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This is Telly Savalas.

Here are some scenes from the next episode of Kojak. Six foot six, 260

fingers like baseball bats, hands like suitcases.

What'd you do, forget your key, Kuchiku? The contract is a hundred grand.

Well? Well, what, Baldy? You conned me, baby.

You came here to pick up Tony Mira, and you blew our cover.

I need it. Now you're telling me a black guy took your ignition keys, stole your

cab. and a cop drove away in your blue and white. Next on Cookies.

Hotel Minute.

Baby, you're just too much.

You do better walking.

Too tired, my brother. I've been on the move for six months.

You a salesman?

I'm a hunter, Sam.

You're pretty quick. You read my name on the card there.

What kind of a hunter?

Let me off at the corner.

Take it easy, Sam.

Keep the change.

Are you Julie?

Why? A friend on the coast said to look up a fox by the name of Julie.

Yeah? What friend?

Silence is all question answered.

Oh, you want a reading?

Why'd you say that?

If I use the tarot deck, it'll be $8.

And that includes any questions, naturally.

Just one question. Where is Anthony Mira?

A lousy cop.

I'm not a cop, sweet lady.

I'm just a man that's looking for a man that's running hard by the way of Los

Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago.

Look, I don't want to be mixed up in any snuffing. Sister Julie, do I look like

a man that would be part of a snuffing?

I'm not here to snuff Tony Mira.

I'm here to save his naughty bone, God willing, and with your help and

cooperation. Well, there's nothing I know.

He thinks I have some special gift.

I told him it wasn't so.

Just a way with cards.

But he don't believe me.

I can tell you.

To Tony, my ace of wands from Julie.

Where'd you get that?

Oh, I just looked down once and there it was, like magic.

Well, the ace of wands is not magic.

It's his inner card from the tarot deck.

All of his aspects are strange.

He owes a lot of dues in his 12th house.

He's weird.

Never did the same thing twice. Not the same way.

Came by cab one time, he'd walk the next.

Changed the meeting place at the last second.

Crazy.

Only once did he take me to the same place twice.

A dive south of Houston.

Really freaky. One bite of steak, one look over his shoulder. It's all in his

chart. It's what they call paranoia.

He's just being careful, love.

It keeps him alive.

What do you mean?

He's an executioner for Syndicate Green. A hitman.

Why, it's horoscopes that have told you that.

Good day, Sister Judith.

Yeah.

Hey, uh, Charlie there?

Charlie? Yeah.

Your bookie.

Yeah, Charlie.

What do you want today, Charlie?

Yeah, the first at Belmont.

Make it a double.

Number seven, two, and six, four.

One each.

Okay.

Seven, two, six, four. Well, well, well, well.

The deputy commissioner and the city council, they haven't had lasagna today.

You've got to be crazy walking in here.

I want to talk to Mr. C.

Tony, you're dead.

Lie down.

Matty, I'm carrying your marker a long time.

Are you going to help me square myself?

Then how'd you get out, huh?

Hey, Tony, they were boxing you for murder woman. Hey, man, I don't know.

The judge says no bail.

All of a sudden, I'm out on $200 ,000.

I put up 10%. I'm out on the street three hours.

Somebody tries to hit me.

To hit me.

Now, Matty, you know who I am.

They can keep sending their soldiers all day. Who cares? Are they kidding?

I took down three since I left the coast.

They were good, Matty, but I am better.

I am the best.

You got wheels?

I'm back.

Okay.

I'll send word.

You're telling me no?

Now you say no?

This man is destroying me and you say no?

I say they're around him like bought knocks.

I say it's not worth to die for.

A hundred grand ain't worth it to pull him down.

You yellow banana, you get out of here. Beat it.

Big head man, get out!

Yeah? That call from the coast.

They were right.

He showed.

What are you bothering me with that stuff for?

You know what to do with them. Do it!

No more, baby.

Papa's come to take you home.

I lost you in Chicago.

But now we're together again.

Start her up.

It does.

You've flooded it, you turkey.

Now get out.

Slowly.

I'm okay.

