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The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn Martin production.

Starring Carl Malden.

Also starring Michael Douglas.

With guest stars Meredith Baxter, Darlene Carr,

Daryl Petty.

Tonight's episode, Deadly Silence.

Salameh.

What?

That should have been the tip -off, salami.

Turn right here, will you? Up on the corner.

Best salami in town, right down that block.

And you can pick out the kind you like.

Why should I buy your salami?

Because you're gonna eat it.

Tonight, at my birthday party.

Oh, man, it's supposed to be a surprise!

It still is a surprise.

She doesn't know that I know.

I guess that's right.

Move in right here.

All units, liquor store.

100 block 6th Street. 211 in progress.

We're two blocks away. Come on, let's move in.

Oh, sweet Lord.

We've done it good.

We've done it good this time.

I'll carry him inside.

We got to get him back on his feet and get moving, you know.

There's a cop out here back there. If he dies, they're going to be on some

feathers on a chicken.

Careful, Rudy, please.

Hey, who ever heard of a man dying on his honeymoon, huh?

They are told he'll be all right.

Be as good as new. You'll see.

You know, we can't tell mortal he's awake.

Well, that doesn't tell me anything.

Well, we don't know anything.

You call Gene?

Nellis, we don't have something to tell her. Well, just tell her not to worry.

Tell her not to worry. Yeah.

Nothing's helping me. I don't know what else to do.

I've got to get a doctor.

That's a gunshot wound, Jody. I know what kind of wound it is.

Get a doctor.

Doctors have got to report gunshot wounds to the police.

Look, you just get him here, and I'll see to it you don't report nothing to

nobody.

the doctor's going to want to know what's wrong.

Well, then you tell him a lie.

You tell him anything. Would you just get him here?

Hello?

Yeah, Jeannie, it's Steve.

I'll give you one quick minute. I've got every burner on the stove going. Just

keep them away till seven.

Listen, something's happened. Not to worry. Steve, what is it?

Mike got hit by a van.

He's got no broken bones, nothing like that, but he's under observation here at

County Hospital.

I'll be there as fast as I can.

Wait, wait a minute. Dr. Reynolds is with him right now, Jeannie. It's all

right. I'll be there.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

What happened?

He got shot.

Sure does take your breath away.

You're gonna be all right.

Tennessee.

San Francisco.

I remember we got married day four yesterday.

That was three weeks ago.

My, my, how time flies when you're having fun.

That's what my mama always used to say.

My, my, time flies when you're having fun.

I'm tired, honey.

I'm so tired.

How much did we get?

About $1 ,200.

That's enough. We can go home now.

I'm sorry, Chief.

I'm sorry I got you into this. Everything worked just like you said.

you said it would. And we got the money, didn't we? Yeah. You look at the way

we're going style now.

Oh, come on, Doc. It's nothing but a bump on the head.

Mm -hmm.

Well, we're going to have to keep you under observation till morning.

What are you mumbling about?

Didn't you hear me?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, yeah, I heard you. Come on, come on, come on. Now, back down.

Come on.

Oh.

Oh.

Hey, I haven't had a head like this since... I can't remember when.

I tried three doctors and none of them would come.

I told them I had a friend who fell down a flight of stairs and was dying.

And they just said, call an ambulance, get him to a hospital.

It was like they didn't even care.

It's all right, Rudy. He's dead.

I'm sorry, baby.

Gotta bury him.

Where?

The crawlspace under the stairs.

Now, we gotta get out of this town. That's what we gotta do.

Now, that cop I hit is in the county hospital.

He's a police lieutenant. I heard it on the radio.

If he dies, they're gonna close this town up tighter and... Yeah, yeah, but

gotta bury him.

Now, please, Rudy, please don't make me leave him like that. Now, listen.

Okay, I'll take care of it.

I'll take care of it, okay?

Rudy?

Did you hear what the name of that cop was?

Uh, Stone or something like that.

Why?

I was wondering who it was killed Jeff.

Yes, operator.

I'd like the number, please, at the county hospital.

Thank you.

Hello.

Yes, you can. I guess I'd like emergency, please.

Well, you see, I heard on the radio that a friend of mine was hurt.

Lieutenant Stone.

Yes, and I was hoping maybe you could tell me if he was all right.

I'm so glad.

Can I talk to him?

How would I send him something?

I see.

Yeah, thank you.

Oh, wait.

If I want to call back, what room do I ask for?

256.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

But that is not the point, and you know it. Then what is? Look, all the doctor

wants you to do is just take it easy for a couple of days. All right.

I took a snooze for a couple of hours.

Now I want to go home.

Mike, what harm is spending the night here going to do? At least you can

Sleep? On this bed?

Lie down. Go ahead. Try it. A sack full of rocks.

