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Hello, I'm calling from this side. I'd like to see someone.

Two hours.

Feel like racing to the end of the bridge?

I feel like crawling back into bed.

Me too.

We gonna race the bridge?

Yeah.

Hey, I got some news.

Guess who was appointed to the vacant supervisor's seat?

Who?

Me. What?

That's not fair.

Birdo, that's not fair.

You wait till the bridge to tell me that?

I couldn't tell you before.

The news was embargoed until 7 o 'clock this morning.

You won't think. Hey, hey.

I don't think that's the proper form of address for a supervisor. Excuse me. You

think, miss.

You know.

That each supervisor in this county is more powerful than the mayor.

I don't care how powerful you are. To me, you're still a thinker.

Remember that big cocaine bust in Chatsworth? Yeah.

Police lab report says the dope was cut with Cetamil, an Italian baby laxative.

I wonder which is the bigger high.

I don't know.

That was a joke.

Oh. Boy, you're chipper this morning.

No, no chipper would you be if you just found out that your house is slipping

down a hillside.

Depends on how I like to view from the bottom.

Not an engineer out there. It's going to cost me $20 ,000 to shore it up.

Oh, boy. Well, this is a big day for Los Angeles.

Why? Rick Carey getting appointed supervisor. Didn't you read it on the

He was appointed to fill the seat left vacant when Supervisor Hartunian died.

Wasn't Assemblyman Showertill expected to get that position?

Yeah, that's why this is such a stroke of luck.

I don't know much about Kerry.

Successful lawyer down here.

Big public interest lawyer.

He helped draft some of the major fair housing legislations on the enlightened

side of every issue. Besides being just a good guy. How do you know he's a good

guy?

We're old friends. I know him really well.

You and Kerry, huh?

As a matter of fact, yeah. We go way back. We waited on tables in the

house in college.

He's such a good thinking guy. You wonder where he sneaked through.

He was appointed. He wasn't elected.

If you have such good access, maybe we should swing you over to the Board of

Supervisors. Oh, no way, Lou, really. I mean it. We're really good buddies.

And if somebody digs that up, everything I wrote will be suspect.

I don't mind briefing our guy.

If Tyler, get with him as soon as you can.

Thank you.

Let me pop something off on you.

Okay.

Executive exercises.

Exercises you can do at work by sitting at your desk like raising up and down

while talking on the phone.

Ways for the busy man, woman to keep in shape.

Does it work?

I don't know. I just made it up.

Well, I guess you can squeeze half a column out of it. I was hoping to make

series. Any other ideas?

For my stories, yeah. For the healthy, no.

Unless you want to do a story about how smokers affect the health of non

-smokers around them. Oh, I'm sorry.

I've already done that one.

Anything health -oriented in the morning wine? Sorry, Jerry.

Oh, gosh, one of those dry days.

Like every day.

Art, any ideas for me?

Okay, look.

They're spraying the plums in Hemet with that new stuff. What's it called?

Insecticide.

No, the new kind.

As a consumer, I would like to know, is it safe to eat the fruit if I just wash

it with water, or do I need to do more?

Like what?

Like sandpapering it.

Hmm. I don't know.

Well, maybe you should find out. It might make a good column.

A pretty good column.

Not really.

But I'd make it work.

All right, why don't you have a minute?

I've got a minute now.

Here, Charlie. What is it?

Acid rain.

Oh, I got a break on that story. Farmer up north who's mad gave us a hot

interview. Can the series start this Sunday?

This Sunday? Yeah.

I still don't have the local angle.

Well, it's just that we have a big hole, sonny, and we can use acid rain.

Well, I need to get together with Sweeney and Phelps to integrate what

got. It's just a matter of finding the time this week.

Which is hard for you when you're working the city desk as well as trying

environment editor.

Not ordinarily, but a lot of stuff's been coming at us lately.

And maybe we picked the wrong time for you to be trying to do environment.

Do you want to take me off it?

I just wanted to know how you felt about it.

If it'll make life easier for you, don't feel that you can't drop and run.

If just to soon try a little bit longer, it's okay, too.

How much time do I have?

Art, don't look at this as if it were some kind of a test.

Why not? That's what it is.

