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This is the Los Angeles Police Department.

You have not responded to our calls for the last 90 minutes.

We need to know about the condition of the employee, including Mary Claire

Rogers.

If we do not hear from you in the next five minutes, we will be forced to come

in. And we will come in strong.

Five minutes.

What do you think?

I think if they don't respond, they're going to have more holes than that

up there.

We rolled on the 211.

Got here just because they were coming out. Shot the fire.

Then he got back in.

He shot the turkey.

Coming out.

Stay back.

Stay back or I'll kill him.

I got your back. I got plenty more where he came from. Stay back.

You talk?

I'm Detective Bobby Smith. Stop right there.

Hands higher.

Higher.

Want to give me your name?

Eat me. That's my name.

Look, man, we want this whole thing to end peacefully.

Right? Give up now, I guarantee things will go a whole lot easier. I want a van

big enough to stick food and water, two bulletproof vests.

I'm going to take four hostages to Mexico when I know it's safe, then I'll

them go.

Let's do what he says. Shut up!

I'll do everything that I can, but I got to do my job, which is to find out

about hostages and chattel.

A woman gets shot.

She alive?

Bleeding. How about you let her out? Because you don't want to murder me. No

leaves until I get a van.

Look, man.

You've been around the block a few times, right?

The lady dies, your negotiating position takes a serious nosedive.

Bring in a doctor.

With two bulletproof vests and some food.

Burgers and fries.

We prefer not to put anyone else inside. I don't give a damn.

Don't have my van in 30 minutes. I'll start dropping bodies out the door. You

got that?

Some folks like to hear a Christmas song, but I like Christmas bells.

Everybody, can I have you gather around, please, guys? Everyone over here,

please gather around.

I'm happy to announce that we have survived the Thanksgiving weekend

Holidays are a joyous occasion if you're not in retail.

So for us, it's the season to be grumpy. So to you guys at Graveyard Crew, I

just want to say thank you so much. And Manny, Mary Claire, Stacy,

you guys know who you are. I just want to say thank you very much. And I offer

you a bit of nectar and ambrosia.

All right, everyone.

Show me your hands.

Kneel on the ground and you won't get shot.

This is a robbery.

Everyone stay calm.

Okay. Who's the manager?

I am.

Your friend's going to go in the office and take the money. You try anything

stupid, and I'll kill your people one by one. You got it? Yes, sir.

Relax now. What's the matter with you?

Do you hear what he said? Down on your knees.

It's okay.

What's the matter with you? Get down on your knees. Just do what he says. Do

what he says.

Keep your people in line, or I'll splatter the walls with their blood. Do

understand that? It'll only be just a minute now. Everybody relax.

I'm afraid you can sit down if that makes you more comfortable.

911 emergency.

I want to report a robbery.

What's your location, please? Moe's Sports Village, 21...

35 West Pico.

And your name?

Mary Claire Rogers.

Counts receivable.

Can you tell me what happened?

Two men came in.

They have guns.

They told everybody to lie down.

They had to pee. I was at the back.

Where are you now, Mary Claire? In the office.

Okay, I put a word out on the system. There's a patrol car three blocks away.

Just stay safe and lock the door. Okay.

Kids spill cereal. It's not... Yes, I understand, okay? But it's not the end

the world.

You doing okay?

Roll the chairs.

This boy wants to go to Mexico. Yeah, these jokers have this wild fantasy

going across the border to Mexico.

I wish they would realize that the Mexicans don't appreciate these

Yeah.

All right, listen up.

When I said he'd done time, he nodded his head. Now, I'm guessing he's got

stripes. He's not going to go easily. I got an idea on the hostage. Who is it?

Les Van Buren.

I think he's the store manager. Notify Media Relations. They'll contact his

family. I'm on it. It's Les Van Buren. He was the star of this TV show, Insured

by Smith & Wesson.

Never heard of him, Ray.

Oh, he was one of the great unheralded shows of the 80s.

Not to be confused with Simon & Simon.

No, no. Okay, Ray.

Let's cancel that to 13 episodes, though.

Kind of broke my heart.

You can still catch it, though, on Nick at Night, about 2 a .m. They got reruns.

Great. Enough.

Les Van Buren, he played this detective named...

Jack Wesson, and his favorite line was lock and load. You know, it was like,

you get into a tough situation or something, that's what he would say.

load, lock and load, lock and load. Ray, please, there are real people in there,

okay?

Stop yakking.

You want to watch TV? Go home and sit on your couch.

Here you've been.

Burgers, sir.

Burgers, fries, bulletproof vests.

It is an all -American meal.

We've still got to find somebody to go inside.