Look.

Get the doc.

I am going home. All right. Okay. If that's what you wanted to. I'll give it

try.

Who wants to go home?

This isn't a prison, Jean. I can't keep him here against his will. But what if

he gets sick during the night?

Just watch him. If you notice any signs of confusion, dizziness, headaches get

worse, just give me a call.

I don't care what time it is.

Nurse, we're releasing 266. Would you get me a wheelchair, please?

This is a release form.

If you had the sense you were born with, you wouldn't even ask me to sign it.

But you don't, so that is that.

Happy birthday.

That's the best present I've gotten all day.

Now someone will just get my hat.

Wheelchair? What are you talking about, wheelchair? I was walking. You saw me

walk. Once you're out of here, you can hop, skip, and jump. And you're better

not while I'm around.

Nurse?

The world's going to pot in a basket.

Nurse?

Thank you.

When I get home, I want you ready to go back to school, understand?

Yes, sir. Anything you say, sir.

What?

I said I'll make a deal with you.

You stay home today, and I'll go back to school tomorrow.

Well, I've got a job to do.

Well, so do I, taking care of you.

Look, even Iron Mike needs a day off now and then.

What about next July when the fish are biting?

You see?

I just got up too fast.

Jody, now, we've done all we can do for him. We buried him. We said all the

words. There's nothing else we can do. It's time we thought of ourselves.

I'm not just running out and leaving him.

He's dead, baby.

And don't call me baby.

I've been a woman and then a wife and now a widow, and that's all in the same

month. I'm still on my honeymoon. Sis, sis, it's over.

No. See, it's not going to be over till that cop's dead.

Boy, now, that is dumb.

That is really dumb.

Maybe so, but my mind's made up. You don't even know what he looks like.

Where it works, I can go find out.

I wish we never come here. It was my idea, not yours.

Oh, come on now. Don't start blaming yourself.

Me and Jeff, we knew what we was doing. Oh, yeah. I bet you did. Was it your

idea to get a house you couldn't afford?

Get some nice clothes, some of this trip west?

Was it?

I'm going to ditch that van so nobody can trace it back to us.

Then I'm going to come back here and pack up.

And then I'm cutting out.

I'm warning you, I... Whether you're here or not, I'm leaving.

Take care of yourself, Rudy.

Maybe he didn't even see the car.

I don't think he heard that car coming, Steve.

He didn't hear half of what I said to him this morning.

Okay, I'll keep an eye on him.

Well, if you need me... I'll call you, yeah.

I'll see you later, Gene.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'm late.

Good morning.

That owner of that liquor store died about midnight.

Never regained consciousness.

The description of that van that hit you matches the one that was stolen in

Monterey. I got an APB out on it now.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sounds like the same one. Did you get out an APB?

Yeah.

What? Yeah.

What about the owner of the liquor store?

He died about midnight. You sure you're all right?

Oh, yeah, yeah. That cloud on my head left some cotton in my ear. It'll clear

up. Why don't you take the rest of the day off?

Are you kidding? I've done this job when I was sick, when I had a temperature,

when it felt as though someone had my head in the vice. Don't worry. It'll

by noon.

Now, what else?

Are you looking for someone?

Well, I guess, officer, I would like to report someone missing. Oh, you want a

missing person?

Ain't that what this is?

Uh -uh. You made a wrong turn.

It's the office across the hall. Big sign.

Well, I guess that don't make me too smart, does it?

Well, we all make mistakes.

Do you know where you're going now?

Uh, yes, sir, I do.

I know just where I'm going.

Hey, wasn't that the van we're supposed to be looking for?

73, 74 van, beige with black and red stripes.

Let's check it out.

Homicide stone.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Give me that again.

It's the van.

How many passengers?

Tell them to maintain surveillance. We're on our way.

Car 3 -boy -9 to inspectors 8 -1. You there, Mike?

What's he saying? Turn that thing up, will you? Yeah, we read you 3 -boy -9.

Suspect just turned off Columbus on Greenwich, proceeding west.

We're on our way.

Okay, take a right on the third.

Which way?

Right.

Right!

He spotted us headed west on Greenwich near Market.

Okay, 3 -boy -9.

What's wrong with you, huh?

Did you hear me yelling at you?

Don't you hear anything?

He almost killed you. He had the beat on you. He could have killed you.

You almost bought it because I couldn't tell where he was. I couldn't tell where

the sounds were coming from.

It's okay, Micah. No, it's not okay.

I gotta stop kidding myself.

There's something wrong with me. I've got to find out what it is.

All right, now I'm going to present the same tones to your right ear.

Whenever you hear the tones, raise your hand.