Don't worry.

I'll pass.

All the references on Noelle Kilmer confirm she's bright, competent,

hardworking. She's awfully young, though.

So if she doesn't work out, you'll be vulnerable for appointing someone who's

too inexperienced. But she's good? Yes.

Well, let's hire her.

Okay.

Always go with good.

Now, this could be a problem.

Uh -huh. Poll results are there.

Chilito has a higher name recognition. He's definitely going to run.

Too bad this isn't your beat. You could plan something helpful for us. I'm just

here for breakfast.

How much time do we have?

Well, seven weeks to the election, which means you should be passing him within

a month or forget it. So you're being the incumbent for the shorter period of

time really isn't going to help that much.

Yeah, it works against us.

If I start politicking now, I'll look like an opportunist who only cares about

his re -election.

Which is true.

Thank you. But I don't want to look that way.

I don't think we have any choice.

Shillitoe is a state assemblyman, already has a political base. He wanted

appointment very much.

And instead it went to me. He's going to hit us very hard.

And dirty.

Wonderful guy, Shillitoe.

Do you remember listening to him on the radio when we were in school?

Yeah, I liked him then.

Shillitoe's... Nice flight. Right, from midnight to 6 a .m. Then he bought the

station or something.

He's part of a syndicate that did. Through that, he got into a couple of TV

stations in the Central Valley.

He was one of the first into the cable. That's where he made his big money.

Then he went into politics.

Other than the fact that he's a caveman on all the important social issues of

the day, it's an inspiring story.

You're going to have to campaign, Bert, or call this re -election off.

I'm just not comfortable with that.

Why don't we let the people know who we are first? I mean, let them see me as a

good supervisor for ten minutes. Ten minutes, I can live with it.

Two weeks.

Okay, two weeks.

I'll ask my helper to request for an interview from Lester Pearsall.

Monroe's here. Oh.

Okay. I can face the consequences of my decisions.

I take the Bears in seven Sunday.

Ooh.

How do you like the Rams in Pittsburgh?

I don't bet on anything where the ball bounces fine.

Okay, I made the check out to you. You got cash?

Yes. Well, you don't want to check with my name on a going to those guys. I'll

put four bills on the Rams if this spread hasn't changed. All right?

Listen.

What do you know about this journalist, Lisp, you saw?

Good man. Knows his stuff.

He won't get a fair deal from anyone.

Okay, thanks. Helps a lot.

Get me the clip file from the library on the spraying of plums in Hemet. Right.

And move. We're on deadline.

For you on three, David Sloan.

What? He's an old friend who would like a job here, so I said I'd read his

stuff. Charlie looked at it, too.

Bad? It's not good.

Just somebody who shouldn't want to be a writer.

And a nice guy.

Oh, gee.

Hello?

Dave, how are you?

I'm fine.

Listen, I'm glad you called.

I showed your file to some people here.

Well, the deal is that we're really not looking for someone right now.

Well, when that time comes, you know, other people might have candidates.

What I think, well, uh...

I think the writing was good for what those pieces were. Of course, it isn't

style that we usually go for here.

Yeah, I realize that you can use the word.

Well, I'm sorry. We're just not hiring.

Yeah, I sure will.

Thanks, Dave.

Where the hell is Kenny with that clip file?

He just sent it.

I'm held up on this environmental impact piece until I get it in deadlines in 20

minutes.

Where is the file? Jerry Hoffman checked it out of the library.

Well, go get it from him.

I tried. He wouldn't give it to me.

You told him I needed it for deadline?

He said you told him to use it. He's writing a column you wanted for

He refused to give it to me.

This is Duncan, the head of the union.

Well, didn't you get any names while you were there? I was called after the

meeting started.

I had a choice between getting names or getting pictures. You caught this guy

napping. Teachers Union? Yeah.

They're going to support Carrie for supervisor.

I haven't heard that.

It isn't official yet.

Insight information?

I just heard it at breakfast.

It's a smart move on the teachers' part, too, because Carrie is real interested

in improving education.

I think I'm okay on the rest of this.

Thank you.

How do you know Bert Carey?

From college, originally.

I dropped out and he went on to law school.

Yeah, we hooked up about seven years later and picked up our last

right when we left off.

