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Bye.

What's up, Drew?

It's a strange thing, Captain. This guy was shot through the heart approximately

ten minutes ago.

Paramedics said he was dead before he even hit the ground.

Nobody saw anything. Nobody even heard anything.

He just, uh, he just dropped.

Stop!

Inspector Dominguez, we have top fire to Battery and Barcadero.

One man down.

Tell them to roll units at Pier 29.

Roll patrol units at Pier 29. Possible location of the shooter.

Where is he?

I don't know. Not close enough for us to get.

Two casings. The shells belong to some kind of big -game hunting rifle. We're

going to send them to the lab for more details.

Such bad things happen on such a nice day, huh? Our two victims, Jorge Garcia,

sign repairman Paul Little, security guard, have no known connection.

I think they were random targets.

Did you guys see anything at all? Didn't see anything, didn't hear anything.

So what we're talking about here is a high -powered rifle with a big siren

At long range.

Somebody's big game hunting in the city, and now that's a lovely thought.

What else?

Good morning.

Well, good morning.

Except I thought you were gone.

Oh, I am gone.

Meaning I don't work here anymore, but I do have a job to do, so I'll be coming

here occasionally to work.

I see. That makes a lot of sense.

Look, don't open the subject, because the subject is closed.

It'll still count on you trying to close us down, right?

I gotta speak.

Thank you.

You might want to take this with you.

Look, I'm here to review some cases, okay? Whether or not I close you down

depends entirely on what you've done.

I'm not scared of you.

Are you scared of me?

My people tell me I'm feeling something, but I'm not sure what the hell it is.

You sound terrible.

It's fine. It's just a cold.

It is right off the hall with just a little dark and damp and cold. You know,

I understand a little sunshine and a sea breeze will clear that right up.

Please let me suffer a week.

Lab results on those shells, we guessed right. They came from a high -end

hunting rifle, a Weatherby 460.

Big game rifle.

We also got a print off the shell.

And? And it didn't match anybody in our system.

So we've got a big game hunter with no record, huh? And no conscience.

Barb, hit the gun shop.

Yep. Look for weatherbeast, purchased or stolen. You got it.

Uh, Nash?

Yeah? Can I talk to you when you take a break?

Yeah, right now. I'll be right with you. All right.

Hey, Bubba.

Hey. What's up?

Uh, look, there's, uh, there's something that I thought you should know.

First, out of respect.

Know what?

I'm going to ask Cassidy to marry me.

I mean, I know that you've had your reservations about a relationship, you

in the past, but I truly love her.

I promise that I'm going to take care of her and I'm going to keep her safe.

Are you going to say anything?

What do you want me to say? That I think it's a good idea?

Because I don't.

At least, not for right now.

Evan Cassidy's a freshman in college, aside from a variety of other issues.

I don't think she's ready to make that kind of decision in her life right now.

I love her, Nash.

I don't think that's ever going to change.

So what's the rush?

There is no rush. It's just that I just feel that this is something that's right

for me at this point in my life.

Evan, you know that you can feel strongly about something and not need to

it. Look, Nash, I know how you feel, okay?

And I appreciate it.

I just wanted to let you know what's going on.

Thanks.

Can I tell you how wonderful this evening has been?

I mean, I haven't had a meal like this since my mom was born in Paris.

And I swear, that cafeteria food is just killing my taste buds.

What?

Evan? Uh, no, yeah.

What did you say?

Are you okay? Because, you know what, you seem a little nervous.

No, no, I'm fine, actually.

I was just thinking about how lucky I am to be here with you now and how

absolutely wonderful you are.

That's sweet.

Thank you.

Now, what are you setting me up for?

I'm not setting you up for anything.

Oh, come on, okay. The candles, the romantic dinner, the little table in my

room, you're acting all coy.

You've got something up your sleeve, Cortez.

It has to be.

Excuse me, one second.

One second.

Evan, Evan, Evan, what are you doing?

I've been... Don't move. Do me a favor. Just don't... Oh, my God.

Hello, Miranda.

Miranda,

can I talk to you for just one second?

