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The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn Martin production.

Starring Carl Malden.

Also starring Michael Douglas.

With guest stars Diane Baker, Darlene Carr,

Mark Miller,

Barbara Babcock.

Tonight's episode, The Cat's Paw.

Oh, Mike, I don't want to have any of that imitation lemonade.

And neither do I.

Oh.

Are you all right?

I was just thinking of Musetta's Waltz. That has to be my favorite aria.

Yeah, for me, it's a deal.

Well, that's the best moment in the fourth act. Third act.

Now, wait a minute, Mike. I practically had to drag you here, and now you tell

me after all these years you're an opera buff?

Well, I guess there are some things that people don't know about me.

I guess I should try to find out.

Pardon me, sir. Were you in seat L -22?

Yes, I was. Well, there's a phone call for you from the police department.

You can get it on that phone if you'd like.

Never fails.

Lieutenant Stone.

It's for you.

Sorry, old habits. I left word, too.

Inspector Martin.

Yes, Dave.

What's the address?

Right.

Right, I'll be there in about ten minutes.

It's my cat burglar case. We'll get him this time.

I'll get a cab.

No, no, no, not at all. I'll take you.

Come on.

Let's get our coats.

Lieutenant, transfer over from burglary? No, busman's holiday.

Inspector Martin's in charge of this one.

Irene Martin, burglary. Yes, ma 'am.

These are the residents, Mr. and Mrs. Davis.

How do you do?

Can you give us a rundown on what happened?

Well, we've already told the officer here.

We got back early from the theater, and when my wife went to put her jewelry in

the death safe, it was open, cleaned up.

Can you describe what's missing?

Well, I had about $1 ,000, and my wife had some other jewelry.

We'll have to check the list in the safe deposit box at the bank to be positive.

Well, I'd appreciate it if you could get that information to us as soon as you

can. Sure.

No service entrance?

No, the building has 24 -hour security, and there's no way in from the street.

Okay, finish up your report and get a copy to me as soon as you can in the

morning. Yes, ma 'am.

Door's been jimmied, right?

Mm -hmm.

Your man looks like a real pro, hardly a scratch.

Well, he's a pro, all right. My cat never leaves any fingerprints.

Let's see, about ten stories down and two floors up. And there's no

fire escape on this side of the building.

Well, what does he do? Use a helicopter?

Almost.

How would you like to take a little stroll under the stars?

On the roof? Mm -hmm.

This is our date.

Let me use your flashlight, will you?

Mike, that's where he must have started, up there, and rappelled down to this

roof here.

And the study windows are about here somewhere.

Now, I'll bet he found a way to...

Take a wire or a rope to these pipes right here.

And then pull the wire across through here.

See, now, come here.

Now, he had the wire on the pipes, and then he went up to the top.

I guess I better stop reading those old Wonder Woman comics.

I don't know that I can't see in the dark.

I must look over those study windows.

Look, Mike, right here. This is where he went over.

Birdman, that's what he is. Comes and goes like a fan, and he never leaves me

single thing to go on.

You sound like a fan.

Maybe I am.

Sooner or later, he's going to make a mistake.

Oh, Mike, I'm sorry about the opera, but...

Well, I'm going to be stuck here most of the night.

We're together, aren't we?

Under the stars.

And you're some day, Lieutenant.

Here you go, sunshine.

Not so loud, you wake me up.

I told you not to go out with cops. They keep you out late.

That's what I keep telling all your girlfriends.

I'm up late, but I'm not out.

I hope your tip is as hot as this coffee.

So far, it's been a bust.

You want to call it quits? No, sir.

No, sirree.

I want a quarter more than I want my beauty sleep, I'll tell you that.

You saw the mutilated body, didn't you?

Yeah.

Took him three hours to die.

Listen.

Are you sure that that rust bucket is the only one shipping out today?

Yeah. Guy I talked to said he's got forged maritime.

Boy, there ought to be a law against stakeouts, especially at the break of

You're just a boring show -off, Mike.

Get up there.

Oh, you haven't made that for a long time. Well, it's too much trouble for

Here,

wait a minute. Here,

put this ice on it. No, it's okay. Come on. I'm all right. Put the ice on it.

Okay, okay. Put the ice on it.

What's the matter with you? We've cooked special dinners before. I've never seen

you so nervous. Well, this one's different. Irene is kind of, um...

She's more than a friend, I know.

Well, she's not like your mother, but... She's...

pretty special.

Well, I figured as much.