I know what you mean. I've got a few friends like that.

Yeah. Bert's my only friend like that.

We're real different, though. He likes to live more on the edge.

Being in politics?

Yeah, being up for election, driving fast.

Betting. Stuff like that.

What kind of betting?

Just on football.

Big money?

Not huge.

More than a few dollars.

A couple hundred a game.

That can get a county supervisor in debt to the wrong people, can't it?

Why? If he's careful?

Are you going to give this to Tyler for background?

Give it to Tyler?

No, come on.

what I needed.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

Who's the last person you'd expect to get busted for possession of cocaine at

party last night?

Mrs. Pinchot.

Someone in politics, someone with everything to lose and nothing to gain?

You got it. Alexander Page.

No. Who?

Ralph Shillitoe, your buddy's competition in the supervisor's race.

Uh -huh.

The only thing weird about that is he's getting caught. Shillitoe involved with

drugs does not surprise me. With an election coming up?

I'm glad we found out before the election. What's this do to his lead?

What lead?

Close the door, Lou. I think you ought to hear this. I don't want to keep on

repeating this.

Just tell Lou what you were telling me. I wasn't going to say anything at all. I

was just going to stay home and recuperate. But then I realized that

be terribly wrong.

Actually, it took me a little while to get angry.

I think I was in a state of shock there for a while.

What happened?

Well, yesterday I was working against a deadline on my column, an idea that

Donovan suggested, a pretty good one to give him credit. Then the man came into

my office in a hostile state. He started to grab things off my desk. And when I

asked him what the hell he thought he was doing, he hit me and sprained a

He hit you on the wrist?

He grabbed me by the throat and he shook me. And I was so surprised I didn't

have time to defend myself. And then he threw me against the cabinet. That's

when this happened.

The worst thing, Lou, is I have high blood pressure and a heart condition.

I saw a doctor.

My blood pressure was right through the roof.

I'm sorry.

Well, thank you, Lou. I appreciate that. I really do.

Now, what you're saying is that you and Donovan argued and you mixed it up. I

didn't mix anything up. I was too startled. He was too rabid.

Donovan? Rabid? He was wigged out.

kept threatening me with a pencil. I just wanted him to get out of there. A

pencil? An HB or a number two?

Well, he was waving it around.

It could get in your eye, Lou.

Why didn't you come to me with this right away?

Well, this is right away.

First I was shook up, then I saw the doctor, and he gave me something to help

sleep, which I did, and when I woke up, I came in.

Well, this is really unfortunate.

Well...

It's more than unfortunate, Lou.

I'm afraid it would be terribly wrong for me to let this pass.

What do you mean, Jerry?

I mean, I've got to sue Art Donovan and the Tribune.

I don't want to sue the Trib, Lou.

But my attorney says I have to.

You want to get the door, Art?

Why don't you tell me what happened between you and Hollister?

What did he say happened?

Well, I'd rather just hear your side.

My side?

You were there yesterday. I assume we're talking about yesterday.

He wouldn't give the copy boy the clip file I needed, so I went and got it.

You went and physically got it?

You saw me. I had to go to his office.

I said, let's cut out the nonsense.

The clip I needed was on his desk. I grabbed it. The damn thing tore. I

him a jerk and came back here to write the story.

You didn't hit him?

Hit him?

Are you serious?

Just tell me you didn't hit him.

I didn't hit him.

What did you do to him?

Nothing. You didn't touch him?

No.

Well, not really.

I mean, I may have grabbed him by the collar.

I walked in there and I said, okay, Hollister, where is the plum file?

And instead of giving it to me or saying, here it is, he says, I have it

need it.

So I'm thinking, I don't have time to mess around with this guy. So I did grab

him by the collar and I said, all right, tell me where it is.

And then I saw it on the desk and I let him go.

You didn't shove him?

No, I released him and he stumbled backwards.

You couldn't have shoved him?

I didn't.

Okay.

That's not not touching.

I touched his shirt for half a second.

I have the true story now.

Yes.

What did he say happened?

Well, he says you hit him.

Grabbed him by the throat.

Shoved him.

Hurt his wrist.

He has a bad heart and he's going to sue.

What a turkey.