Give me a break, Hobbs.

I'm giving you a break, sugar, by taking you back to that court in Frisco.

It's got my feet.

Did Mary make that phone call?

Yeah. Mr. C don't want to hear your story.

Coming here with a gutsy shopper that don't pay off. Move.

Get it.

You drive.

Ah! Ah!

I'm going to go check.

You better watch the driving, Clint.

Johnny Malek took a knife in the belly. The round one over here found him.

Oh.

Matty, what can I tell you? You lost your right arm.

Oh, no, no, no, Kojak.

I lost my best friend.

Yeah, what'd you think I meant, baby?

You, fat one, talk to me.

Well?

Well, what, Baldy?

Charlie the bartender.

What are you doing out here? What did you see?

Well means move your lips.

I came out for a little fresh air.

I see the stiff.

I do my good citizen act.

If you want to know any more, why don't you go get yourself a wine, knobhead?

Not a mixed drinks, Matty? Good.

Because you just lost your pee -pee bartender. Come on, Lieutenant. Give me

break. Sure.

Lieutenant, the tech's found some blood over there on the wall.

And it couldn't be his because he fell where he got slid. Check it out against

his anyway.

Eight, nine, ten, four, and out you.

You want to come with me, hot lips?

Sap is that you drive the car.

All right, take it easy. Just take it easy, you understand?

I'm going, I'm going.

Get yourself an apron. You're going to attend the bar.

Go.

This guy walks in.

Their eyes pop out. They talk.

I can't hear anything.

The guy goes out.

Matty gets up, makes a telephone call, and sends his muscle after this guy.

A car won't start.

A gun goes off. I run out to see what's going on, and I see a cab taking off.

That's it.

What about the $100 ,000 contract rumble?

Just what I said on Saturday. It's still on.

Nothing about when, nothing about who's got the contract or the intended victim.

Okay.

You go through the books, even come up with a new face.

If not, nail down a portrait, okay?

I'll give you a story to bring back to the bar.

I just can't believe it.

You take your own undercover man away. You just drive away.

Eight months of work put in jeopardy from a bunch of lead -footed local cops.

Well, I can't apologize enough, Mr. Whalen.

But if we hadn't investigated that homicide...

It might have seemed a teensy -weensy bit suspicious, don't you think?

Don't try and con me, Kojak.

The state of New York went on the hook for 83 grand to buy that bar. We spent a

year looking for exactly the right place that's also for sale, and you local

people are stomping all over it.

Whalen, I'd like to remind the new special prosecutor for narcotics.

We've gotten a goldmine of information out of there. You have, I haven't.

That bar was purchased for one purpose and one purpose only.

Turkish whites on the street again, and in quantities, and I want the man who

put it there.

And that bar was supposed to lead me right to him.

Until your bulls broke all the china.

You want us out? Say the word.

Captain, I wanted federal people in on this from the start.

But no, they insisted you local people knew the scene. Maybe they were

to traffic control, huh?

Well, and one of my men has this tuchus on the line in there.

I think you've said it all.

What?

Did I say something?

Lieutenant, Captain, I got a make on the guy who came out of the alley, and you

were right. He took the cab, and I got the drop point off the trip sheet.

Well? Well, you want it standing up or sitting down?

You want it here or in Staten Island?

Six foot six, 260 pounds, fingers like baseball bats, hands like suitcases.

Should I continue?

Salacious.

Big black dude from the coast, the one who works for different bondsmen, the

who goes after bail jumpers for a percentage. Him?

What's he doing in that bar?

What'd you do, forget your key?

You're taking quite a chance, aren't you, Kojak?

Hi.

All right, folks, there's nothing to see now.

Come on, get back.

Why the party, Kojak? I thought we were on the same team, sort of.

Salatio. If I knew it was you, but downstairs the desk has a Cosimo Medici

registered as room.

Is that right?

How's Bundy hunting?

Good, bad, up and down.

Keeps me in grits and watermelons. Why don't you cut that shuffling down the

levee old man river routine, okay?

Got a master's degree from Berkeley, captain, special forces, Vietnam.