When you don't talk a lot about a woman, you think a lot of her.

You know your mother taught me to make this sauce the first year we were

married?

I feel kind of funny making it for Irene.

Dumb, huh?

Look, you can't be a bachelor forever.

I've always had you.

Oh, well, that's not quite the same thing, and you know it.

But I'll tell you something.

I'm really glad you have Irene now.

Did you have a nice evening?

Very.

Jeannie gave it her best shot.

She brought out all the antiques.

Silver, china, crystal, everything.

I noticed.

I thought it was supposed to be a casual dinner at home.

Why all the fuss?

Well, you were the guest.

Oh, my.

What's going on?

Irene, there are some things I'm not very good at.

Name one.

Proposing.

Well?

Well, I'd like to have some time. I'd like to think about it.

Oh, sure. Take all the time you want.

Well, I guess I can't say that you kept me dangling on a string, can I?

No.

And there's something else you don't do very well.

What's that?

Propose and drive at the same time.

That's my house back there.

I talked to Jeannie. She said you were here.

Your cat burglar struck again.

This time he killed somebody.

Looks like it could have been a full magnum load.

I don't know why they pay me when they have you around, Lieutenant.

Never mind. Do you want to run the autopsy, too? That's enough.

How long has she been dead?

Oh, two, two and a half hours.

A lady, his name was Naomi Greenwood, and that's her sister there, Mrs. Bell.

know how difficult this is for you, Mrs. Bell.

Do you have any idea where her husband might be reached?

Jerome is in Los Angeles at a sales meeting, and he usually stays at the Bel

Hotel.

I tried calling him earlier, but he wasn't here. Steve, you see if you can

him. Oh, you can use the phone in my apartment.

Well,

what have you got? Not much.

Her jewelry box has been rifled.

And Mrs. Bell doesn't know what her sister kept in the apartment.

Well, it looks like Mrs. Greenwood went to the mayor's charity ball tonight,

came home early, and your cat burglar shot her.

How did you know about the ball?

There was a ticket stub in her purse.

Oh, and her wallet is missing.

What's wrong? My cat burglar wouldn't take a wallet.

Well, everything else checks out.

Empty apartment, marks on the roof, jimmied window, no clues.

Exact emo. I know, I know, but he's never killed anybody before. I just

believe he would.

Well, maybe he was never interrupted before.

There's no answer in the Greenwoods' room, so I left a message.

What's wrong here?

Oh, we're just having a slight difference of opinion.

I know my man. He's no killer.

There has to be a first time, right? Mike, it's not him.

There's just too much here that's wrong.

Like what?

Well, I don't know.

Neither do I yet.

So why don't you take care of the robbery, and Steve and I will follow up

homicide.

All right?

All right.

Mr. Greenwood is on his way here from L .A. We couldn't reach him, but we'll

question him as soon as he gets in.

Yeah, come in. Do you want to see me?

All right, Mike, sit down.

Coffee? No, no, thanks.

On the Greenwood murder, I think you need a little more help, Mike.

Looks like the murderer is the same cat burglar that Martin's been working on.

And since she knows more about him than anyone else, I want you two to work

together on it.

Well, I have a partner, and we're working on a pretty tough case right

Oh, Keller can wrap up the details on the Okora case, and when he's done, he

link up with you again.

Until then, you two are a pair.

pay a thousand a month for this address.

Didn't buy him much security, did it?

You don't seem to be very happy that we're working together.

Oh, no, it has nothing to do with you, Irene.

It's your Cora case. Steve and I sweated on that one.

There's a lot more work involved before we can put him away.

Okay, I know it's an important case for you, but my cat, Berkler, is just as

important to me, and I've worked as hard and as many long hours on it.

Is that why you asked him for a transfer?

I didn't ask him. He asked me.

Mike, I know you're used to working with Steve.

And if you'd rather go back with him on the case... No, no, wait a minute.

We have our orders, haven't we?

Is it because we know each other so well? Sometimes people can't see each

at night and work well together all day. It's like being double married.

We're not married yet, are we?

I just spoke to her yesterday morning.

She told me that she was going to the ball.

She enjoyed things like that, you know.

Mr. Greenwood, I'm terribly sorry, but we're going to have to ask you some more

questions.

Go on.

Do you know of anyone who had a grudge against your wife?

Of course not.

That sort of thing doesn't happen anymore, does it? You'd be surprised.

Was your wife seeing anybody else?

No. Why do you ask that?

Well, most murders are committed by someone the victim knew.