I appreciated the senator's people calling.

First of all, because it was smart politically.

Thank you.

They understand that the budget of the county supervisors in Los Angeles is

that of a small state. Five billion dollars.

And secondly, because I am concerned about the health care issue. And they

it.

Thirdly, because no senator had ever called me before.

When I came back from Washington, I was surprised that the Tribune had really

become a much better newspaper than it was, say, ten years ago.

Yeah. I always read stories with your byline, too.

Oh, thank you, Noelle. Thank you.

What were you doing in Washington?

I went there after Stanford to work.

As a what?

A waitress.

What else doesn't M .A. in political science prepare you for?

I got a volunteer job on the congressman's staff, but I wanted to

Bert took a chance hiring such a neophyte, and it's been great for me.

He's really a terrific guy, you know. I would do anything to see his career get

going. That's going pretty well.

George, you hear that?

What? It was on the news on the way over.

All the charges against Shillito have been dropped.

You're kidding.

Why? Apparently it was a bad bust.

Cops didn't have a right to search the place.

He's holding a press conference in the morning.

He could talk his way out of this when he deserves to be this place but not

as a joke So, um Would you like to go out sometime?

That's nice joke, but I'm Seeing the fellow from the sheriff's department

assigned here sometimes.

Thanks anyway.

I Hope this doesn't mean that we still can't be friends No, no, let's be

The first question is, did Sillito have the cocaine? Right, and he says no.

Why don't we ask him if he uses cocaine?

He's not using it now, so he says no. Ask him if he ever used it. That's good,

because other people would have seen him in the past.

Ask him his future plans.

He'll be waiting for that one, Charlie.

What about giving him a chance to knock Carrie?

That's letting him off the hook, isn't it?

Well, he could give us a good quote, maybe about Carrie's gambling. I've

talk he's a heavy bettor.

I don't want to give Shillitoe an opening to go after Curie at this press

conference. I want to hear Shillitoe's views on drug use. Is he for lighter

penalties? Nice, but has he used dope and still first?

If there were illegal drugs in my home, they didn't belong to me.

Yes, Carl.

Where did the drugs come from?

Well, perhaps a guest who hid the stuff when the sheriff's officers came to

investigate the noise complaint.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Yes. Did you ever take cocaine?

No.

Will you still run for Burt Carey's supervisory seat?

You bet.

Yes. Have our contributions to your campaign slowed?

Yes, they have.

We've been hurt by this. There's no question about it.

We're just going to have to move forward and hope that I'm judged on my record.

You know, I'm frustrated that the charges against me were dropped because

arrest was illegal.

I will now not have a chance to prove my innocence in court.

You know, in our system...

Person is innocent until proven guilty.

In politics, however, it's the other way around.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming.

It rings true, doesn't it?

Art Donovan is a gentle, rational person.

People like that are the first to blow. Oh, that's a junk animal.

That argument really bugs me because it's using the man's good qualities

him. I'm not saying Art is some uptight type who can't express anger.

He expresses anger just fine, and he wouldn't hit somebody who worked for

What did you think when you first heard about the fight?

It really upset me, as a matter of fact. I felt sick to my stomach. Because

inside you believed it was possible.

No, because it was all so awful.

Art was hassled trying to cover the desk and be environment editor, and I heard

he was getting some static from Charlie about it, and his house was slipping

into the Pacific Ocean. Okay, sure, but... So he was under huge pressure,

needed something from Hollister, who frankly teased me off when I said hello

him in the elevator.

Hollister's a pain in the neck, but that's no reason to hit him. I just know

exasperating he can be. You know, just because we like Art more than Hollister.

Doesn't mean Hollister's not telling the truth here. Now, nobody's saying Art

walked in swinging, but if Hollister started to get testy, I'd want to

the guy.

You would.

Hollister works for Art. There's no reason to get physical.

Art doesn't deny he grabbed Hollister by the shirt.

Now, how far is it from grabbing someone and just letting him go and actually

shoving him?

Now, I'm not sure that in the heat of anger you even know the difference.

Hi, Art. Hi, guys. Hi, Art.

So, uh...

Anyway, we're signed to that sewage plant story together.

The apples are good.