Cheerios.

If it were my decision, you wouldn't even be going in, okay?

I won't be another choice.

It's my job, Detective. I'll be fine. All right, well, get in and get out.

don't put yourselves in unnecessary jeopardy.

You understand?

Teresa. Yeah.

Yeah, I understand.

All right, Randy, you good to go?

Yeah. You sure about that?

Yeah. All right, let's do it. Okay, let's go.

I'll go in instead of Teresa.

What are you talking about?

Maybe I feel like getting off the couch.

Well, I have to go in because Randy's only a P2 and this is a gunshot wound. I

got her back, Captain. She'll be okay with me.

You're not trained to evaluate the situation.

She's my partner.

No, Randy, he's right.

It's better if he goes in.

All right, you know what? I'll go in with her. I'm going in.

Ray, with all due respect... Give me a break, Stevens.

I was making my bones when you were still polishing your brass at the

Ray, look, I think Joel's got a point. You said to step up, Captain?

I'm stepping up.

Okay, fine.

Randy,

you help me find him somewhere?

Hurry up and get in here.

Press complete.

Right there, right there.

Hey. Hey.

All right, take her. Take her. Come on.

Get the food and the bed. Hurry up.

What's your name?

Mary Claire.

Mary Claire.

What kind of bullet?

380. Okay, her pelvis is stable. What's her pulse?

Pulse is 120.

Oh, no.

What is it?

What? There's two heartbeats.

I'm pregnant.

Get a BP.

That's Reggie Flood. We got case files on that guy. Be very careful.

Did he kill my baby?

No. No, honey, he didn't.

Listen, we're going to get you to a hospital right away, okay?

She ain't going nowhere.

Okay, you hold that. I'll be right back.

Listen, that baby's going to die in less than 30 minutes. I don't have the tools

to keep it alive.

Well, I guess that's too bad.

At your trial during the death penalty phase?

I'm going to get up on that stand. I'm going to tell him how you callously

disregarded the life of a mother and child.

Not if I kill you first.

Well, then you'll die for killing me.

Maybe I will.

Listen, you don't want to keep her here.

You keep this lady here, the cops are going to want to check on her every 15

minutes.

Okay, get her out.

Hurry up.

Nice and easy now.

Not you, cop.

I'm not a cop. I'm a paramedic. Yeah.

I'm Mother Teresa. Let's go.

Tell Sherry I love her. Let's go.

Here

we

go.

Coming out.

Cover. Need to load her in.

Where's Ray?

They kept him. They knew he was a cop.

We gotta go in. No, he'll be the first one they kill.

Doctor, what do we do? We gotta get him that van.

Dang. Where's Ray? He's still inside.

It could have been me and Randy.

It's my fault.

It's not your fault. You didn't make him go inside. Yeah, that's great and

everything, but can we concentrate on the things we can do?

Okay, fine.

The other guy's name is Flood. Flood? Yeah.

Not

you,

cop.

I'm a paramedic.

Yeah.

Sure. With my mother, Teresa.

I got a hot mind to sneak some girls in here.

We can have ourselves a little party, huh?

How's that sound, bro?

I could call the Botel sisters.

Bet you'd jump right out of your chair for another shot at Mindy Botel.

Here you go.

Come on, Neil, just take a bite.

Fine, you gotta take a couple of bites, all right?

Leave me alone.

Oh, Neil, come on.

All right, good. Have another one.

Get up!

I'm not Christopher Reeve, you stupid son of a bitch.

Here.

If you have any love for me, as a brother,

You killed me.

How'd you know I was a cop?

Oh, I can smell a cop mile away, Rat. You stink like a cop.

Plus, I saw you reach for the guns.

Well,

all right, then. I'm a cop.

I'm the only hostage that you need.

Why don't you just let all these other folks here go?

Why don't you just shut up?

It's really necessary. You get back, manager.

You don't want to get involved in this.

The secret is to find the sweet spot, right, Ray?

Let me know when it's my turn, huh?

Your turn's coming up.

What is this?

Sherry. Sherry, baby.

She's really hot, right?

She could do a lot better than a piece of crap like you.

Yeah? Well, I'm hung like a horse. Yeah? She likes to bang, right?

How would I know I'm married?

Yeah.

Well, I'm sure she shouldn't be too hard to track down after you're out of the

picture. And that's promised.

Well, good.

Then you can fix that running toilet. She's been on my balls for that for a

week. He's such a tough guy.

You don't have to worry about Sherry anymore, pal. You've got a lot bigger

problems than that.

I told you to sit down and shut up, actor boy.

You know, you might have been somebody once, but you're nobody right now.

