly from me?

See what I mean?

It happens to be my case here. No, no, no, no. This happens to be our case. I

going to throw you both off the case if you cannot act civil.

Now, this is in San Francisco, so it's an SIU case.

And, Joe, you will respect her as you would any officer of her rank.

Now make up.

You heard me. Make up.

I don't believe this.

Nash! Hi, it's Lynette.

Hi, Lynette.

Hi. Um, Nash, could you go to the SIU?

We need to talk.

What are you doing at the SIU?

Um, well, I'll tell you when you get here.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Tell me now.

Thinking I have a little run -in with the system.

With the... System, you know.

I don't...

to go shopping. And it pulls over and this obnoxious, chiseling little weasel

a three -piece suit steps in front of us and starts to get in our cab.

And when we told him it was ours, he gave us some cock and bull about being a

city official.

Uh -huh. So we told him we didn't care if he was the mayor. I mean, this was

cab.

No, no. Tell me it wasn't the mayor.

It was the city manager.

Larry Gossett, the city manager?

Yeah, that's him. Larry Gossett. Yeah, so Gossett, it starts to get in our cab.

So I just cut in front of him. But I was totally friendly.

And he pushed her. You know, a lady.

So I pushed him back. I had to defend her honor.

And then he took a swing at Nick.

What? And she decked him.

Yeah, beautiful right cross.

Kissed him right on Cupid's bow.

Bam! I could even see his stars.

So, so...

Basically, what you're saying to me is that you assaulted the city's third most

powerful politician.

He deserved it, son.

For taking your cab? It was the principal, Nash.

All right, well, you guys go home, and I'll see what I can do to straighten

mess out.

Wait, wait, wait.

What's that?

Well, see, this is the really lousy part, because that weasel, he flags down

cop and he has us both arrested.

What?

Assault and battery.

Oh, man. All right, Ronnie, cut him loose. No way. No preferential

You see? See, this is exactly the elitist entitlement BS that we're going

fight against.

Yeah. No, you're not.

Yes, we are. We're going to take this to court. We're making a statement.

We're going to stay in jail until the arraignment.

Yeah, we're going to go to prison if need be.

It's ridiculous.

All right, Ronnie, take him away.

Attica.

Attica. Come on, Nick.

Attica.

Attica. Nash, man, we tracked down the store that sold that doll. It's a few

blocks from here. All right, go.

Go. Nash, what happens when someone gets seasick on this barge?

We just throw them over the side. Why, are you feeling queasy?

See what he does?

Do you see what he does? Okay, neutral corners. Let's take a walk, you and me.

I'm taking a walk. Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?

Let me ask you something, Iris.

Why is this case so important?

It's just between you and me.

Kendall's boyfriend, Scott, is 23 years old.

He adored her. They were going to get married.

I blew it, Nash. I didn't see it coming.

How could you? You were looking out for her. Yeah, but I could have read the

warning signs.

Hey, it's not our job to protect the whole damn world. I know.

Too intense, I guess.

At least that's what my ex -husband tells me.

That's a nice thing, he says.

I had no idea you could split up.

Sorry. I don't think so.

27 years of marriage, three kids, two grandkids.

We both just got tired.

He pages me when he pages me.

To tell me he just can't take it anymore.

stakeout. I didn't even argue. I just said fine and hung up.

That's a beaut.

Yeah.

Well, we better get back. I mean, it's been 20 minutes since you pissed off

Oh, I'm going through withdrawals. Oh, look what they've done to her

face. Oh, sweet Isabella.

So, You're sure that this doll came from your store?

My dolls, they're like children to me.

Oh, you hope that you love your children equally.

But Isabella was special. She had a charm. She had a joie de

vivre, if you will.

Did she suffer much?

We don't think so.

Thank heavens.

Nut? No, thanks.

I'm trying to quit. Thanks.

Would you remember the person who bought this doll? Mm -hmm.

He was your height. He had short hair, a beard, paid cash.

Would you be willing to work with a sketch artist so we could come up with a

composite? If I could keep the original.

Uh, you okay?

Uh, could I, could I see one of these?

Yes, certainly. Which one?

Oh, well, that's an authentic Wyoming Territory Sheriff's badge.

1878. I hope you're not serious.

How much do you want for it?

Evan, you can't do this. There's something to carry, Harp.

Nick, what are you doing here?

Raising a little hell. It's cold in here. Can you do something?

Well, we could find a space heater, perhaps.

Hey, it's Lynn.