I'll try an apple.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

And this guy kept talking behind us. Oh, the most annoying thing in the world.

Art became a different person. He asked the guy if he wanted to step outside.

Good for him.

I'm telling you, he was out of control. He was ready to slaughter the guy.

What happened?

Well, I just said, why don't we just move?

And? And we did.

Okay, faced with the most annoying thing in the world, Art did control himself.

I'm telling you, the guy's got a short fuse.

I also know he's not married.

That's grounds for a suit right there. What do you say, that Art can't get

with people?

I'm saying that steady relationships could be a stabilizing influence.

That's why most murders are the result of domestic quarrels. Art has had steady

relationships. Hundreds of them. We'll get started.

No.

I've got a post showing Shillip who is almost out of the supervisor's race.

it after his press conference?

After the press conference.

People don't like their leaders to do drugs.

If he did.

You don't think so? It's a locked door mystery.

I think we'll never know the truth.

Just like we'll never know what happened in that room between Art and Jerry

Hollister. Hold it, Ruben. Let me just say this to everyone right now.

We've had an unfortunate occurrence.

Gossip and innuendo can only aggravate a lousy situation. So let's stick to

putting out the paper and ease off the gossip.

What have we got for Nash?

Senator Fleming vacationing in San Moritz with a well -known actress.

Not his wife.

Who? Who?

Who?

I didn't want to meet at the office.

Some of the others may not approve, but I think this is the right thing to do.

I think so, dear.

How long have you worked for Rob Chilito?

Oh, since he gave up his business interest to go full -time into politics.

would be the first assembly campaign.

Maybe this wasn't a good place to meet. It's very exposed.

I don't think this group is too interested.

Were you at the party the night Chilito was arrested?

I organized the party. That's part of the reason I feel so terrible.

Then somebody brings somebody that has this cocaine on them.

Who? No idea.

And I'll never admit it.

It wasn't one of the staff members?

No.

Even if we used drugs, we'd never be dumb enough to bring them to a public

gathering like that.

We've all worked too long for Ralph and too hard.

Shilato, of course, was a disc jack involved in the music business. It's

believe cocaine's unfamiliar to him.

Taranti.

In the years I've worked for Ralph, I have never seen any hint of that.

It is impossible for me to believe that he had illegal drugs at his house that

night.

Oh, close the door after you, Mr. Grant. Come right in.

Oh, sit down.

So. So.

I hear your employees are now settling their differences with armed violence.

Armed violence?

The latest version has Mr. Donovan chucking a typewriter at Jerry

Not true.

Well, I didn't think it was.

You know, the top of an organization is the worst position to get the really

good Gotham. Well, you know how blown out of proportion these things get.

Oh, I know so well.

Were they really arguing about that new girl in advertising?

No.

It was about work.

Then there was also that crazy talk about a lawsuit.

That is true.

Oh.

Ballester is threatening to sue, but we haven't received any papers yet. I hope

you're seeking to find the truth of the matter.

Oh, yes.

As a matter of fact, I'm the chief investigator on the case. That's why I'm

here.

Well, I'm clean.

Missing around.

I don't get physical.

Get my way with people.

Having enormous wealth and power, it's so much easier on the nerves.

My sources place you at the scene of the incident at the time it took place.

They do?

Now that's really aggravating.

You weren't there?

Yes, I was there.

But I'm a terrible witness. I didn't see anything.

I may have heard voices raised, but undoubtedly what I heard was completely

of context.

What did you hear?

Well, I thought I heard Mr.

Donovan calling Mr.

Hollister a decrepit old has -been.

And threatening to break him in half.

Thank you.

Where's Luke?

He's out.

Oh. Can you tell me?

Yeah, sure.

I've talked to a lot of people, and I'm fairly convinced it was not Chiladote

Cocaine that was found at his apartment. It's even hard to believe one of his

guests brought it.

And where did the dope come from?

You do know that there's not a lot of love for Chiladote's sheriff department.

What do you mean?

Well, he's always trying to cut their budget as part of his overall efficiency

and government position.

Maybe it should poke around here a little.

I need a contact.

I know if you're a deputy in that office.

Here.

This should be most of it.

Oh, thanks.