Okay, I thought you were going to be home until like 11 or something.

Yeah, look, could you do me a favor and maybe wait right outside for just one

minute? Didn't we discuss the fact that I'm writing the most crucial 20 -page

paper of my life? I cannot...

I cannot function in the library anymore.

You know what, Miranda? You are not the only person in the universe, okay? The

world does not revolve around you. This is my room, too. My paper is due in 12

hours. I'm literally... I'm having a panic attack.

Okay, great.

That's great.

Miranda, look.

Remember that time that I saved your life? Remember that? Could you please do

a favor and just wait out here, please?

Thank you.

Oh, crap.

What are you... Evan, um... It...

Isn't what I think it is.

It is what you think it is.

Cassidy Bridges.

Will you marry me?

I have to tell you that I love you with all my heart.

I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

Say whatever you want. Just don't say no, please.

I have to think about it.

I'm not... I'm not saying no.

It's just that, you know, this is a huge decision, and I really need to think

about it.

against the roof.

It's not the wind. I checked the windows.

Do you know what that is?

No.

It's the rats in the attic.

Honey, what do you want me to do? It's the middle of the night.

She meant it to me.

Oh, don't tell me we've got a homicide.

No, we have rats.

You have what?

Rats. We have rats in the attic.

Joe, it's 3 a .m.

Yeah, I know, but Inger wants you to make him go away.

There, I made a magic spell. Poof.

Are they gone?

She's serious, man.

Yeah, so am I. It's 3 a .m., Joe.

I'll take care of it first thing in the morning.

Bye.

Hello?

Okay, here's the deal.

You do have rats up there.

Probably three.

Or four.

Did you catch them?

No. I didn't even see them.

I can tell by the amount of core.

Okay, so how do you get rid of them?

I set the traps with peanut butter, and I spread them around logically where

they run. That should take care of it.

And I'll come back in a couple of days and collect the trap.

Sounds good to me. And will that get them all?

Well, occasionally you have a juvenile who's never left the nest, but there's

plenty of traps up there.

We'll get him on round two.

I got to go to Chicago tomorrow night. She's got to let me know by tomorrow

night. Yeah, I think Cassidy's in charge of the timetable, bud. No, my sister's

going to have her baby. I got to go. No, no, you don't understand.

All units, person down.

Possible 221 sniper, corner of Sampson and Filbert.

Responding units, create safe quarter, code 33.

5 George 42 responding. Have the unis roll to the victim. Repeat, have unis

to the victim. We're going after the hunter.

That's a perfect sniper perch.

Have a lovely day.

Hey, hey, hey.

3460 that we recovered. One of the most beautifully crafted long -range hunting

rifles in the world. It's got an effective range of 1 ,000 yards. It

grain bullets.

And when you add this Leupold 4x12x40mm objective anti -glare scope and

a little German noise suppression, you can pull off a pretty undetectable

shooting. First class all the way.

Now we get the job done.

Why go to Africa when the hunting's so good here, huh?

Who owns the gun?

I found the registration.

It was purchased by William B. Wheaton, an investment banker who lives up on

Russian Hill. Any chance he could have been up on Coit Tower?

No way.

We ran his DMV. He's 52 years old, 5 '10", 190 pounds.

And the guys that we chased were definitely younger.

What about the blood on the torn piece of clothing?

We've got the lab running the DNA right now.

All right. Why don't you pay a visit to Wheaton?

See what he knows about the gun.

Peace offering.

What is it?

Bridges brew.

My grandmother's secret recipe.

It'll cure what ails you. If you haven't got an ailment, it'll give you one and

then cure it.

Soothing.

What's in it?

If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret.

It's not like you'd be the first college girl to get married.

I mean, look at Claudio and Valentina. Girlfriend, they're from Chile.

So?

So, maybe they do things sooner there.

Look, all I know is... All I know is I don't know.

Do you love him?

What do you mean? You're overthinking this. Do you love him or not?

Yes, very much.

Then what are you worried about?

Love conquers all.