Oh, good, honey. How are you?

How's life at the Chronicle?

Yeah? Listen, I have a juicy little tidbit for you on an abusive city

Yeah, oh, hang on a second. Hey, Harvey, we're running low on TV in the

restroom. Can someone order a mushroom and green pepper pizza?

In here.

Could you just put it right over there? Thanks. Yeah.

I hope you remembered the sodas.

All right, did the lab get the prints off the doll yet? They're still working

it. But we did get the shop owner who sold it to give us a detailed

of the guy.

Now, this is good.

Not really, because the description doesn't look anything like the one that

Williams gave us of the same guy. So either both of our eyewitnesses are

or we're dealing with two different stalkers. And personally, I subscribe to

former theory.

Or the third possibility is that our stalker is using different disguises.

That's a weird M .O. for a stalker.

Not if it's somebody that Kendall would recognize. Well, I'll see if there's

anybody who's close to her she had a falling out with recently.

This girl has no enemies.

Well, she's got at least one.

Charisse, where's my bottom half?

Uh, Joe, she can't find her bottom half.

I can see it perfectly.

Oh, quit drooling, Joe. I'm stepping in puddles here.

Maybe we should check in on Kendall.

Kendall,

what are you doing here? You're supposed to be on stage.

Well, Zach told me to wait here while he checked out the security.

You hired Zach?

This whole thing has been weirding me out. He's a big year. He can never be

safe, right?

Check all IDs. Let's remember, this guy's not in a close over. Nobody gets

within 20 feet of Kendall as I personally find out.

Who's this guy?

High -end security guru.

Famous. At least he likes to think he is. Used to work for Kendall.

Doesn't look that tough to me.

He's not tough. He's smart.

He wrote a book on how to avoid being stalked, a big bestseller.

Yeah, it was called, um, Walk Without Fear.

Thanks, Inspector.

Got everything under control.

Oh, good for you.

But, um, you are aware that we're investigating a murder here, right? My

client's not a criminal. She'd like a privacy check.

So, exactly what are you saying here?

I've had a lot of success with a program I call preemptive deceleration.

Wow. That's a good word. Nice phrasing.

Now, let's have that in layman's terms.

It's a program where I seek out and dissuade stalkers. I found that by

talking to them oftentimes to lose interest.

What? No kidding.

You know, no offense, Zach, but in my experience, stopping a homicidal

sociopath, you don't do it by chatting them up.

Now, if you want to stick around and watch Kendall, I got no problem with

But we'll handle the killing part.

He is dead.

You know what? I don't think Spears likes you.

Yeah, well, the feeling's beautiful.

What the hell is this?

Inspector, are you aware of the threats you emailed the city manager instead of

terrorist actions according to the charter?

What are you talking about?

From the death of Nash Bridges.

They spilled parasitic with an S and not a C.

No comment.

No comment.

I have no statement at this time, except that if you people don't get off this

dock, you're all under arrest.

You're using my name.

My email to threaten legal action.

It seemed a politically prudent thing to use a name he was familiar with.

Do you want your granddaughter to go to college?

Because that's damn sure not going to happen if I get fired. You're not going

get fired.

You're right I'm not going to get fired, because I'm going to call the mayor

myself, and I'm going to tell him that my lunatic family is behind this.

You're always telling me that I should be more active. Well, I haven't been

fired up in years. What's more fun than fighting City Hall?

Golf?

Uh, bowling?

Maybe two games of poker a week. Make one of them strip poker.

We're suing the city and the city manager for false arrest and

two can walk out of here right now.

Yeah, but we don't want to.

We're committed to this fight.

No, no, you committed me to this fight.

No more using the cell phone. No more calling the press. No more

I thought I brought you up with a little more backbone. We're fighting for the

little man. If you were half as interested in my case as you was with

other cases, you'd see we're doing the right thing.

Inspector, Louis Hornstein's office. Mine, too.

Okay, thanks, Ronnie. Come on, you guys. Get out of here right now. Let's go.

Come on.

Hell no. We won't go.

All right, fine.

No more special treatment.

The cell phone and the computer, out of here. Gone.

All this nice fancy schmancy snack food.

It's over with. Out of here.

Extra trip to the John?

Ha, ha, ha. That's done.

Now then, this is a jail, not summer camp.

Johnny, get the rest of this crap out of here.

All right, you two, find out what went on in the past between Kendall and

Spears. We're missing a beat here.

Do you mind?

Yeah, hi.

Nash Bridges.