So who's the target for today?

And how does it relate to the stabbing in the alley?

Okay.

Things have been kind of slow.

And I heard about this hot bar downtown.

So I thought I'd shop around.

So just shopping, la -di -da, like that?

Never even got inside the place.

Just walking back the alley, two steps, a car fly by, and I'm hugging the bricks

trying to get out of the way, and I've been damned if some crazy dude don't

a shot at me.

I'm a half a block down the street in a cab before I realized I'd been hit.

And that's the truth, Your Honor, sir.

What kind of car, make, color?

Man, all I saw was a flash of that gun. I didn't need to see nothing else.

My feet just started moving.

Listen, there's no need for me to be lying to you, Coach Jack.

Money, Saletio.

Money, money, money.

You lied to the Pope to protect the 20 % you get for bail jumpers? Maybe I'll go

back and learn some more.

Forget it.

Well, look, Salato.

We got our eyes on that bar, okay? We got a big gambling operation coming

Gambling? Yeah.

So you forget about it and I'll forget that you were a witness at a homicide.

Never even heard of the place.

Mm -hmm.

In the morning, you come down.

Just tell us all about that walking by, all right? First thing.

Cosimo Medici.

Man didn't bet or not, just wrote it down.

Yeah?

Yeah, I want Rizzo to get down here and give Saperstein a hand.

Outside the Gramercy Park Hotel.

To follow a liar by the name of Soledio Harms.

A .K .A. Cosimo Medici.

Capisce?

Yeah.

Yeah. Matty.

Pony Mero.

Hey, Tony, I'm glad you called.

Oh, yeah, sure you are.

You tell Mr.

C his muscle -bound memory was number four.

You tell him I want to take down anybody he sends or he can sit down and talk.

Tony, he wants to talk.

On a level.

He said there's a way.

All of a sudden he says he can make you happy.

And you can make him happy.

Okay.

Tell him okay.

I'll call you tomorrow.

He said today.

Tony!

Oh!

Oh!

Hey.

Hey!

Yeah? I thought you wanted me to meet you at your hotel.

Changing my mind.

Huh?

What were you standing there for?

You know me.

I hate surprises.

You

know,

I've been going over my moves.

Very careful moves.

The last six months.

All very, very careful.

All except one.

You want a drink or something?

How'd the picture get there?

It's an old picture.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

It was in my pocket when they picked me up in Frisco.

I never got it back.

Lieutenant, line three, San Francisco.

Yeah, hiya, Ted.

How's it going?

Okay, that's fine.

Listen. Not too many months ago, anybody jump a sizable bill?

Hey, you want to call me back?

Okay, hang on.

What's this about?

That night when we were in the bar, I didn't buy that big slob's story. I

think he's here on business.

Yeah, Ted.

No, no, that's too small. I mean something real big.

Yeah, that's more like it.

200 grand, huh?

Right. Hey, thanks, baby.

Yeah, I'll return the favor. Just don't send the Giants back. We ripped down the

polar ground.

Here.

Anthony the Mirror Mirror.

Six months ago, federal indictment. Explosive device causing death and

destruction.

Cracker! You!

Call the feds. Tell them we think that Tony Mirror's in the neighborhood.

Get the flyer with his picture.

Meet Starro somewhere.

And he can butt up the make, I'm sure.

So, arms is out to Tony Mirror.

20 % of 180 grand.

I'd love to get paid that way.

3 ,600 a suspect.

Ah, Frank.

36 ,000.

Julie?

Hello?

Sorry sir.

I did a job. I got careless.

They grabbed me.

But I never talked.

And the rest you know.

I laid it out. I laid it all out.

Including my life by coming here.

And I trust you.

Oh, you trust us, Tony.

So how come you got your hand in your pocket?

It's a grenade, yes.

Doesn't matter.

This is a child's game we all play.

You talked, you didn't talk.

What matters is you're here.

And you can square yourself.

Do us both a favor and live.

Name it.

Name it and it's done, Mr. C.

There was a man bothering me.

Hurting us.

Costing us.

I had a price out for him.