Perhaps you'd care to venture a guess as to how your rifle...

came to be used in these sniper attacks.

How much longer is this going to take?

I'm expecting a conference call.

It's going to take as long as it's going to take, Mr. Wheaton. I don't like your

attitude, and I don't like your questions, and I couldn't give you an

anyway because I sold that rifle three months ago at a gun show in Costa Mesa.

To whom?

I happen to know a fellow who's a gun dealer.

He knew I had the rifle. He had a customer who wanted it. He made me a

deal. We're going to need a name on that dealer.

Raymond Spurzum.

I'll give you his card.

Thank you.

Who are the boys in this photo, sir? My sons. That was taken last fall on a

hunting trip to Colorado.

How old are your boys?

Fifteen and seventeen in the picture.

Do you mind if we ask them a few questions?

Yes, I do.

Oh?

Why's that?

Because I've already given you all the relevant information I've got.

Would you happen to know if they have an alibi for today around 3 .30? That's

harassment. Get out.

We could do that, Mr. Whedon, but we're probably going to have to come back.

Not if I know the law, and I think I do. Look, why don't you guys go ply your

trade on some poor unfortunate that's intimidated by this kind of behavior?

Well, sir, I wouldn't underestimate you. I don't think that's possible.

You're just a couple of piss -ats barking up the wrong tree.

Goodbye.

Joe! Joe! What?

They're back.

I guess they didn't like peanut butter, huh?

I'll call the guy first thing in the morning.

There's not a solution. I can't sleep with this horrible noise.

Honey, we have a rat problem, okay? It's not my fault. I know.

Well, you're acting like it is. No, I am not.

What?

Jeff the Raccoon. All right, I'll call Jeff the Raccoon.

Maybe you woke him up.

He's out of town for the week in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas?

With our money?

And he's at us with his rats?

They're not his rats.

He's at an exterminator's convention.

I'll try to find somebody new in the morning, okay?

What about tonight?

What else can we do?

are you doing?

I'm going up there.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I love it up here.

Can we make this my office space?

There's no need to be sarcastic.

you are.

If you have any idea how miserable you're making my marriage.

All right.

Love, love.

Serve us.

Joe, you're right.

Wow.

Yeah, wow.

Did you get him? No.

Came close, though. He's pretty fast.

I'm thinking that, uh, You need one of those oversized carbon fiber ding

I brought you some tea.

Are you sure you're all right? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Thank you. Can I get you

something, Nash? Oh, no. No, thanks, Singer.

Not a bad place for a skylight, though.

How are you going to fix it?

Oh, well, Dove, the contractor, came by this morning.

What are you giving that to me for?

You're the landlord.

That's exactly right. I'm the landlord, not the dope that took the dive through

the ceiling.

You don't expect me to pay for this, do you? Well, yes, I do.

You see, you should have waited for Jeff. He's the professional.

Well, the professional was too busy playing craps in Vegas and he didn't do

proper job in the first place, which is why I had to go up there.

Sorry. No, no, no, no, no, no. You have to pay for this. You need to take care

of it. You know why?

Because I'm not going to.

No. No.

Oh, your other option?

You could put a skylight in right there.

So we paid that visit to Mr.

Wheaton. There's a dude with lots of lawyers, lots of guns, lots of money,

two teenage sons.

And? Based on some photos of those two boys and how anxious Papa was to get rid

of us, I'd bet anything I got that those two young men are our shooters.

Anything to tie him to the gun?

Nothing to tie him with. They're not in the system. Daddy claims he sold the gun

to a dealer named Raymond Spurzum, who in turn traded it at a Reno gun fair.

conveniently, there's no paperwork.

Yeah, we checked the guy's phone records.

There's four calls from Wheaton since the Coit Tower shooting, claims that

discussing trades.

What is this thalassemia thing?

That is a blood disease, Nash, a very rare form of anemia. The lab results on

the cloth we recovered indicate that one of our bad guys suffers from it.

Yeah, I suppose there's any way we can get these Wheaton boys to submit to a

blood test, huh?

Two minors with no previous records and no probable cause?

Dream on, brother.

