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Okay, okay. Put that down. Turn around. And put your hands behind your back.

Get that cape out. What is it? What do you want?

Kidnapping. Now, come on. Let's go. Move, move.

Hey, man.

anyway. Billy Lewis, friend of Ben's. What are you doing here?

Returning a drill.

Returning a drill.

You borrow his tools often? All the time. So you must be a good friend of

Sounds great, Cole.

Take, please.

know about this, Barry. The idea with the kidnap Matlock's daughter, not some

old geezer. What is the difference?

I mean, what do you think he's going to do? Not pay?

I mean, he's going to say, go ahead, blow my best friend's brains out. I

care. Now keep the gun on him while I call Matlock and take that stupid hat

I don't have the gun. You did.

I gave it to you. No, you didn't, Barry.

You put it on the floor so you could dry.

Shut up.

I will be right back.

Leanne, are you here?

Thank God you're home.

What happened?

Oh, Cliff, I...

I think Billy was kidnapped.

What? Well, I came over to the house to drop off your dry cleaning and these two

people burst in the door and they started waving the gun around and saying

were going to kidnap me and then Billy came in and surprised them and all hell

broke loose.

I threw your dry cleaning over the guy's head and then over

the gun so that Billy and I could get away.

Wait, they shot at you?

Well, The gun went off a couple of times. I don't think he was aiming at

anything. Oh.

You must have been scared to death.

What about my dad?

Okay.

All right, let's see. Well, I went out the back door, and I thought that Billy

would go out the front door.

But then when I came back five minutes later, they were gone, and so was he.

His car's still out front. I know, but what I'm saying, Dad, is when they

couldn't kidnap me, I guess they kidnapped Billy instead.

Did you call the police?

I wanted to wait and talk to you first.

I can't believe someone just came in here and kidnapped my own father.

Hello?

Ben Matlock.

Yes? I'm here with an old friend of yours. Just a second, I'll put him on.

All right, you say hello.

You don't get cute.

Ben?

You're holding a gun on me, Ben.

Billy? What's going on? Where are you?

You there?

What do you want?

$500 ,000.

$500 ,000?

In old, unmarked, non -sequential bills.

That's a half million dollars.

You have exactly 24 hours to get it. If you do not have it by then, he dies.

If you call the police, the FBI, or anyone else, he dies.

If you tamper with the money in any way, he dies.

You getting all this, Mr.

Matlock? You want a half million dollars for Billy?

In 24 hours, I'll be in touch.

Oh, and by the way, I would save the cheap tricks for court if I were you,

slimeball.

Keep going. This is awful.

This is awful. This is awful. What are we going to do?

Okay, okay, okay.

I... I really, I really feel like we should call the police. Oh, no, no, no,

You didn't hear what he said. No, no. He said he'd be watching. He said he'd

know. I saw these two people. They are not professionals.

They're probably bluffing. Oh, okay. Okay, maybe they're bluffing. What if

you're wrong? What if my father dies? No, the only thing you can do, Ben,

got to give him the $500 ,000.

What are you doing? I'm calling the police.

Ben! It's my $500 I'm calling the police.

Okay, by the end of the day tomorrow we'll be on our way to Rio.

You dummy.

You can't say things like that in front of him.

You two are kind of green at this sort of thing, aren't you?

Yeah, well, maybe I don't care what I say in front of you because I might just

kill you for the fun of it. Even if we do get the money.

So don't try anything.

Oh, don't touch it. That hurts.

What did you get in the goose egg?

A gold goat could have fractured my skull.

You better watch it, pal.

Yeah. Just careful. Is it big?

Baby. Now, ow! You watch it, too. That hurt.

That is where I hit my head.

FBI, please hold.

You can go on in, Mr. Spears.

FBI, may I help you?

Dennis, good morning.

Morning, Alan.

Have a seat.

Morning, Dennis.

Hey, Ed.

A man named Billy Lewis was kidnapped yesterday morning over at Willow

Atlanta PD is already on the case.

They called us not just as a matter of course, but because the man who received

the...

Ransom Instructions is Ben Matlock.

Defense attorney specializes in murder one cases.

Lots of connections in state and local government.

Thank you, Ed.

The news media is still in the dark, but because this could become a high

-profile case, I want my best agents handling it, and that's you two.