Uh -huh.

Well, uh, I've got a little issue I'm working on.

Oh, God, you scared the hell out of me. I thought we should go over some

changes.

What are you doing with my day planner?

Just some changes for your safety.

I rearranged your appointments.

Shouldn't be too predictable.

Look, Zach, it's not the same.

I thought you said you understood.

I'm here to protect you.

Without invading my privacy, okay?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get dressed.

I'm the only one you can trust.

We can't go back to the way we were.

I don't want to.

And what was that?

We had a flat.

Pull over.

Weren't you supposed to jack the wheel up first?

No, you're supposed to loosen the lug nuts first, then jack up the tire.

Doesn't sound right. I think it's supposed to jack it up.

Well, you know what? Since I'm doing the work, why don't you let me do it my

way, okay? Look, I offered to help you.

Oh, yeah, what did this go down over there? That helped me a whole lot.

Oh, don't get short with people, the other way.

Hi. Hi.

Do you folks need some help?

Maybe you could sit a little back for us.

See, I say after Jack... I'll take your wallets and watches.

Honey?

To my coat over there.

Yeah, I'll get it.

You just won the lottery, loser.

Excuse me, are SFPD we'd like to talk to you about one of your customers?

I'm working here, fellas.

It'll just take a minute.

Nice badge, Sheriff.

You must be Miss Kitty.

Here. We heard that you specialize in belly button butterflies.

That's one of my specialties.

Great, great. We need some information on one of your customers.

This girl's about 5 '6". She's really, really attractive.

And she's got three butterflies tattooed around her midsection.

What's her name?

Well, we don't know.

I guess I can't help you. I do a lot of those tattoos.

Okay, I met this girl at a bar, right? And we had this really, really wild

evening together, and then I woke up in the morning, and she was gone, and so

was my dad.

And why don't you know her name?

I guess I missed her.

So you took something from her, and she took something from you.

Yeah, yeah, that's sort of what happened. Look, can you help me out? I

lose my job on this.

Please?

You know, you're lucky. I like men.

Wait, wait, wait.

That's it.

Right there.

Is that her?

Yes, it is. Thank you so much.

Josh! Her name is Sonia Soucy. She's 25, Gemini.

She lives near the university. She teaches aerobics. She's also working as

paralegal as she's studying for the bar.

But not that you would know any of that.

That's all right. That's all right. Shame is a great teacher. Welcome to the

work release program.

Do a good job and we'll get some time off.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Inger.

I can't talk right now, honey.

All right,

talk to you later. Bye -bye.

Do you speak Swedish?

I married a Swedish guy.

No way.

I married a Swedish woman.

Well, I hope yours works out better than mine.

Yeah, well, so far so good.

You got kids?

Three last I checked.

You do that Christmas tradition of dipping the bread in the ham broth every

year? I was in charge of modding the urn.

Are these people crazy or what?

My in -laws are from Ludwiga.

No way. Mine are from Fargestad. It's like about 30 minutes away.

You know, it's not too cold to start the car in the morning.

Did you ever go to that restaurant in Avista?

The Svenska?

It's the only one there.

Keep working.

Hey,

Nash. Hey, Nash, ma 'am.

So did you two play nice?

I get talking about everything went fine. Tell them what we learned.

Okay. According to Elliot, Kendall and Spears were lovers while they worked for

her last year.

I got a deal. What you tell me?

No, you go ahead.

For sure?

Yeah. Oh, okay. Then their relationship went south, but he continued to work for

her. Odd, no?

Until she found a new boyfriend, Scott Miller.

Then let me guess what happened next.

Then Kendall dumped Spears shortly thereafter.

Yep, because he became, quote, Too possessive.

Uh -huh. And when was that?

About four months ago. About two months before she started receiving the dolls.

I see you're reading this book there.

Yeah, I found some interesting things.

Herbie? Yeah.

Scan that.

And then scan this photo.

Well, we got one of these things back in New York that's great.

You could put men in women's clothes, women in men's clothes.

Well, I guess that's nothing novel in this state.

Okay,

Harv, take these glasses, put them on these two guys.

Okay, good. Now lose the beard and the mustache.

Tell me that's not the same guy.

So Spears is our man.

And he's at Kendall's house.

All right, calm down, calm down.

Harvey, call over there and talk to the unis. Tell them to go in there and make

sure... My unis just called.

Spears just kicked them out of the house ten minutes ago.

Where did all the policemen go?