So what are we going to do? Just wait around until someone else gets popped?

Well, if they're anything like the old man, eventually they're going to run a

stop sign or jaywalk or use a fake ID or something.

When we get them in custody, we give them a blood test.

Exactly. Loverly.

Uh, Nash, let me ask you something. Is there something going on between you

Oh, nothing, except that I have a big hole in my ceiling, courtesy of my

landlords. Oh, yes, that just spontaneously caved in.

Didn't it? Or do you want to tell them how it happened? Yeah, right after you

tell them about the rat infestation. I do not have rat infestation.

All right, look.

We're going to have to work together, so I suggest we resolve this thing right

now. Cool. How? I suggest arbitration.

You mean hire a professional arbitrator?

Exactly. For $2 ,000?

How do you know it's going to cost $2 ,000?

Well, because my nephew Eladio is a member of the American Allied Mediation

Arbitration Society. That's how.

Fine. I'll throw in $1 ,000. You throw in $1 ,000.

Then it's all right that he's my relative.

Is this the same Eladio that negotiated you down to 2 % from 100 % for the

family business? Yeah, I'm good with him.

All right, cool. Well, I'll give him a call then. Good. Give him a call.

Hey, what's up? Hey, hold on a second.

Yeah? Well, congratulations, sis. That's great.

Yeah, I love you, too. I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay. Okay, bye.

It's a girl. Oh, what's her name?

Bonnie. Oh, congratulations, Uncle.

Thank you so much. Look, I've got a ticket.

Leaving to Chicago in three hours. You want to come?

I can't.

Evan, listen. I promise as soon as you get back, I'll have your answer.

Okay?

So just go have a good time.

Okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No hello, Dad?

Hi, Daddy.

Aha. Bye, Daddy. Wait, wait, wait. Cassidy, you got a minute?

I hope this isn't going to be one of your parental inquisitions, Daddy.

Oh,

God.

Mmm,

it's Nash's favorite cup.

The chief gave it to him, you know, to commemorate the opening of City Hall.

So I'll just replace it.

He only made two dozen of those.

I mean, you couldn't track down another one if you wanted to.

Well, what are you trying to tell me, that Nash is actually going to be upset

about this?

Oh, no. It's just his favorite cup.

But there's no reason for you to get married now.

Why? You think I can't handle being married and going to school at the same

time? No, no, no, Kathy.

What I'm saying is, what is the compelling reason for you to get married

My reasons are my feelings.

Love, desire for commitment.

And a piece of paper does all those things, huh?

All right, all right. Sorry.

I'm not passing judgment on your relationship. I'm just trying to give

benefit of my experience.

Cassidy, you're just now starting college. In four years, you're going to

a completely different space than you are now.

And you think all is outgrown, Evan?

Maybe, maybe not. Daddy.

Let's just say you have.

Maybe what was right for you isn't right for me.

Baby, I think you're very responsible.

But let's not forget that I have been down this road before.

I just want you to take advantage of my experience.

Are you saying you wish you hadn't married Mom? No, I'm not saying that.

I'm just thinking that it might have had a better chance of working if we hadn't

have rushed into it when we did. You know, Dad, I just want you to admit it,

okay? Because you've never approved of this relationship.

And you just can't stand the thought of us being married.

Cassidy, that is not true.

I am just suggesting that you wait. Why? So you can get used to it? No, so you

can.

Listen, whether I marry Evan tomorrow or the next day or in a week or in a month

or in a year, I'm going to do it.

Dad, I just did it.

PV mug.

Right. Uh, Royal blue with gold trim.

Yeah. Yeah. I understand that only 24 were made, but you know what? Let me

you back.

Hi. Hi.

How's the cold?

Fine. Much, much better. Thanks.

Good.

I am so sorry.

You know what? In fact, I'm mortified. I am. It was an accident.

It's kind of a special cup to me. I realize that. That's why I've been on

phone for the last hour. I've been trying to replace it.

It's irreplaceable.

I will. I will replace it.

Wait.

Hold this. It's a magic scarf.