Well, you're going to have to count me out, Alan.

I can't do it. Excuse me?

Well, for one thing, I'm still on the Sanborn case.

Well, if Tim can take over for you. No, I can't work with Ed, Alan. I'm sorry. I

just...

I can't.

Not after what happened last time.

I thought you two had worked through that.

With all due respect, it's real hard to work through being made a laughingstock

like that.

It was an honest mistake.

You chased, tackled, and cuffed an undercover police officer in front of

cameras. He matched the description of the perp. Yeah, well, for weeks I had to

watch myself on TV helping you make complete asses out of both of us. Take

easy, Dennis.

Obviously, this isn't going to work.

I don't need a partner, Alan. I can handle this case on my own.

Well, you're going to have to.

Here's your spears.

One minute.

Here's the name and number of your contact at AP Day.

I will talk about this later, Dennis. After you've cooled off and can be a

little more professional about it.

Yes, sir.

There was no need to embarrass me like that in there.

Just tell him like it is, Ed.

You're an overzealous buffoon who has no business being in this business.

Ed Wingate, FBI.

Pretend I'm an old friend. Let me in.

They may be watching.

Oh, John!

John! Come on in!

Well done, Mr. Matlock.

A little overplayed, but well done.

Ah, Detective Schroeder. How goes it?

Wingate. They assigned you to this case? Right you are.

You know each other?

Worked together last year at Linwood Abduction. We cracked the case wide

didn't we?

Detective. Yeah, yeah.

Come on, I'll show you the setup.

The Cody FBI sent over, boys. Come on, come on. Let's nip the territorial

squabbling in the bud.

I'm here to help you, you're here to help me, and we're all here to see Mr.

Lewis comes home safely.

Right? Right.

I'm Cliff Lewis. I'm his son. Thank you very much for coming. I'm just doing my

job, something I do fortunately very well.

There's a tap and tracer on his phone. It's over here.

This guy is great.

Showtime, everybody.

Mr. Matlock, if it's kidnappers, you'll have to keep them on the phone for four

minutes. Four minutes?

Pick it up, please.

Four minutes is a long time. Dad, let's go. What do I talk about for four

minutes?

Hello?

All right, here's what you're going to do with the money, slimeball. You

listening?

Yes? There is a phone booth at a truck stop on Route 20 just past Eatonville.

Be in it at 4 .15 with the money. And no funny stuff, because I'll be watching.

East Mill?

Is that what you said?

No, Eatonville.

E -T -E -A -T.

Eatonville! You know it! 4 .15, on the dot, or Billy bites it.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Let me speak to him. Put him on the phone.

All right, hold on.

Say something nice.

Hello, Ben.

Billy, you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

If you see Cliff time to water the lawn, he always forgets.

See, there he is, alive and well.

If you want him to stay that way, you'll be in the phone booth at 4 .15.

Wait a minute.

There's a problem.

What?

I don't have the money.

You what?

I don't have the $500 ,000.

What are you talking about? You make $100 ,000 a case.

Well, I've made some bad investments.

I mean, I could have tried to fool you and given you a sack full of play money,

but I'm trying to be honest about this. I need more time.

Did you call the cops?

No. You told me not to.

You got 24 hours, you piece of crud. That's it.

You get it?

Why didn't you tell him you didn't have the money?

Darling,

I didn't know what else to say. Well, you could have gotten him killed. Oh,

thing he said about watering the lawn.

It could have been some kind of code. What could he have meant by that?

Oh, I'm supposed to tell you to water the lawn.

Oh, I forgot.

What do you mean he doesn't have the money? He's loaded. He's got to have the

money. He said he couldn't get it. Well, call him back and let me talk to him.

Just shut up and relax.

You don't know how to handle him. I do. I said shut up.

Where is the gun?

It's on the counter. Thank you.

Oh, Barry.

Barry, Barry. Come on.

Come here. Now, you just take it easy, okay?

Hang in there.

One more day and it'll all be over.

Okay.

Barry, what if Matlock didn't come up with the money?

I just want to hit that scum bucket where it hurts.

And if I can't do it by taking his money, then I'm just going to have to do

something else.

Something worse.

I meant what I said.

If he doesn't pay, we kill the old man.

Yeah, it's just about all I have.

Come on in.