So just shut up before you get hurt.

Take me out to the ballgame.

Take me out to the crowd.

It might have been somebody once, but you're nothing right now.

So just sit down and shut up before you get hurt.

Take. Take me out to the ball game.

Take me out to the crowd.

Hey, I see that you're having your fun, but I got to go outside and I need you

to cover me if you're not too busy.

They're bringing in the van.

All right.

Anybody try anything stupid, I'll make what I did to him look like a walk in a

park. You understand?

I know who you are.

I used to love your show, Smith and Wesson.

Oh, yeah?

Inspired me to be a cop.

Came out of the hospital when I was rehabbing my knee.

I love Jack Wesson.

Yeah, so did I.

You know, he wasn't an ordinary TV cop. He was real, you know? He had problems.

Like the sister with lupus. And that crazy partner, Smith.

Yeah.

You're one heroic son of a bitch. Thank you.

Normally I wouldn't ask this of regular citizens, but these two,

they're not going to let anybody go in Mexico.

They're going to kill them and dump the bodies.

Mr. Van Buren, I need you to step up.

I need you to be a hero again I need you to be a hero again

These are the new leads.

The Glengarry leads.

Fourth prize?

Fourth prize is your wife.

You'll be spending a lot of time with her at home when you don't have a job.

Assuming you can keep her. I told him he didn't have to go on, but he insisted.

Said someone might show up in the middle.

Like who?

His agent?

No, actors.

TGIF! Thank God!

Thank God!

We need you on aisle five.

Get me loose. It's all I need.

I'm responsible for the employees. I can't risk their lives.

Look, I'm no hero.

I just played one on TV.

I just talked to the officers at the scene. Okay. So call central booking,

them be prepared to file charges on robbery, kidnapping and felony

The whole thing.

I'm here now. Okay. Bye.

Okay. I'll be at the garage. Five minutes.

Stevens. I need a word with you. I came from the DA's office. He said he's

prepared to do anything shy of negotiating with the criminals. If we do

every crooker gets in a jam is going to know we do deals. It'll be open season

on hostages. I'm sorry. We got two lunatics in there with nothing to lose.

We stormed the place, there's going to be a bloodbath. Look, I can't negotiate.

That comes from the top.

There's a cop inside, okay?

Put your politics aside for once, please.

Let us do our job.

We're taking the van. We're taking the van. Stop. Get your hands off me before

you get hurt. Go ahead.

Give it your best shot.

Yes, sir.

No, I'm sorry it's too late. They've already taken the van.

Yeah, okay.

I'll take the heat.

Thanks.

Oh, well.

What are you doing here?

Saw Stephen play the theme, figured something was up.

I gotta go.

Did you just do what I think you did?

Since when is eavesdropping part of journalism school?

I know city policy, David. No negotiation.

The police think it's the best way to get them out of there alive.

It's a risky move, Counselor. Oh, really? Since when are you so interested

future? Just because we're not screwing doesn't mean I don't care.

I'd rather be screwing and not have you care.

Don't be bitter, David. It doesn't look good on you.

I'm sorry.

Why did you ignore the DA?

Honestly?

Yeah, honestly.

Because Ray Heckler put his ass on the line.

What?

Nothing.

remembering what I liked about you.

Hello?

Hey, honey.

Honey, honey, no.

Okay, have your sister drive Willie to school, okay? It's a bowl of Cheerios,

all right?

Kids make mistakes.

Baby, it's not the end of the world, okay?

Everything okay? Yeah, yeah. All the chairs.

This fool wants to go to Mexico.

Catch it on Nick at night. He runs around 2 a .m. Ray, please.

Let Van Buren play detective Jack West.

His great line was, lock and load.

You know, he'd get in tough situations, and he'd be like, lock and load.

Ray, please, okay? There are real people in there.

Stop yakking. You want to watch TV? Go home and sit on your couch.

Ambergris, sir.

Thank you.

Burgers, fries, bulletproof vest.

How's that for an all -American meal?

Cheerios.

Where's Ray? He's still in there.

It's gonna be me and Randy. This is all my fault. It's all my fault. It's my

fault.

It's not your fault. You didn't make him go inside.

Chet. Chet.

How's it going? Hey.

GPS is activated.

All right. How long on battery?

Six hours, give or take.

Look for Clinton. I'm going to track him into Mexico.

I did patrol with Heckler back in the height.

He hooked him and booked him.

We were on a felony call one night.

Some jerk put a lady in a coma over 16 bucks.

Good. Came this close.

Yeah. You're getting my ass killed.

Save my ass.

Life's a bitch, eh?