The only effective after a crime has been committed. Don't quote your book,

Zach. Did you blow them off? I'm the expert here, Kendall.

Damn it, Zach, you promised me. And you promised me. We had a commitment and you

broke it.

I fell in love with somebody, Zach. You and I, we went on a couple of dates.

You have a bad habit of hanging around with useless people.

I think it's better if you just leave.

You can keep your retainer. Just go.

You're not kicking me out again.

Yes, I am.

Now, please, go.

Kendall?

I'm trying to protect you.

I did it for you I did everything for you

I would lay down my life for you

He's here.

He's here.

Army, save a candle, Joe. Let's go.

Everybody want to try this?

You all right?

Don't blame yourself.

I'm not. I'm blaming you.

Just kidding.

You guys act like you almost tolerate each other. What gives?

We still can't stand each other.

Low. I'd use the word low, wouldn't you?

Low is good. We searched the neighborhood. No sign of Spears.

World's highest paid anti -stalking expert ends up stalking the world's

paid model.

So we keep Kendall here, right?

Yeah, but we're forgetting who installed the original security system.

Hey, guys, here's the new alarm guy. That's why I'm changing all the codes on

the alarm. Go to work, bub. You got it. Tell me something. How are we going to

catch this guy?

We're going to send a decoy limo to the fashion show.

He's probably going to try and hit it while it's on its way there, or

when it arrives, because he knows that security is going to be too damn tight

for him to get inside once he's there.

I read your book.

Where the hell is Kendall?

She's not here, that's for sure.

But she did say to tell you goodbye, though.

I work for her.

I demand that you get the hell out.

Sorry, Bubba.

But you've been fired.

She loves me. We're soulmates.

Oh, tell it to your cellmate, Bubba.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. I got a patent on that.

No, you're it, Iris.

Cuff him, Joe.

Harvey.

Yeah, we got him. It's all clear.

Okay, we just arrived. We're going in now.

Evan, did you find your badge yet?

Did you tell him?

He just knows these things. Don't ask me how.

I hear you're looking for this.

Yes, actually, I have been.

Thank you.

Sonia, Susie, this is Harv. Harv, this is Sonia, Susie.

Sonia, nice to meet you. I heard a lot about you. I'll be over here.

Well, I guess I should go. I have to teach class in about an hour or so.

Why'd you take it?

Felt like we made this connection and then...

The next morning, you didn't even walk me to the door.

And obviously you weren't listening at all. I guess I just wanted you to

remember something about me.

It worked.

I remember the butterflies.

Look, I'm sorry. I was absolutely wrong.

Would you like maybe we could go have some coffee or something, talk?

Maybe. If I can remember.

I'm sure you make extra copies of that.

I feel like I'm leaving my family.

You got another family you have to tend to.

Yeah.

Oh, oh, oh, watch the red. Oh, stop it.

Thanks for everything, man. You're welcome, and thank you.

How you doing, Edis?

Oh, be safe, Jose.

Well, I got the car warmed up ready to take you to the airport.

So, your bridges.

Yeah, and you've got it.

I don't know what the hell I'm doing here, but I assume it has to do with

people I had arrested.

So here I am. You need a statement?

No, but I do need you to get your ass out of my chair.

Do you know who you're talking to?

Why, yes, I do.

That looks kind of tender there.

I am Lawrence Gossett, the city manager.

Yeah, well, maybe not for long, Larry.

We have a friend in common, you know.

We do?

Yes, sir, Mr. Lewis Hornstein.

Very good friend of mine.

He also employs my daughter.

And what is the relative?

Well, I understand that he's your largest political benefactor.

Yes, well, I suppose he is. And he sort of owes me an outstanding debt, if you

will. And?

And I collected on it.

So, Nick, Lynette, I just want to say how sorry I am for the deplorable manner

in which I mistreated you.

And I will never act that way again.

Satisfied?

Good enough for me.

All is forgiven.

Mr. Gossett?

Great son.

Now you can let us out.

Well, actually, first we have to arrange for the cancellation of the

arraignment. And then the DA has to officially drop the charges.

How long will that take?

I don't know, Harf. Usually no more than six, seven hours.

Ness, that's all night.

Can't you just bend the rules a little bit?

Well, I could, but I know how strongly you feel about city officials misusing

their positions.

So, it won't be long.

Harf, want to grab some dinner?

Yeah, sure.

Joe won't mind? Oh, no, we have an arrangement.

Now, look, I'll pay if you choose.

Oh, my kind of date.

You ever have Balinese barbecue?