But I was told it was the cat burglar. You were told right.

He is the most likely suspect.

Irene.

Have you any idea what's missing?

I haven't had much time to think about that sort of thing.

But our insurance man has a complete list.

Well, Mr. Greenwood, when you check later, would you let us know if there's

anything else missing besides the jewelry?

Excuse me, that phone has been ringing ever since I got in.

Hello?

Yes.

Yes, I would like for you and Ted to help with the funeral.

I'm not very good at that sort of thing.

Thanks, I appreciate that, Judy.

I think that'll be all for now.

Thank you.

A multi -million dollar crime lab, and all they can tell us is 32 slugged from

an automatic with rifling to the left. No, we found out something else, too.

Here. We found out that your cat burglar didn't kill anybody else with that gun,

especially not in the Bay Area. Here, try one of these.

They're not too hot. They're really good. I don't think we're looking for

same man.

You know you said that. Mike, I love you, but I think you're wrong.

It's the little things. They don't fit.

And this is Greenwood's wallet.

Chicken feed to him, and murder is stupid.

My man is clever and too sophisticated.

You know you actually admire him? Look, I've been working on this case for three

solid months. I couldn't know him better if I lived with him.

I could be jealous if I were the jealous type.

Irene. Oh, thank you.

Your clever, sophisticated cat burglar looks like a murderer to me.

And I am going to get him.

That's why I need all your stakeout teams pulled off.

But you can't.

I've had those men out there every night for two weeks in the best apartment

houses, penthouse rooms. I need them reassigned to check out all the pawn

and the fences. He never fences or pawns any of the jewelry he's ever stolen. At

least not in the same town.

It's not his pattern.

He's already broken his pattern by killing someone.

Now, I want all those men reassigned now.

All right.

I'll get them on it.

Yeah, yeah, you're holding out on me, huh?

What do you mean by that? What do I mean by that? I just talked to Jeannie on

the telephone. How come I got to hear from her that you two were tying a

knot? You'll have to see how things work out. If you'll excuse me, I have to

notify some stakeout teams. They have new assignments.

Well, if you were going to turn in your credentials as a card -carrying

bachelor, I couldn't think of a better lady to do it.

Yeah.

Being a bachelor all those years, I don't know. Maybe I'm not ready for

marriage. Oh, yeah, you're just going to miss all those nights alone eating

meals on the run.

Oh, come on, I didn't mean that.

From around the date, everything is fine, lovely, beautiful.

Once we get in here, I don't know, maybe it's my fault.

I just don't know how to handle the situation.

Well, you could learn.

I'm a slow study, remember?

Well, Irene seems to be a very understanding lady. Why don't you talk

Then that's a good idea. I'll do just that.

Do you have the report on the Okora case?

Yeah, but I thought you were going to talk to our leader first.

I'm going to work my way up to that this afternoon, but right now I want the

file on the Okora case.

Why haven't you pulled those teams in?

Because I haven't had time. I've been going over some of this new information

from Chicago. I just got through chewing out the fellas for not reporting in.

Mike, listen.

Listen, there's a pattern here. A series of unsolved cat burglaries. Exactly the

way our man works. I want to show... I am only concerned with one case at the

moment. Ours. Yours and mine. Now let's get on it.

Hollister, this is Inspector Martin.

I won't be needing those stakeout teams tonight, but I would like them to start

covering all of the pawn shops and known fences in town.

Right.

Sure, I was surprised when he brought the stuff in.

Obviously quality.

So is this one.

Well, they fit the ID photos the insurance company had of the Greenwoods

jewelry, but it doesn't quite tally. There's a man's blue tiger eye ring

missing. Did you sell it already?

That stuff wasn't in here an hour before your officers were in here asking about

it. You want to see my sales book?

No, no, no.

Can you describe the man who brought them in?

Of course I can. He goes by here every afternoon.

Maybe he kept the ring. I never saw it.

Well, weren't you a little suspicious when what he had was this good?

Inspector, you'd be surprised at the stuff that comes in here.

Legitimately. I want to see the ticket salaries.

I got it right here. I don't know about the name, but

the address is phony.

Lieutenant, before you jump all over me, I can tell you exactly where you can

find this guy.

And where's that?

Where he is every afternoon.

At the bar down the block.

I really knew it. The only time I'd find something good.

The only time.

How about being a little more specific and telling us where and when you found

them, Pinch?

I knew it.

I was down by the bay.

You know, I go down there mornings. I check out the outlet pipes.