A secular discontinuity, which is consistent with the autologist's

Now, that's great, but what would you call it down at the corner saloon?

lost the hearing in your right ear. And to have any perspective on sound, how

far away it is, what direction it's coming from, well, your brain needs the

stereo effect of both ears.

On one side, I'm deaf. Is that it? Oh, yes. See, the accident dislodged the

three small bones in your middle ear, which... Transmit sound.

Well, how do you lodge them back in again?

An operation.

Well, when do we start?

Well, that's up to your doctor.

Well, you might want another audiological examination.

No, no, Reynolds said you were the best, so what have I got to lose?

You have still got one good ear.

You need two to be a cop.

What's the matter with a desk job?

Now, stop beating about the bush.

What is it you want to say?

Your right ear has suffered a traumatic shock.

Now, you may regain some hearing in time.

On the other hand, if you decide on the operation, it is not successful, you may

have a permanent hearing loss in that ear.

What we call a dead ear.

Totally deaf.

What you're saying is that I could by my own pension.

Are you still so eager for that operation?

No, I'll have to think that over.

Miss Dixon?

Um, just a minute.

Miss Dixon?

Just, uh, all right, come on in.

I don't think I've left anything.

You owe 25 even.

That's for the cleaning fee.

I forgot.

I'm sorry my husband didn't pay you before.

I forgot it.

If you come next door, I'll write you a receipt. I don't think I need one.

Any following address?

What you want one for?

in case you get any mail or that young fellow with the van comes back.

No, he won't be coming back.

Bye.

Yeah, it'd be good for you to get away for a couple of weeks, you know, get a

rest.

Yeah, sit out in the sun, get myself a tan.

You know, I might even drive up to the mountains, do a little fishing.

Yeah, you take it easy. I'll take care of all of it here.

Not all of it.

Just your share for a change. Tanner's gonna be working with you till I get

back.

Oh, wait a minute.

Can't forget this.

No made driving, Hulk? No.

No, thanks.

Jeannie's waiting for me downstairs.

Well, all right.

I'll see you, Smiley.

Mike. Mike!

Is that me a postcard?

Drive me over to the mission station, Howard.

There's somebody I want to talk to.

Dave Paxton?

Yeah, you don't have to wait.

Oh, I don't mind.

Look, I can find my way home. I may be half deaf, but I'm not half dumb.

I'll see you at home.

Place still smells the same.

You'll get used to that.

Yeah, I guess you can get used to almost anything.

Mike, you don't have to yell.

I'm wired for sound and for silence.

Come on, I'll buy you some coffee.

You'd be surprised how great it makes you feel to have the power to turn a

and shut out the world.

Sit down.

So, what are you doing here?

Well, I've been thinking about you, and I just thought I'd stop by and see my

old partner.

I heard about your accident.

Then you know why I'm here.

Next thing you're going to do is ask me if I'm happy.

Stupid question, right?

Mike, that gun going off next to my ear is the greatest thing that ever

happened. No more getting involved with family quarrels.

No more high -speed chases in the rain. No more cops and robbers.

You got it made, huh?

You,

uh, gonna buy an operation?

Wait a minute.

Why didn't you?

Ah, I'm a fatalist.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Look, I still got one foot here. I got a job that's going to see me through to

retirement.

Forest takes care of its own, Mike.

Come on in out of the rain. We'll find a desk for you here.

Got something on that kid driving the van. What? Rudy Nolan.

Records in Tennessee and Kentucky.

About the bloodstains, Nick, man. Type O.

Nolan was type A. Type O.

It would be Dixon.

Who? The gun Nolan was carrying was purchased by a Jeff Dixon in Nevada. Why

don't you see if Dixon's got a record and he and Nolan ever worked together as

team? Right.

Yeah, homicide, Inspector Keller.

What are you doing in my office?

Taking over?

Always trying, Mike. Always trying. How you doing?

Fine, fine. I just thought I'd check in.

Any new leads?

Yeah, we got a...

Nolan, he's got a record in the South, little stuff.

And Dixon, he purchased the gun in Nevada.

Now, robbery tells me it's the same one used in three holdups in California,

same M .O. Well, what about the third man?

Nothing yet, no.

Say, maybe I ought to come in just to sort of give a helping hand.

I thought you were supposed to be taking a vacation.

I know, I know. I just thought... We can handle it, Mike.

Sure.

Sure you will.

Well, at least you know where to find me.

You feel like a game of cribbage?

Not now.

Oh, I picked up some sports magazines at the store for you this morning.

Maybe you'll have time to do more than just look at the pictures. Maybe later.

Well, how about some TV? There's a good Western. You know what I'd like? Name

it. I'd like it if you went back to school where you belong.

Ah, I'm a pest, huh?

That's right, a pest.