A magic scarf? Yeah, you just hold it up by the corners.

Ready?

Okay, now then. I need you to take the magic scarf and put it over the file.

Nash, come on. Put it over the file.

There you go.

Say the magic words.

I do not know the magic words.

Apparently you do.

How did you do that?

Magic. Oh, wait one second, Nash. Come on. Let me see it. Where are the pieces?

What pieces? There are no pieces.

I have no pieces.

You know what? Here, you can have this.

And I'll just take one of these.

Okay.

All right, that was pretty good.

You guys got me pretty good.

Look.

Almost a sense of humor. Yeah, I can see that.

has the same reservations you do.

Girl, what's the point?

What is the point, then?

The point is, I'm allowed to have reservations, and he is not allowed to

what to do.

Well, if you knew what you wanted to do, then it probably wouldn't be a problem,

right?

Okay, Angela, I have a test here in 20 minutes.

Okay, okay, okay.

You're right.

So, what do I do?

After careful review of the statements filed by both of you regarding the

contract on 217, which led to the incident on 218, pursuant to section 1A,

paragraph 9, subsection DD of the American Allied Mediation and

Society's... Eladio, will you cut to the chase, please?

Okay, fine.

Thank you.

According to my analysis of the situation, the events leading up to the

and the subsequent retaining of Ratwhackers...

I have reached the determination that the amount of repairs in full should be

shared equally by landlord and tenant.

What? Let me see that.

So we just paid this guy $2 ,000 to give us a ruling that we should split the

cost of the repairs?

Gee, why didn't I think of that? Typically, my clients don't, and that's

spent... Nash, call for you, line two.

If I didn't think this was going to cost me another grand, I'd arbitrate who's

going to pay his fee.

Captain Bridges.

Captain,

we were the first units on the accident team. Where's my daughter?

She and her friend are both up in surgery.

Paramedics got there under four minutes, and that's a good sign. Good.

They're expecting you up in the surgery waiting area. All right, thanks. Thanks.

Good luck, Captain. Our prayers are with you. Thank you.

Captain Bridges.

I'm Winifred Holt from Hospital Social Services.

Your daughter's in surgery right now, along with her friend Angela.

How badly injured is she?

I don't know, but I can tell you that she's got the best possible doctors

working on her. This is the top trauma center in the city, sir. She's in the

right place.

Have you ever met Angela's mother, Susan?

No. Excuse me, Mrs. Martin. This is Cassidy's father, Captain Bridges. Nash,

this is my partner, Joe Dominguez.

I'm sorry to be meeting you under these circumstances.

I love Cassidy.

She and Angela are such good friends.

What do you know?

Just that those girls are in surgery.

Okay. Look, we're going to need some more information right away. Can you get

one of the doctors or one of the surgical residents to come out here now?

Captain Bridges, they promised as soon as it's possible someone's going to step

in. Uh -huh, uh -huh.

When?

Listen, I realize that this waiting period has got to be very difficult, but

don't I go see if I can find out anything else? Please.

Nick and Stacy, they're at my Uncle Mike's in Farmington, Missouri. He's

Oh, you better get a hold of Evan.

Okay.

What can I do for you?

Working on their term paper.

I know. Cassidy told me.

I just can't believe this is happening.

We're going to make it through this, Susan.

The

doctors

are still working.

How badly hurt are they? I don't have any specifics. The doctors are also

But they know that you're here and someone will be out as soon as possible.

Look, you're not keeping anything from us, are you? Oh, no, no. I promised you

I'm not. But I'm not a doctor.

The doctors, they want to speak to you directly.

That's the way they work, Susan.

Uh, yeah.

They have a driver of the truck that hit him downstairs.

You want to talk to him?

Absolutely.

I was just driving my truck.

And I came to the intersection.

And their car was right in front of me.

They ran the stop sign.

I hit the brakes.

But there was no time.

Poor daughter.

I tried to stop.

I didn't want any of this to happen.

I feel so bad.

Can you ever forgive me?

Captain Bridges, they need you upstairs right away.

Captain Bridges, I'm Dr. Wilcott.