You know, you find things like pens, watches, you know, stuff.

But this morning, it was different.

Well, I...

I went down there about 10 o 'clock. I poked around some, and then I saw this

rag, this bundle, and I opened it up, and there they were.

Just the jewelry?

Well, no,

there was a wallet there. There was only $8 in that. I took the money, and I

threw the wallet away.

What about a man's ring, a blue tiger eye?

There was no ring.

I missed something, didn't I? I know it. I missed something, didn't I? I'll get

a man over to check out the place with Pinch.

That ring might still be there.

I know it.

There's an antique jewelry exhibit in the West Wing.

How about it?

Jewelry? I thought we promised each other we wouldn't talk about the case

tonight.

Have I even mentioned it?

Mm -hmm.

Yes, you did.

Back there in the Egyptian room.

That's all you talked about was the...

Tiger eye rings.

I thought I was rather subliminal.

Well, let's see. What about medieval weapons?

Oh, look, Irene.

My head is full of culture right now, but right here I'm empty.

Really empty. So how about going out and getting a nice midnight snack before I

take you home?

Mike, you're going to have to change.

Suppose I don't want to change.

Well, we all change.

I hope we never stop.

Well, how about you changing your mind about the cat burglar being a murderer?

Because he's not.

Anybody that good doesn't carry a weapon.

Besides, if he did get caught, he wouldn't kill anybody.

Well, maybe he panicked when he saw her.

He went to Greenwood's desk, opened the drawer, pulled out a gun, and he shot

her.

Was that Greenwood's gun?

Could be.

He called me just before I left the office.

He said he was checking around. He found out the gun was missing from his desk.

So he says it's a .32. It's never been fired.

We've been here all this time, and you waited until now to tell me about the

gun. I didn't want to spoil your fun. No, no, no.

You were just waiting for the right moment to prove me wrong. You had to be

right, didn't you, Mike? What are you talking about?

Now, you know me better than that.

Look, Irene, this is just one case, one little case. I thought it was our case,

Mike, yours and mine.

But you never once really listened to my theory, did you?

No. You were just determined to prove there was only one way, your own narrow,

plodding way. Is that the way it's going to be with us? You called it, Mike, and

you're the boss.

At least on this job.

Irene! I'll call a cab.

You don't have to call a cab.

Thought you had a date tonight.

Couldn't get the Greenwood case off my mind.

Thought I'd go over it again.

Well, you could have taken care of it in the morning.

What are you doing here at midnight?

That gun was registered to him, wasn't it?

Yeah.

So what happened? Have a little fight?

The cat burglar case.

You know, Irene, she's a sharp, efficient, darn good cop.

But, boy, is she stubborn.

Yeah. Thank God you're so understanding.

Well, at least I know when to back off and take an objective look at a case.

Oh, yeah, just like with that Maligetti murder, the Curtis case, two classic

examples of dead -end leads, and you thought she were right? I didn't say I

perfect. I'm not.

And neither is Irene.

Homicide stone.

I got it.

Oh, that cat burger again.

We'd just gotten in from the ballet, and my husband heard a noise up in the

bedroom.

He went up.

There was a shot, and he just fell over.

I ran up after him, but the room was dark. I couldn't see the man who shot

Excuse me.

This is Inspector Martin. She's with the burglary detail.

And she works with me.

What have you got?

Same MMO as the last time. But you were sure it was a man?

Oh, yes, definitely.

I just got a glimpse of him, but I couldn't give you any idea of his age or

height or anything.

It all happened so quickly.

Yeah, Mrs. Terrell, I'm really sorry about all these questions. We're almost

finished. Just a couple more.

Uh, do you keep a lot of money and jewelry here?

No, we keep very little money.

We use credit cards.

And our business manager pays all the bills by check.

We just keep $20 or $30 for small expenditures.

What about jewelry?

I checked what I had here.

I made a list for you.

It's mostly costume jewelry. It's not even insured.

The diamond ring, of course, is quite valuable.

But with little or no light and Ted walking in on him, I'm sure he didn't

time to be selective.

Thank you very much.

If we have any more questions, we'll get in touch with you.

I can finish up here if you want to speak.

Here, I think you should have this.

All right.

I'm sorry.

I should have tried to reach you, but the phone rang, Steve was there, and we

just rolled out like we always do. I'm used to getting things secondhand.

Mrs. Terrell must be very efficient. This list is quite detailed.

Maybe she's a list maker.

Some people are.

Oh, Mike.

Why don't we forget the argument?