We're going right back out to Sanborn.

Just came home to grab a shower, change your clothes.

How are they doing?

Well, they're going nuts.

Trying to treat us like we're the bad guy.

Kidnapper's supposed to call about to drop tomorrow.

What's about Wingate?

Look, uh, I realize the man is a little eccentric.

Yeah.

But he works tirelessly and he gets results.

Even after that tackling incident, he stuck with the case until it was solved.

In fact, I wouldn't mind having ten more just like him.

Because you don't have to work with him.

Dennis.

Personality quirks aside, Wingate is one of my best men.

From now on, whomever I assign to work with him is going to have to accept that

assignment.

Or he's going to be out.

Is that clear?

Yeah.

Oh, I almost forgot. The issue is new pass keys today. You won't be able to

in the garage tomorrow without it.

Okay, thanks.

Bennett, you're a good man. Don't make me do something we both regret.

Luck with the Sanborns.

Hey, wake up. Breakfast is served.

Here we go.

Got you one

of those croissant and scrambled egg jobs.

Yuck. What yuck?

I eat these all the time. They're very good. Now, come on, eat it. It's got

cheese in it.

What's wrong with cheese?

Gives me gas.

Come on, eat it.

Within about a half hour, you're going to be sorry.

Ow!

What happened? He bit me! He bit me! What? What do you want me to do?

I mean, look, he bit me. Cleared out of the bone. I'm bleeding.

That's it.

I'm... Starved to death for all I care, you lunatic!

Give me this.

I'm sorry.

Help me. Help me. Watch it. Help me.

They gotta know you're here. That's why they haven't called. Come on, Dr.

Sanborn, just take it easy. No!

Get out of here, all of you. Just get out of here and leave us alone. Look,

they'll call, I promise you. I can't take any more of this.

I just can't.

Mrs. Sanborn.

Hello? Dad?

Matthew! Are you okay, son?

Yeah. I'm supposed to read something to you.

In exactly one hour, Mrs. Sanborn is to leave the money on the ground directly

behind the car parked in slot 142 in the pay lot at 19th and Grant.

Make sure she comes alone.

Matthew won't be released until after I've examined and counted the money.

So don't try any...

or you'll be very sorry.

Matthew?

Too short for a trace.

I'm going to take this tape down to the lab, see if they can ID any of those

background noises.

I'll handle the stakeout. No, no stakeout. You heard him. They want me to

there alone. They might see you. They won't, Mrs.

Sanborn. You won't even see us.

This is Sanborn. Just made the drop.

All units, stand by.

Unit 2 standing by. Standing by. Unit 1, roger.

Here comes a blue hatchback.

Unit 1, I've got the blue hatchback.

No pickup.

Still standing by.

No go.

Gray, two -door Chevy approaching.

Unit 1, I've got it.

Contact. We have an affirmative pickup.

Tim, money's gone.

Okay, guys, we got him. Gray, two -door Chevy. License plate number... Great,

he's got mud all over it. Unit 1, he's coming your way. Unit 1, roger.

No, cancel that. He's doubling back and heading for the entrance.

He's heading south down Grant.

Unit 3 in pursuit.

3, you got it? We got it. He's about a block ahead of us.

lincoln just north of second we lost him

check your level they're all set

hello

you got the money matlock uh uh well you

don't have the money let me ask you something when's the last you tried to

your hands on a half million dollars in non -sequential bills.

It's not that easy.

Well, you've got two days.

Let me talk to him. Shut up.

Do you want me to kill this man, Mr. Matlock? Is that what you want? Because

will, gladly.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

is a lot of money.

Now, if you had asked for, say, $200

,000, that would have taken some time, but maybe I could swing

that.

You're negotiating?

$300 ,000?

$250 ,000.

All right, $250 ,000, but by noon tomorrow.

And if you do not have it by then, so help me, I will put this old man on the

phone and I will blow his brains out with you listening. You got that, Mr.

Sleaze?

No dice.

I can't believe you did that.

What? Quibbled over money. I wasn't quibbling. Quibbler. I wasn't quibbling.

was stalling. I was trying to keep him on the line for Marcel Marceau here.

Mr.

Sleaze.

And then he called you a slimeball.

And referred to you as a piece of crud.

It's personal with this guy. Now, are you sure you don't recognize him?