Beautiful, like your mother, but a pest.

I'm going for a walk.

Oh, okay.

Alone.

His whole life's wrapped up in that damn office.

You take that away from him, and what does he have?

He's got you.

That's why I called.

I don't know how to help him, Steve.

He's scared.

Well, not about the operation, but what comes later.

You know, he's never even joked about retiring.

Hey, Jeannie, come on. He's going to pull through with you. I'm worried

Me? Yeah, you're such a good nurse.

You know he hates that.

Oh, hell.

Hell?

Is that kind of language coming out of you?

The only kind you dumb cops ever understand. Look, I'm not trying to baby

father. Good.

Then everything's going to be okay. We can have dinner.

What? Well, you still got the birthday cake, right? I'll bring some ice cream.

We'll surprise him and have a party.

Okay.

Be here at seven?

All right.

Jeannie... Jeannie, don't worry about Mike.

However the operation turns out, he's going to be okay.

I tell you it's right there in the ballistics report.

The same gun that was used on me killed the owner of that liquor store. I saw

the report, Mike, I know. I'll tell you what I want you to do. No, I'll tell

you. I'm going to put a 24 -hour guard on you. A what? That's right, a 24 -hour

guard, and Drake here's going to run the first shift. I don't need a guard.

Drake, it's your responsibility.

You're going to have to see that he gets home, and you're going to have to keep

an eye on him. Okay, Lieutenant.

Drake, I said it's okay.

It's okay.

When you take over, you really take over, don't you?

Drake, get him out of here, will you?

All smiles, huh?

Okay, smiley.

When are you going to put your name on my door?

Doctor, she ready to meet patients, don't she? Hey, what do you got? This.

The lady says she knows that van that was in the papers, and she knows this

Nolan.

Yes?

Well, it's about your daddy. There's been an accident.

What? Where? What happened?

Well, he was crossing the street and, well, he's been hurt.

Oh, no.

Well, see, I can take you to him in the car, but we've got to hurry.

Move over, honey.

What do you want? Just let the machine start driving.

Thanks a lot.

Want me to get you a cup of coffee?

No. Pillow?

Blanket? Mike, I don't like this any better than you do, but I've got orders.

Okay. If it gets too lonely down here, coming up we'll play a game of cards.

Thanks.

You sure there weren't three men in here?

No, sir. Two and a woman.

It'll take me a week to clean this place up.

I left it looking like a pigsty.

Stamp. Oh, wouldn't you know it. It's a clean rug, too.

What is it?

It's blood.

One of them got wounded.

Blood? On my good mattress.

Steve, I guess we could get a lab man in here right away.

We're going to need more than a lab man.

You better get a look at what I just found under the house.

Stone. Mike, it's me.

Jeannie, I wondered what happened to you.

I'm, uh, I'm near the Presidio.

Anything wrong?

The person who shot at you today is here, next to me.

Jeannie, are you all right?

Mike, don't... Just what I told you.

Jeannie? Yes, yes, I'm all right.

I have a message for you.

Do you have a pencil and paper?

Just a moment.

All right, honey.

Drive through the Presidio on Lincoln Boulevard.

Stop at the gun emplacement.

Dixon and Rudy Nolan.

Presidio. So what about her? That's the same girl. She was up in homicide

yesterday. Said she wanted missing persons, but she was just standing there

looking into Mike's office.

That's the one of the red man.

The 81 to headquarters is an emergency.

Tell Lieutenant Stone that third person in that liquor store hole -up is not a

man. It's Jeff Dixon's wife.

Dixon's dead and she's trying to kill him.

This is Drake. 10 -4. I'm on my way.

What you looking at?

You.

Two eyes and a nose, just like everybody else.

That doesn't tell me what kind of person you are or why you want to kill Mike.

Jeff.

He was my husband.

All he wanted was a house of his own for us.

Except he didn't have the money for it.

I showed him how to get it.

Just like I showed Rudy.

He was my brother.

First thing he ever stole, he stole from me. Some lipstick.

$2 ,000.

That's all we needed, and we had it.

For one minute in that liquor store, we had it all.

See, when we came out here, Daddy was waiting for us.

Now I'm the only one left to make this right.

That's why I'm here.

Waiting for him.

I'm here, Mike Stone.

All right, I kept my end of the bargain. I'll keep yours.

Genia, you are right.

Well, don't just stand there. Say something.

You know, we still have a whole birthday cake left.

I can hear you. Not so loud. I can hear you.

Your ear is going to be sensitive to sound for a few days.

Talk again.

What do you want us to say?

Oh, that's beautiful.

That's beautiful.

You know, she doesn't need a voice to talk. All she needs is a pair of hands.

It's just too bad I was kind of getting used to your office, you know.

What did you say?