The hardest thing in the world to say has to be, I'm sorry, it was my fault.

I am and it was.

It takes two to tango and two to argue.

Truce.

Truce.

Now this one would be beautiful on you.

Simple lines and really elegant material.

Listen, why don't we just go in and take a look at some of the models?

I'd like to, Jeannie, but not right now. Let's have some lunch, because I've got

to get back to the office.

I'm sorry. Did I upset you somehow?

Oh, no, of course not.

I'd love to go shopping with you to look for some gowns, but it's just that I've

got this pace on my mind.

You know, Dad keeps saying the same thing.

Working with Mike has made me see some things in both of us that I'm not quite

sure I can handle.

Well, you won't normally be working together.

You have to live together.

When you come home tired and mad at the world because some old lady had her

Social Security check ripped off on her way to the market, or a young kid OD'd

and there's not a lot you can do about it, you still have to live together.

with everything we had on him, he cracked.

Then I talked to the D .A., and he thinks we got enough to beat him.

Welcome home. Thank you, sir. I want you to get on the Greenwood case as fast as

you can. Okay.

Check ballistics for me, will you? Right.

Come in.

Mike, I think I finally found our man.

The overseas reports that I asked for finally came in.

A man using the exact M .O. was caught in London in 1969.

Every detail was the same.

James Gillis.

He served a four -year term and was released on good behavior.

Dropped out of sight after that.

But he is suspected of being the cat burglar who's pulled dozens of jobs in

biggest cities all over the world. He's a real pro.

Just that one arrest?

That's it.

Well, how'd he get busted?

The owner of the apartment came home early and surprised him burglarizing the

place.

Gillis gave up without a struggle.

Could be.

Look at it. Complete description, photos.

That man had to case those apartments.

And someone had to see him. A doorman, a maintenance man, somebody.

There's one other angle we ought to check out. Where does he get his target

information?

Mike, the society columns don't tell you who's going to a charity ball or

whatever. They tell you who's been.

Yeah, none of the victims were mentioned in the society column before they were

hit. I checked on that.

Say, um, what's your angle?

Limiting service.

All the society people use them.

But I can't seem to tie it all in.

Pretty good idea.

We'll start right there, Steve.

I want you to run this through for a positive ID.

Look at the mugshot he may have gained since 1969.

Anything else?

No, no, no.

Irene and I will do the footwork.

Yeah.

Yeah, it looks as if it could be Jim Henry.

How old did you say this picture was?

1969.

How long has this man worked for you?

Five months.

I'd have to check it to make sure, but that's pretty close.

Is there anything unusual about him?

Well, he knows cars real well. He's got a lot of class.

But in my business, that's not unusual. It's expected.

I have a list of the events that your company has been servicing for the last

three months.

Can you find out if this man, Henry, worked?

Those nights?

I can't be sure until I check, but yeah, it's more than likely.

See, stuff like this I put on my best men, and they're the best.

Matter of fact, they're going to wait for the shift tonight.

um

All right, drop it.

Police.

I don't work with a gun.

You knew the victims wouldn't be home because you were chauffeuring them to

social events.

Would it be asking too much, Lieutenant, to begin your summation?

I'm rather tired.

Well, it won't be long. They're pulling your apartment to pieces right now.

So long as they don't steal anything.

Where's the gun?

I told you I don't use a gun. I've never even had one.

Well, what about these? Do you recognize anything in them?

This diamond set isn't bad.

It's boldly insured.

A little pendant about bright.

This ring is very low quality.

Is it the blue tiger eye?

It's a man's ring. Did you take it for yourself?

My dear lady, have you taken a look at my jewelry?

The Tech Philippe watch.

First quality, emerald studs.

A discreet diamond ring.

Look, I didn't steal this stuff.

And I didn't commit murder.

There's been enough information printed in the newspapers for anyone to have

copied my technique.

Sekulovitch.

Show him our best quality bracelets.

Well, I gotta tell you...

I don't buy your David Niven freezing murder.

Thank you. Well, we're back to scratch, aren't we? Looks that way.

Yeah, Mike.

Yes, what?

The ballistics just gave out the word the same gun that killed Mrs. Greenwood

got Mr. Carell.

Same gun?

It's an inside job. It's got to be.

Greenwood? It's his gun. He could read the newspaper and make it look like the

cat burglar.

And you couldn't reach him for hours after his wife was killed?

Well, I'll lie. 60 minutes away, he could have been there and back again.

Okay, but we don't have a motive.