Art Donovan was a nice change from all these macho types around here.

Whose idea of a good time is throwing their buddy through a window.

Yeah.

He's such a gentle, sensitive guy. How's he doing?

Fine, fine.

Look, Bella, can you check something for me?

What? Well, I'm looking at the lab report on the coke that was found in

Chilito's house, and it was cut with sedumil. Is that common?

I don't know.

Wasn't the coke that was found in the big bust in Chatsworth, wasn't that also

cut with sedumil? It's an Italian laxative.

You could be right.

It'd be real interesting to know.

I mean, if it was the same formula, for example, Art and I would...

I'd really like to know.

I'll call you.

Thanks.

Sweetie, you're going to have to redo the lead on the freeway sniper.

Where's Rosenthal? I thought you said he'd be back by deadlock. I told him

be back. He said he wouldn't be. He's getting awfully sloppy. We're going to

have to do something about that.

Okay, when he gets back, I'll beat him up.

Rossi. It's Bella. Yeah, Bella?

You were right.

Same stuff?

All right, but I don't think you have to feel concerned. Personally, this is a

matter of public record.

That was.

What I'm about to tell you isn't. Yeah?

Seven grams was found at Chilito's house.

Seven grams is missing from the stuffed seeds in the Chatham site.

Real interesting.

I may have to call you again, Bella.

You understand what this means, don't you?

I think so.

All right, then I feel I've done enough.

Don't call me.

Goodbye.

Let's talk about the night of the arrest.

If we have to.

How many sheriffs came to the house?

Two. They obviously weren't starting out to make a dope bust. They were

investigating a noise complaint.

Actually, we weren't really being that noisy.

As it turned out, they didn't have a right to search, and that's why the case

was thrown out.

Who made the noise complaint?

A neighbor, I suppose. I really never heard who it was.

Do you remember the two deputies' names?

No. Now, one was a big guy, blonde.

The other was sort of average -looking, brown hair, I think. Not memorable.

Which one came out of the kitchen with the cocaine?

The big guy.

Okay. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Sheriff's office.

What?

Don't hang up. One easy question. The arrest report mentions two deputies,

Dell and Franklin Staggett. Which one is the big blonde guy?

I'm sorry, I can't say when you ask it like that.

Is Del the blonde?

No.

Okay, now I just need to know, was Faggot anywhere near the Chatsworth

Cockrobin?

He is, in fact, under investigation by Internal Affairs.

If you want to talk more, talk to him.

555... Wait a second.

555 -3160.

3160.

Listen, thank you so much.

Hello?

This is Joe Rossi from the Los Angeles... Hi, Joe.

How did you find me?

I'm glad you decided we could still be friends.

Noelle? Yeah, this is me.

Nice to hear from you.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

I hear you say that Deputy Stackett is under investigation by Sheriff's

Affairs. That has to be confirmed by two sources.

It is.

They suspect he planted the cocaine ashore at Toe's house?

That's the implication.

Why?

A lot of people at the sheriff's office just don't want to see that man become

supervisor and start slashing their budgets.

The sheriff's office is investigating this by itself. That hardly suggests

kind of sheriff's conspiracy.

No, my impression is that the sheriff's office is pretty straight, and this

guy's just a bad apple.

That's not too satisfying, Rossi. What does one guy have to gain from this kind

of frame -up? Maybe he's a true believer.

Maybe. Okay, what do you want to do next?

I don't know, Lou. What do you want to do?

I don't know, Marty. What do you want to know?

I've taken my source just about as far as she'll go.

When we run this story, the competition will be climbing all over the sheriff.

Maybe that'll jog something loose.

When did you start waiting for the competition to jog things loose?

I'll give it some more thought.

Appreciate it.

Now, please understand, I feel no animosity toward the Tribune or anyone

room, so I wanted to come here with my attorney and explain our suit.

Suing people suggests you have some beef with them.

Well, I think what Jerry means is that he's not out to get the trip.

He just wants justice.

What's your definition of justice, Mr. Tracy?

Compensation for my client's injuries and a feeling that his employers

understand what happened and are taking measures to correct it. How do you

correct what happened?

Well, I noticed that Art Donovan is still working at the trip.