Big money.

But nobody came to me and said, I am the man to do it.

I want you to be that man, Anthony.

Who is he?

They say he wears bulletproof clothes.

That he's got it night and day.

He's out of your life, Mr. C.

Well, don't you want another price tag?

No price.

I'm doing this to prove myself.

You're professional, Anthony.

Professionals get paid for what they do.

The contract is a hundred grand.

A hundred thousand dollar hit?

It's done.

The neck is broken.

Shattered, actually.

You saw the rest of it.

Okay, thanks.

What'd you come up with? Oh, nothing in here except the curve sign.

Leo, Leo the Lion.

Could be a name.

Leo, Leon.

Maybe it's Leonard.

You ain't your brother, so take a walk, fool.

I am from the Department of Health, Mr., uh... Duffy.

And I ain't the manager.

Then you would have no objection to my inspecting the upper, uh... Oh, go

go ahead.

I think they're gonna fix it.

Good. I just want to make sure for myself what he's talking about.

Make sure I got the right hotel.

The man making the complaint, he's about 5 '8 and a quarter, dark hair, bad

complexion.

Here's a picture he left at the department.

Yeah, Mr. Martin, 100.

Oh, he ain't in.

Yeah, that's him.

Someone from the Department of Health's up there.

I'm calling my bookie. You want something?

No, no.

Uh, Matt, do you want to take care of that customer?

Charlie, I'm busy with stock.

I'll have a ring with Fizz.

I don't know nothing about those fancy drinks.

Why don't you go find yourself a high -class joint someplace?

Hey, I know you.

From Chicago, right? I've never been there. Well, you told me you were in

Chicago once, eh?

Yeah, well, I forgot.

Take a walk. Get out of here.

Oh, I thought you leaned over to kiss me hello, Stavros.

I'll give you a kiss hello.

I'm telling you to get the hell out of here. I am telling you, I want Tony

Tony Mira?

Who doesn't?

I don't care who doesn't. I does.

Trouble, Charlie?

I was just asking your man here, what time does Lily come to work?

Who? Lily, your waitress.

I'm supposed to meet her here.

No, Lily, man, not here.

Don't con me, man.

Hey, I swear.

Do I look like Lily to you?

No.

But he does.

The bigger they are, the dumber they are with broads.

Yeah.

Go to the phone and call the cops, understand?

Hey, miss, please call the cops.

Miss.

Hey, lady, please call the cops, the bomb squad.

Please, lady.

What is this, a joke?

For God's sake, will you go to the phone and call the cops?

Move.

Lady, move.

When Rizzo calls back, pull him in, okay? We'll get that cuckoo from the

to thank for flushing Mira.

Well, Frank, you look dashing.

Ready when you are, Captain.

Yeah, no way.

Dedication of a new municipal peer.

Really?

Lieutenant.

For you.

Kojak.

What?

You know, we can kiss that bar goodbye for sure now.

You better keep awake, coach. I can keep that bomb squad working. You know

something, Salathiel?

I've been looking forward to this little taste of tape for days now.

You know, every time we manage to build a nice little sandcastle, you come along

with your big fat feet and you kick it over.

Listen. You conned me, baby.

You came here to pick up Tony Mira and you blew our cover.

Listen, can't we talk about this later? What are you doing at the Hotel

Alliance? I went to the toilet.

Okay.

You keep up with those gags, and that's exactly where you're going, down the

tube. Okay, that's how I earn my bucks, going up the bear jumpers, and that's an

honest profession.

Now, you listen, Coochie Coo.

If you picked up a lead in that room, now's the time to share it. Otherwise,

and he are going to take a ride on a long, long bus with little wire mesh

windows. Now, you listen here, Coochie. Ah!

Don't move!

Mirror's on the run for his life. That's a hit on him. If you had kept in touch

with your friends like me, you know that's not true.

He picked up a 100 -gallon contract.

Relax.

Is there a reason you're still like that?

Oh, you're cool considering the fact that if it goes, you go too.

Hey, Lieutenant, didn't you tell them they found it 10 minutes ago?