Wait a minute, I've got one. Maybe it's too obvious, but let me try it. See, one

wife, one husband are dead. That means it leaves one wife, one husband to carry

on.

Well, how did you come by that?

Well, I'd love to say a woman's intuition, but I'd be lying. Remember

were questioning Greenwood and he got that telephone call? He mentioned two

names, Ted and Judy.

Edward Terrell and his wife, Judith. That's right.

Could be.

Well, let's talk to Greenwood. Maybe we can break him.

And I'd like another shot of Mrs. Terrell.

You got it.

Go ahead and push her hard.

I don't have to explain my movements to you, Lieutenant. I've already explained

them. The hotel said that you checked in on schedule the day your wife was

murdered. But we couldn't reach you for hours.

I make a lot of telephone calls in my business, Lieutenant.

If you'll check my hotel bill, you will find that I made about 15 long -distance

calls that evening.

Then I told the switchboard not to put any calls through until after the 11 o

'clock sales conference.

Now, let me ask you something else.

All your wife's jewelry was found except for a man's tiger eye ring. Was that

yours? Yes, it was.

I didn't wear it very often. It wasn't of any great value. I suppose the thief

could have thrown it away. Well, now, that's funny.

Because all the expensive stuff was thrown away but that ring.

Well, the hotel record verifies what he said except three of these calls were

made to the Terrell's residence.

Yes, that's right.

I called Ted. No, I don't think so. Mr. Terrell was out that evening. We checked

on that. I think you probably talked to Mrs. Terrell.

And somewhere in that time, someone took your gun and shot your wife.

Now, if it wasn't you... All right.

I should have told you about this before.

It's only a suspicion.

I don't know.

I think you and Mrs. Terrell were seeing each other that one of you couldn't get

out of your marriage.

Now, how's that for openers?

It's close enough.

She gave me the tiger eye ring.

And she was going to get a divorce.

My wife began to be suspicious about what was going on.

And she wouldn't have it.

I wanted to believe that she had been killed by the thief.

And then Judy began to be insistent about my marrying her as soon as her

came through.

And finally I said no.

Then Ted was killed.

It had to be Judy.

Say, Irene went to question and I told her to push him.

How did she get into the apartment?

She had a key.

We met there sometimes.

It's busy.

You keep trying.

Bring him down to headquarters.

Fine.

I'm sorry.

You were saying something about having good news?

Yes, I think we found your ring. That's the, let's see, the blue tiger eye ring,

isn't it?

No, my ring is the diamond cocktail ring.

Oh, that's right. I'm sorry.

The blue tiger eye is a man's ring.

Well, here's your list. It's very detailed.

You must have been quite calm when you made this out with your husband lying

dead upstairs.

Inspector, I had to do something to stay calm so I could help the police.

I don't see what this has to do with finding my jewelry.

Well, I want to be absolutely sure about this tally.

I understand that you keep most of your things in the security vault downstairs

in the manager's office.

Let's go down there, shall we?

All right.

I'll get the key.

I should make you get a search warrant for this. Well, I can have one brought

over in a half an hour.

That won't be necessary.

Both the missing rings will be there.

You couldn't throw away the diamond ring. It was too expensive.

And the tiger... Had sentimental value.

Shall we go?

Slide in over behind the wheel.

Hurry up!

Go.

Took you so long.

Heroes are supposed to arrive on time.

Well, maybe I'm not the hero type.

Well, I'll make an exception.

This is your collar, isn't it? You bet it is.

No, no, no.

Everyone is fine. No one was hurt.

How about you?

Not a scratch.

Okay.

Listen, I've got some steaks, though. Why don't you bring Irene home for

Well, uh, you know, I think she's busy tonight. Maybe some other night.

I'll be home in about an hour.

About an hour.

See you then.

Goodbye.

Arrest reports.

Everything's tied up nice and neat. Judith Farrell gave us a complete

confession. Well, then, that makes us both right, doesn't it?

Judith confessed, and your cat burglar was charged with theft.

You've always called him my cat burglar.

Jealous?

Not jealous.

I just don't know.

I don't know anything anymore.

Me either.

You too?

Well, you said it once with a couple of old workhorses.

And we both are kind of sad and stubborn in our ways.

The trouble is, I respect you and I love you.

But I'm not one bit sure I can live with you.

I feel the same way.

And I don't want to lose you.

Too selfish?

No.

It's just about right.

Because I don't want to lose you either.

That's what friends are for.

Okay.

Okay, friend.