Six

hours on

GPS. We're figuring they're going to take the 405 to the border.

Alert air traffic at LAX and John Wayne. We're going to have high -altitude

airship pursuit.

Yes, sir. We're not going to take him in that van.

Why do you say that?

Did you take a 250 -pound cop in your getaway car?

It doesn't mean they're going to kill it.

I shouldn't have cut him down.

What are you talking about?

To let my personal life get in the way of my work, I shouldn't have cut him

down.

Don't give yourself that much credit.

You have no idea why Ray went into that store.

We rolled on the 211. We got here just as they were coming out. Shots fired,

they got back in.

Who shot the turkey?

Officer Heckler.

Doc. So, tell me what motivated you to apply for a P3 promotion with all these

years on the course.

Well, you know, it's just time.

It's time for me.

And?

I'll level with you, Doc.

I used to hook them and book them.

But lately, something has been off.

And it's a mental thing.

You ask yourself, am I the same cop I was when I first joined up?

I was second -team All -American nose guard. Shot at the pros.

Blew my knee out against Boston College.

And I wonder, where did that desire go?

How much of it do I got left?

How do you get old so fast?

Nobody tells you it goes so fast.

Sometimes you get so tight in the chest you can hardly breathe.

Hey, Captain.

You passed the Orals with flying colors. Your written exam was an 84.

Carrie is doing cartwheels over this promotion.

Of course, she's more interested in the extra 74 bucks a week.

You know, P3 status means you train other officers and get tactical command

status. It's a leadership position.

We'll cut the cop speak, Ron.

Do I get this thing or not?

The police psychologist said you had some midlife issues.

Midlife issues.

Hey, look, in terms of experience, you're better than nine -tenths of the

applicants. But you know the brass, Ray. I mean, they look at a psych report and

they see a guy who questions his own fitness.

That is not what I was trying to tell that guy. Hey, hey, look, just step it

Ray, all right?

Step it up.

Maybe we can revisit this later.

So, you get it?

I passed with flying colors.

Cocktails on you. Congratulations.

Had to turn it down, though.

What? Does that mean I have to leave the division?

That leaves you without a partner?

Nobody else around here is stupid enough to ride with you. Don't stop me.

Guess the others haven't shown up yet.

Maybe the route we took was a little quicker, huh?

Maybe.

Tell you what, why don't we, uh... Go on over to the chopper and be ready to

take off when they show up, okay?

When I say lock and load, I want you to run for cover, okay?

Why? Just wait for lock and load. Ray?

Lock and load!

Ray, the toilet's still running.

It's like Niagara Falls in there. It's driving me.

Try shaking the hand.

You said you'd fix it.

I will as soon as this is over.

Ray, please, just fix the toilet. I don't want to have to ask again.

Okay, I...

Ray,

I think Joel's got a point here. Captain, you said to step up.

Stepping up.

Vance here. Pick three hostages and the manager. Let's go.

You, come on.

And you, let's go.

Come on, Mr. Manager, we'll leave.

Come on, Mr. Manager, let's go. Les.

Les.

I need your help.

I told you.

Come on, dig deep, man.

I can't.

You were Jack Wesson.

You were bigger than Honey Crockett, bigger than Mannix, better than Cannon.

I can't.

Les, you were a hero to millions of people. You still are. You don't believe

Look.

Look, look for yourself.

One of the hostages is former television star Les Van Buren. Van Buren, you

might remember, had been the star of the television series Insured by Smith and

Wesson, where he played LAPD detective Jack Wesson.

Okay.

You're willing to risk bodily injury?

Yes. All right. As a police officer of the city of Los Angeles, I grant you

posse commentatus status. You have full police powers, which extend for the

entire duration of the situation.

What do I do? Get a knife. Cut me loose.

Hey, get away from him. What are you doing?

Nothing. We're getting in the van.

We're taking four hostages down to Mexico, and you're not going to be one

them. You kill me, you won't get anything.

Yeah, maybe, maybe not.

They'll blitz this place.

Yeah, so what?

I want you to do something for me.

I want you to call your wife, tell her you're not coming home tonight.

Go to hell.

I want your wife to get the same phone call that I got when you cops broke my

brother's back.

No.

But I know the cop who.

Took your brother down.

His name was Andy Walker.

Yeah, Flood, I know who you were since I come in here.

Take your anger at Walker out on me, you go ahead.

But you ought to know, Andy Walker was on his knees praying for your brother to

walk again.

Because the pain goes both ways.

Your brother.

He put little old lady into a coma.

Anybody's back had to get broke. I'm glad it was his.

Call your wife? No.

Call your wife!