You want us to fire Donovan? Get rid of Donovan as part of the settlement? Is

that what you're suggesting?

Gentlemen, how would you like to know my feelings on this matter?

John, please.

I understand the desire for justice and the need to right a wrong.

What I can't understand is why today, when things don't go the way someone

wants, the first words out of his mouth are lawsuits.

Well, some time has gone by since the incident.

Mr. Hollister spoke of suing the Tribune and Mr. Donovan the very next day.

And why sue the Tribune?

Because the Tribune is thought to have enormous assets, and therefore maybe

will settle and pay some money in order to avoid the cost of a court suit and in

order to get on with the business of publishing a newspaper.

My client has a valid claim.

Then take your case to court.

You may not be feeling any animosity, Mr. Hollister, but when someone

me with a lawsuit, I get teed off.

If you persist in this, we will fight. Now, do we have anything else to talk

about?

I understand your position is penchant. Thank you for hearing us out.

Goodbye.

We'd better do something.

What? Would you consider firing Donovan?

How's your investigation coming? What do we know now?

We know as much as you did the day you walked by Hollister's office.

Well, I may have talked tough to that lawyer, but I agree with Mr. Hume. We've

got to do something to cover ourselves.

At the very least, we have to keep Mr.

Hollister and Mr. Donovan apart.

Oh, great.

I'll put up a fence in the city room.

Well, we can take Donovan off the environment desk so they don't have to

together. Well, that's a good compromise.

I'm going to get together this afternoon with Sweeney and Phelps on the acid

rain story.

Ah, you don't have to.

You're not going to use it Sunday?

Yeah, but I told Burroughs to work the environment decimal up.

Oh. I think he's already talked with Sweeney and Phelps.

Oh.

Check

me

out on something, will you? Sure.

The Shillito cocaine bust.

Just write your piece, turning into a good story.

Turning into? You think there's more?

Well, isn't there?

I don't know. What do you know?

Shillito was arrested for cocaine possession, causing great damage to his

political career in an apparent frame -up. The trail leads directly to the

sheriff's department, where there's hostility towards Shillito, and it

apparently leads to one man, Deputy Staggart, who happens to be under

investigation by the department itself.

And the trail ends there? Not quite.

Staggart has a girlfriend, Noelle.

She works for Bert Carey.

And Carey stands to gain the most from Chilito's downfall.

I know the girl. She is very bright, attractive, young.

She actually told me she'd do anything to see Carey succeed.

What does she do for Carey? She's an aide.

Uh, give us a minute.

Thanks.

The closer the frame -up gets to Carey, the better the story.

So here's this kid.

who in her zeal to help a good man might be responsible for ruining him. That's

a wonderful story.

If I pass it on to Tyler, I could be contributing to Carrie's downfall.

Do you want me to tell you we shouldn't do the story?

Carrie hired that person.

Part of being a leader is hiring the right people. Even went out on a limb to

give somebody that young a chance.

She's that young, she's probably a very junior aide.

Do junior aides usually do those things on their own?

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

Hey, Bridge, I'm with you.

Feeling your ace today, sport?

Why are you feeling so full of spunk?

I'm not.

I'm just getting back at you for the story that Trib did saying Shilato was

framed.

Jeez.

You know, you could revive that guy's political fortunes.

Let me ask you something about that.

Oh, this sounds like it could be official business.

Let's call it official business.

Yeah?

What do you know about the frame -up?

What I read in the papers.

Deputy Staggett was one of the sheriff's people assigned to you.

Once or twice, there's no regular deputy.

He's also Noel Kilmer's boyfriend.

And not worthy of her, I might add. Right.

Right, not the kind of guy who could put together a frame -up.

Like this, by himself.

Oh, wait a minute.

Are you suggesting that Noel was involved?

I don't think that she could put something like this together herself,

Come on, Joe.

Stop playing cute little reporter games.

You haven't got any.

I just about have it all.

Then you've got a problem, don't you?

I've got a problem?

Yeah. Whether to be a reporter or a friend.

Now, let's forget friend, whether to be a muck -ricking reporter or a good

citizen, because what you write could be the difference between Shillito or me

being in power in this county, which is simply the difference between bad and

good. Was the frame -up your idea?