Busted, Leanne. No.

Well, somewhere, somehow, you have had dealings with this man.

Mark my words.

doing son oh gosh it's good to see you oh gosh the

kidnapper dropped him off in a residential area and matthew had the

to somebody's house and ask him to call 9 -1 -1 for him thank you for bringing

him home thank you for everything and we need to ask matthew some questions

while things are still fresh in his mind so we can do that here or we can do it

downtown which would you prefer here because the instant you're finished

going to disneyland

There seem to be three sounds or sound patterns to this thing. There's the tid.

In exactly one hour.

Then there's this one, which I've tweaked it just a tad.

In exactly one hour. What is that?

That sounds like church bells.

And finally, there's this one, also computer -enhanced. Bing, you need this

analyzed ASAP.

How's it going, Dennis?

Come on, come on, let's go, let's go. Actually, I've been working with... If

take those stupid sunglasses off, you might be able to see that he's busy,

Wingate.

Matthew Sanborn has been released.

Billy Lewis has not.

I believe that gives my case priority.

Tough.

That response is unacceptable.

You are unacceptable, Wingate, and I'll be just about all I'm gonna take.

Hey, if you want to throw that on, see what we got.

Okay, all right. Come on, you guys. This stuff costs the tax payers a lot of

money.

Spears. Just get out of here.

I don't

know

what it is about that guy. He just makes me nuts.

Well, assuming I still have a job.

Where were we?

You okay?

Yeah.

where we are in this thing.

We got the kid.

Yeah. We got the church bells.

And then we have this.

That's construction.

Sounds like construction.

Did that kid see anything?

Saw the kid napping when he was snatched the rest of the time he was

blindfolded.

Thanks, Pink.

I got some phone calls to make.

I'll see you later.

No, he and his folks are on their way to Disneyland.

Yeah, I'm keeping it until the L .A. office can pick him up and the kid can

it, but if this guy turns out to be Matthews, then that's got to be the

the kidnapper held him in.

Yeah, I left the sample in your box. Just analyze it first thing in the

Hang on to the results so we can find out who lives there.

Great.

Thanks, Bink.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

His pocket's been emptied, his drawer's rifled through, and according to the

neighbors that heard the shots, there used to be a television right there.

Looks like he walked in on a burglar.

Six years with the Bureau.

Out in the field every day.

Coming up against everything from gunrunners to paid assassins.

As he died in his own home.

Fighting off some punk looking for drug money.

What a world.

That stuff stinks.

I got news for you.

So do you.

Well, well, well, look who's awake.

Want a donut? Yes, please.

I don't think so.

Today's the day.

Here you go.

Now, shock me this time.

You're a dead man, and that's a fact.

Jackass.

Did you just call me a jackass? No, I called that jackass Ben Matlock a

Jackass Matlock?

I thought he was your best friend.

He's not my best friend.

Just because I've known him for a long time doesn't mean I like him.

In fact, after all of this, I like that cheap little backstabber less than ever.

Yeah, well, you couldn't like him any less than I like him.

Oh, yeah?

That bum left my sister Lucy at the altar.

She was so heartbroken, she moved in with me.

Didn't move out for 40 years, ruined my whole life.

Yeah, well, he sent my brother to prison for 25 years.

Barry! I'm not gonna tell him his name.

That's not as bad as 40 years with Lucy.

I wish I could see his face when he turns over that 250 grand.

It'll kill him. Just kill him. You think so?

By turning over 2 ,050 cents, I'd kill that tightwad.

Really? You think?

Why, I could tell you stories about greed and parsimony that would curl your

toes. Yeah?

Tell us some.

Where did we get it?

Where did we get it?

Agent Spears is dead?

Yes. He left me a message last night saying he had gotten a lead in the

case and was going to call you.

Did he?

Yeah.

He said he found a baseball cap in some house somewhere.

Thought it might belong to the Sanborn kid.

Also found a puddle of oil that he...

Thought might have come from the kidnapper's car. Told me he was going to

me a sample of it here in the lab so I could analyze it first thing in the

morning. That's what I'm doing.

He found Matthew's baseball cap? Well, he didn't know it was his, but he was

going to keep it until the kid could ID it. My men didn't find any baseball cap

at Spears' place.