That 100 grand hit, is that on the level?

Who is it?

We're not sure.

Arms.

It's a man's life.

I found this in Mira's room.

That's Whalen, the new special prosecutor.

I was going to call you. Oh, sure you were. Give me that.

Fear security units, tighten up on Whalen. I'm on my way.

All right, I'm picking up Crocker.

No statements right now. A little later, folks, please. If you don't mind.

Just a little later.

Captain.

Excuse me.

Hey, Whalen, you're endangering everybody near you.

Lieutenant, are you trying to tell me that I cannot go out in public until

thing is resolved?

Now, would you do that if your life was threatened?

Excuse me.

Frank, you've got to take it out of his hands.

But how?

The highest rank I've pulled a city.

By the time Albany takes any action, you and I will be retired for a year.

Did you get lucky?

Sure did.

That's good. Which one is Waylon's car?

The brown one in front of the cab. Is it well covered? Yeah. Keep your eyes

open, okay? Okay.

All right, sure. That's it.

Hey, let me relieve you. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Ten minutes.

Don't switch it longer.

Hey!

Hey!

Don't drop this car, mister. The what?

Hey. Hey.

Hey, fellas.

Grab that guy. I need you guys.

Where to?

I need it.

Now, you're telling me a black guy took your ignition keys, stole your cab, and

a cop drove away in your blue and white? Yeah, a cop.

Broke off Wayland's car.

What the heck is going on?

Time to talk, old buddy.

I need to know who hired you.

I'm listening, sugar.

Hey, turn blue.

Oh.

When I was a kid in St. Louis, we used to play this game called meatball.

Now, forget all the rules, but you ask a personal question.

And if he didn't answer, you'd yell, meatball.

And sure enough, they'd answer.

Who hired you, meatball?

Hey.

Meatball, who hired you?

Huh?

Meatball.

Hey, hey. Who hired you?

Meatball.

Who hired you, Meatball?

You're not going to talk, are you?

Who hired you, Meatball?

Meatball.

Lieutenant, that's illegal.

Yeah, I know, but look at the rhythm.

Hey, Lieutenant.

What are you doing here?

You got no warrant.

You got no right to be here.

Captain, this was all a big thing he put together to break in on legitimate

business. But you don't fool nobody.

Harassment, that's what it is.

Why would I do that to you?

You mean, would I bend the law in order to put you away forever?

What about the beef? Whose is it?

This is all my property. Now, get out.

Verified.

Crocker!

It was right.

Yeah, Holmes.

You made Waylon a happy headhunter.

Now you can make me happy. Give me my man. I don't know about that, Sal.

What do you mean you don't know? I bust this case of you and get my skin in a

ring of doing and you don't know?

Well, yeah, yeah. He's in my jurisdiction. What can I tell you? Your

jurisdiction? You know what you can do with your jurisdiction while he's

standing there with my cuffs on him?

Well, what can I tell you? The captain thanks you. I thank you. The city of New

York thanks you. I like that.

Oh, come on, Kojak. I saw that movie.

I mean, look at this outfit. 300 bucks.

My bro got in a scuff. My six months up tomorrow.

And if I don't have him back by then, the bail will be forfeited and I don't

even get my handcuffs back.

All right, well, see you next time you're in New York.

Kojak!

How we call the folks gonna ever get ahead with you treating us like this?

Oh, don't you lay that number on me.

Crocker, give him his cuffs back and leave the body on him.

That ought to update you a couple of decades, huh?

Who loves you, baby?

Yeah, sure.

And Crocker, take him to the airport, will you, via the subway?

Maybe he'll get himself mugged.

He's walking off with our prisoner, and you helped him?

Frank, remember that game we used to play when we were kids? I'll swap you.

You don't make everybody happy, predicated on the idea that a trade is a

All right.

You got to give a little, you take a little. A trade is a trade. What do we

Well, for starters, we got our china shop back, minus that big black bull.

Besides that, I called the DA's office.

San Francisco had first call. What do you mean they had first call? I thought

had first call. No, no, no.

You wind up with that boy, what is it?