No. You're chief aides then, and you knew about it.

Tell me your side.

Come on, George, you know how it is.

No, how is it?

If you want something.

You gotta make it happen.

I don't make things happen.

That's right. Because a long time ago, you made the decision to be an observer,

a recorder, not a participant.

To be a leader, you gotta take charge of things.

Now, Shillitoe's a bad guy.

We both know he's done coke, a story that the press did a lousy job on

out.

So, the truth just needed a little helping along to emerge.

You... You think.

Joey, stop acting like you're a babe in the woods. You are a grown -up reporter

for a big city newspaper.

People play hardball in the real world.

How could you do this?

Look, Shillito probably survived this anyway.

Look, buddy. Hey, aren't you missing a little irony here, buddy?

What you did is going to come out. It's going to backfire.

Not if you're a friend.

is in Long Beach, so I found a photo against San Pedro who will get to this

site. Good.

Close the door.

What?

Hollister dropped his suit.

Against the trip or against me?

Both.

Okay. Anything else? Won't you please?

Yeah, I'm glad to hear it.

Well, I sure am glad I hear it.

Apparently, he interpreted our moving you off environment as a concession and

that softened the hurt feelings.

It's funny how a little thing like that can make such a difference.

Little thing.

Lou, you know how much I want to do environment.

I busted my tail to make the trip competitive in that area, and I don't

appreciate being taken off of it because of the things that creep Hollister said

about me.

Well, all that's past now that he's dropped his suit.

Sure. Why should he have to go to court when you and everybody else around here

as much as admitted he was right by taking environment away from me?

I promise you that this is temporary.

I mean, the guy was waving a lawsuit in our faces. We had to throw him a bone. I

don't think most people, especially those people who know you, believe you

Hollister. But they didn't believe I didn't.

I think they just didn't know.

Exactly. And my word didn't count for anything.

Not even with you, Lou.

You couldn't just believe me.

I didn't say I didn't believe you.

Do you believe me?

Don't put me in that position.

Fine.

Look, you probably don't know exactly what went down yourself.

And now I don't need to know.

What if it had been me who was involved in a hassle with Hollister or somebody,

and you heard about it? Could you say categorically that you know in your

that I wouldn't have hit the guy?

Nope. You didn't have to answer so quickly.

Oh, come on, Art.

Come on. Get me off the hook here.

No matter what happened in that room, Can't we go back to our normal way of

working together?

Lou, our normal way of working together is to argue all the time.

Yeah. Let's go back to that.

Do you know that each supervisor in this county is more powerful than the mayor?

So now you're powerful. To me, you're still a fink.

Joey is one terrific guy. He stayed up all night to help me get through

chemistry when he should have been studying for his final in Modern Russian

Modern German Lit. You beg me.

What you did is going to come out. It's going to backfire.

Not if you're a friend.

Do you know this journalist, Les Pearsall? He's good. Knows his stuff. He

get a fairer deal from anyone.

Thanks, Joey. That helped.

How's it going? Pretty good, as a matter of fact. How's it going with you?

Okay. You know.

Anything else happen with that frame -up story?

I'm working on it.

All right, wait a sec.

Yeah? You know, Bert Carey is already doing more for the people of this county

than most supervisors we've had.

I've seen it up close.

Yeah. Which is why it bothers me that the frame -up goes beyond the sheriff's

department.

And as it turns out, just one guy there was doing it, instigated by Carrie's

people. Interesting.

And Carrie knew.

Knows now, knew then.

This is really tearing you up, isn't it?

I don't like losing a friend.

I don't like being this late bringing in a story.

I know.

I'm going to turn all this over to Tyler.

It's good work, Joe.

Yeah.

The frame -ups did go as high as Terry. Wow.

Is that hard to get?

Got it from Terry himself.

I don't think I know more than I did. Standard technique.

I'm sorry, Joe. It's tough, you being so close to him. Hey, it's a tough world.

Gotta play hardball, right?

I'm done. I'm going to beat it, okay?

Okay.

Keep your jagging. A few times a week.

Want to run tomorrow? I'm free.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, six.

Try 7 .30.

7 .30. The day will be over.

Seven.

6 .30.

6 .45.

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