What time was it when he called, do you remember?

Well, I just turned the TV off, so it must have been around 10.

Same time the neighbor said he heard the shots.

Did he indicate anything was wrong, or did you hear anything unusual while you

were talking to him? Nah, he had Beethoven, Blair, and then the

Same as always.

Beethoven?

Yeah. The fourth, I think. It's kind of funny.

Burglars don't usually enter a house when they know somebody's there.

You think someone intended to confront Dennis Spears?

I don't know. I mean, it's possible the guy wound up killing him. He made it

look like a burglar. He covered his trail.

You guys know anybody may have had it out for him? Oh, he was a great guy. Got

along with everybody.

No, that's not quite true.

He had a fight with another agent in this very room just yesterday.

Who was the other agent?

Ed Wingate.

All right, everybody. It is imperative that we stay focused.

I know it's difficult, but we must.

Don't you ever take off those dark glasses. Is there a glare in my house?

1221.

Something's wrong.

Relax, Cliff.

Well, they said they would call at noon. They're kidnappers. Keeping their word

is probably not a big deal to them.

Are you sure that all the money's in here?

It's there.

1222. Why haven't they called?

I can't believe it. He shot the moon.

I haven't shot the moon since I was 14 years old. I have never shot the moon.

That is amazing.

How many points is that?

That's minus 26 for each of you and a big fat zero for me.

Unbelievable. Okay.

Who wants a Swiss cheese sandwich?

Tracy. Billy can't have cheese, remember?

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.

Um, would peanut butter and jelly be okay?

Tuna fish would be better.

Coming right up.

We got time for another hand? Oh, my gosh.

It's 1230.

Hello?

You got the money?

Yeah, I got it.

$250 ,000 cash.

Yeah.

All right, then, listen up. This is what you're gonna do.

You're wearing a wire.

I'm not wearing a wire.

Yeah, well, then prove it. And hurry up.

I'm only doing this once.

Now you leave the money, you tuck your shirt back in, you get in the car and

drive home. What about Billy?

We see the money. You'll see him.

Get the money. Okay.

You did it.

Couldn't have done it without you, my man. Oh, my pleasure.

I guess I better say adios and let you kids get going.

I'm sorry about biting your finger like that.

That's all right. I probably would have done the same thing.

See you around, Billy.

Bye, Bill.

Hands on your head and keep them there.

Now!

May I help you, or are you just browsing?

He didn't even speak.

He didn't thank me. He didn't say anything.

He acted like I wasn't there.

Being kidnapped is a very traumatic experience. I'm sure he was under

stress. Well, we all were.

Hello again, Mr. Matlock, Ms. McIntyre. Your back door was open, relatively

speaking. Well, who's been kidnapped now?

Actually, I'm here on a personal matter.

I believe I'm being framed for murder.

Oh. I'm fairly certain that ballistics will show that this weapon was used to

kill an FBI agent by the name of Dennis Spears. He was shot to death in his home

last night. Oh, my goodness.

Anyway, about three hours ago, I found someone planting that in the kitchen

drawer at my home.

I gave chase, but was unable to apprehend him.

Then I discovered that the police had left a message on my machine.

saying they wanted to question me about Dennis.

Now, were I to deliver that to the police, I would be arrested on the spot.

Were I to not deliver it, I would be obstructing justice, a thing equally

objectionable. Ergo, I'd like it if you would deliver it.

Ergo, Schmergo.

The police just want to question you. They don't want to string you up. They

probably want to question everybody in your department.

Take off those stupid sunglasses. It's dark and pitch outside.

Oh. Dennis Spears did this to me. We got in an argument at headquarters.

I believe that whoever really killed Dennis found out about it and concluded

that framing me would take the heat off him.

I am going to find that person.

In the meantime, I believe the police officer called.

His name was Lieutenant Brunson. No, no, you can't do this. If you don't talk to

the police, you're going to look all the more guilty.

I'm being realistic, Ms. McIntyre.

You see, the police don't like me.

Nor do most of my co -workers.

Were I to be arrested and charged, I would be to use the vernacular.

Shafted. But the police are going to be looking for you. They're bound to catch

you.

No, they won't.

You see, I am the wind.

You know,

you know, you really ought to do something about that.

Do I do what?

Well, I never.

He's the wind.