Let's talk in here.

I'm sorry to have to tell you this, Captain.

We did everything we could, but your daughter's injuries were extensive.

We were unable to save her.

I'm very sorry.

You want some company?

Sure.

I was just standing here thinking about the last time I

saw her.

We had this argument.

I know it didn't mean anything.

What was it about?

Whether or not he was going to marry Heaven.

Joe,

I had all these... All these dreams.

These...

Pictures of what her life would be like.

And it all pictured in my mind.

Well, that's what we parents do.

Oh, God, Joe.

She was the best thing in my life.

Little brother.

Here's my question.

I've got blood evidence that contains a rare disease called thalassemia.

If I can show that my suspect has a relative, say a grandparent, a great

-grandparent, whatever, that died of this disease, can I get a warrant to

test my suspect's blood?

Yeah?

That's great news.

You've been a great help.

Hey! Hey, Jimmy!

Is that Jimmy Wheaton?

That's Billy, right? Billy Wheaton, the Wheaton boys. How are you boys feeling,

huh? You feeling pretty ballsy tonight, huh? What?

Excuse me, who the hell are you?

SFPD. Excuse me, ladies. You know who you're dealing with here? I'm the cop

that's going to take you down. Why don't you get out of our face, man?

Oh, that's fine. Yeah, I'll do that. Just answer me this.

Why'd you do it?

Because I got a couple of widows with young children. They need an answer to

that. You're on private property, and if you don't have a warrant, then please

step back. The answer better not be that it was just for kicks.

Because if that's the answer, my young man, I'm going to come unwell on you,

that's going to end my career right here.

What's your name?

Let me make it easy for you. Leek. L -E -E -K. Daddy can't help you out of this

one, my friend.

Here's my card.

Enjoy your last few hours of freedom, okay?

Savor them.

Thank you.

How's Angela?

They say she's going to be okay.

They're finishing up.

God doesn't have a plan, Nash.

I want you to know that.

Angela's daddy was killed in a plane crash when she was 11.

We never got over it, but life went on and it's

been good.

I've had to tell a lot of people that

their loved ones have died.

I know that there's never an answer to the why question.

No.

But you go on.

And you don't have to walk alone.

Are they going to let you see her?

Why? What's wrong? Please, just come with us.

Captain Bridges.

What the hell's going on?

There's been a mistake.

A mix -up in the ID of the two girls. Probably happened at the crash scene.

I was mistaken in telling you that your daughter had died.

I sincerely apologize.

What I'm here to tell you is that Cassidy is very much alive.

She's in recovery and she's doing well.

She lost her spleen. She broke a few ribs.

But she's going to be okay.

But Angela?

No.

You can see Cassidy now if you like.

She won't be awake for a while.

What's all this about?

Get a warrant. A warrant for who?

Your son.

You. You. Up.

Right now. You up. You up. Hands behind your back. William Wheaton Jr., James

Wheaton, you're under arrest. Arrest? For what? For the murders of Jorge

Paul Little, and Ray Marchard. Dad. They'll be back tonight.

Big deal.

You never answered my question. What was it, huh? Was it a shooting competition?

Was it random?

Was it a way for you to get your kicks? Don't answer that. You have the right to

remain silent.

Anything you say can and shall be used to answer it.

Yeah, way to go, Harv. Smart thinking.

Yeah, that was a clue that we all would have missed, probably.

Yeah, well, thanks.

Okay. Is everything okay?

Yeah.

Everything's good.

You know, you didn't have to spend all this time down here.

No, you didn't have anything else better to do?

No.

I appreciate it.

You're welcome.

He couldn't do this. How do you ask your ex -partner and best friend if he's a

cold -blooded killer?

Police! Open up!

Someday. You have to question him. The man they call Captain. What do you

huh? Why? Why are you looking at me like that? He's Kojak's number one suspect.

You coming after me? You're Prince Watt, the fiend of the crime.

Chad Palminteri. You believe me, don't you?

Bing Reigns. You lied to me, Frank. The USA Original Series.

Kojak.