Tell her you're not coming home for dinner tonight.

Call your wife.

Yeah,

Sherry. I got a little problem here at work.

Things are tough. I might not get out, so...

If anything happens to me, I want you to know that I got some cash stashed. It's

under my camping gear. Maybe two grand total.

Yeah, look under the camping gear.

Honey, honey, honey, honey, calm down.

I need you to understand what I'm telling you. All right, that's enough.

love you. I love you.

I just want to thank you all for coming today.

Ray would have been really happy to see you here.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

He was a good man.

Ray was a hero.

He's the finest man I ever known.

It's not the worst part.

Worst part is...

Well, what do you know, Les?

You're a hero after all.

What?

Where you at?

We got him, Ray. We got him. No, let's go. He's got a vest.

Grab your gun.

Get real.

Kill him. I'll kill you.

Tell me what happened to Flutter or I'll kill this son of a bitch right now.

Tell me.

Lock and load.

What are you talking about?

Let's lock and load.

That's it.

We did it.

What were you saying?

Lock and load.

Why?

Lock and load from Smith and Wesson.

You remember that episode you had that woman in Mexico?

You said lock and load and she took cover. Oh, yeah.

Trying to get you to take cover.

I thought you said rock and roll.

Ray, you okay?

Things are tough. I might not get out, so... Anything happens to me, I want you

to know that I got some cash stashed. It's under my camping kit. Maybe two

total. All right, all right.

Sit tight. We're going to get you out. You hear me? Calm down.

I need you to understand what I'm telling you. Got it. And I love you. I

Captain Hick!

Is that under camping gear?

No. We have a green light from command.

Roger that.

Take the shot.

Ray looked at me and said, hey, we got a problem. So I had to dig down deep,

pick some buttons.

As much as I'd like to take credit, the credit here goes to the fine work of the

Los Angeles Police Department.

Officer Hector, can I ask you one more question, please?

Go ahead.

Hey, enough excitement for one day, huh?

Super cop.

Ah, same for your girlfriend.

Good job.

Super cop.

It's all right, baby.

I'll fix that toilet now.

Jack Weston is back.

I am back, my friend.

Les. Les Van Buren.

Yeah. Did you see that? Is that wild or what?

Well, I'm a little amped up, but I'm okay. Look, Harvey, here's the deal.

I'm thinking about giving this acting thing a try again.

I mean, and not just guest shots.

I mean, I should be able to get a gig hosting the Justice Files or, you know,

one of those shows, something like that.

Why am I calling?

Harvey, I'm calling because I want you to be my agent again.

You did? When?

Well, look, let's at least have lunch, and you can point me in the right

direction, okay?

All right, I'll call you tomorrow. Bye.

Hey, Les.

Hey, Ray.

Something I have to say to you.

Sure, fire away.

You know, I know how it is to look back on your life and not like what you see.

When I look back on this year, I remember this is one of my best days as

police officer.

And I couldn't do that if you hadn't saved my ass.

Thanks, Ray. That means a lot to me.

Thank you.

I saw the vest.

Excuse me?

The vest Bath was wearing, I saw it.

He asked for two vests. He was already wearing one.

Ray, I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

If I look in that briefcase, am I going to find the tapes from the store

surveillance cameras?

Calm down.

You can't lose your cool.

You were supposed to keep all the employees in one place.

I did exactly what you talked about.

I did exactly what you talked about.

Hey, I told you.

Hey, hey, hey.

Talk real tough back at that bar, huh? Knock him back whiskey. Yeah, and all

money was free for the taking. I need you to get a grip.

Okay, I'm sorry.

All right. I'm going to ask for his hand to take us down to Mexico.

and bulletproof vests for you in Flint. What are you doing? You're going to play

like you're just a manager. I'll take you down there as a hostage, and we'll

give you up the money and go our separate ways.

Come on, Jeff, let's try to meet your family.

Yeah.

They hung out in the bar near my apartment.

I knew they were no good, but I just wanted a chance, right?

Just wanted a chance for one big score.

You turned on him.

I saw my face on all those TVs and I... God, it was beautiful.

I'm sorry, Ray.

I'm really sorry.

Gave a great performance.

Must have had me fooled.

How'd I get so damn old?

You're supposed to make it big, not be a schmuck.

We're all schmucks.

Is Mary Claire going to be okay?

Yeah, she's going to be okay. So is her baby.

Don't suppose you give an old actor a break.

Help me out.

Maybe keep this between us.

I was your inspiration, right? I mean, you said so yourself.

I was Jack Wesson.

You're not Jack Wesson, Wes.

No, you are.

No. I'm Ray Heckler.