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Here he comes.

That ought to do it.

Okay.

Hold it, this glass.

Ready?

Wait a minute.

You say New York by 14, father?

Yeah. Looks like you'll pick up the turkey tap again.

Some guy from the traffic division wants to know if you know a Stanley Jacoby.

We got the body out of the car. They're bringing it up now.

We found his ID and your card, Lieutenant.

How did it happen?

Looks like he fell asleep.

Fell asleep after making that curve? I've seen him nod in the middle of a

race. Who all has been notified?

We reached his board.

Roy Dennison.

In the bar at the St. Andrews.

Deputy Colonel Feingold was notified and we'll meet the attendant at the city

morgue.

Get on a horn.

Notify Frank Gold's office that I want that autopsy report as soon as it's

completed. And I want to be the first man in this borough to take a look at

Okay, Lieutenant.

Assemblyman Palmer, Chisholm.

Go right on in, Mr. Assemblyman.

I'm holding this booze for an hour and a half. I'm sorry. There was a very ugly

bill in Albany. I just had to go again.

Margie?

Who is that and why don't I know?

Jerry Devereaux.

He's executive secretary to the zoning commission.

That's the secretary?

All the members of the zoning commission were invited.

Isn't that Baker, the commission chairman?

Mm -hmm.

I thought he never went out.

He does when you just made a $5 ,000 donation to his wife's favorite charity.

Excuse me.

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, the commercial.

Would you all please sit down?

Thank you.

I don't know most of you except by reputation.

To be official, I'm Whitney Farrow.

I build things.

In the last six years, I've built four stadiums.

A stadia, I guess.

A retirement community, state exposition, and several dozen shopping

It's been interesting, people.

It's been what I wanted my life to be.

And the nicest thing of all is that looking back, I can honestly say that

never once sold a customer something that he really didn't want or need.

That's been my guiding principle.

Well, never to move into a city and tell the leaders of the community what they

need, but to ask.

Ask. Ask if they'd like what I'm presenting to them.

As I'm asking you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, members of the Zoning

Commission, and if you say no, I'll just fold up my specs and move

on.

At the moment, it's called Audubon Gardens. That's also subject to change.

I'll shut up till the light show is over.

Good evening.

Do you have an invitation?

Oh, fast feeding.

You look my way.

Why don't you send yourself a kojak?

You could use a Sing Sing Fleming.

You got to get five more years for that. Hey, look, you got a similar man in

there by the name of Murchison watching those boo films? You tell him there's a

cop out here. He's going to give him a ticket for peeking at these porno

pictures. Go ahead.

Where are we looking now?

Oh, uh, well, we're looking across, uh, east of 17th Street. Uh, the frontage is

about one -third of a mile.

Couldn't this wait until morning?

The man is dead, counselor.

A young man working undercover.

Name is Stanley Jacoby.

That ring a bell? No.

Working undercover on what?

Well, you know, a raider. Young lawyer.

citizens committee searching for the truth a dreamer if you know what i mean

that's it if you think it's right for new york i'm in the phone book thank you

your whole theory lieutenant well a lot of bricks and steel and wood and plastic

goes into a deal this size you know five percent kickback on light bulbs alone

is enough to send a guy to tahiti for life Lieutenant, the state and the

government have adequate safeguards to see that their share of the investment

dispersed with no suspicion of draft or skimming.

What are you trying to do, counsel? Buy my vote?

Don't you think I know what goes into a deal like this?

A Niagara of money goes into a project this size.

And everybody's got his little cup out looking to catch a couple of drops for

himself.

But somebody put out a barrel.

And Stanley Jacoby found out about it.

I want you to postpone this meeting.

I want to get the guy who shoved Jacoby off that highway because he doesn't

belong in this deal. He belongs in a cage.

I doubt it for contemplating making any deals with no murderers, Lieutenant.

This is an urgent plan for a disadvantaged part of the city proposed

reputable of developers.

I do not intend to delay it because you have some sort of hunch about a highway

accident. In other words, buzz off.

Will I, Mr. Simmerman?

Ciao, baby.

What's that all about?

Detective Lieutenant Buckingham, the captain's guard.

He won't be back.

I seem to remember somebody saying that about Napoleon.

I wasn't expecting you, Whit.

I had to take Admiral Rollins back to his hotel.

Good party, huh?

Discounting the conspicuousness of Mrs. Farrow's absence?

Well, a sudden attack of the vapors.

Oh.

Discussing your wife with your mistress is a fool's charade, huh?

And I love you.

Amend the sentence as much as you can love anybody.

Before I forget, if the commission approves rezoning, rumor has it that

be 50 million available in public funds.

And? That.

We could put the whole thing through. No compromises, no cutting corners, no

worrying about nickels and dimes.

I thought you'd be pleased.

Hey, does it bother you so much to please me?

Not if you don't lie to me.

I don't have a lot of hopes and dreams about us.

but i appreciate the truth i need it

Uh, first let's see the tin. Oh, yeah.

Oh, my hero.

You know, you're the spring for a new host, the sunny boy.

That torpedo there's been in your suit.

Come on, follow me.

Uh -huh.

Stanley Jacoby work for you, Mr. Dennison?

Wait a minute. What are you talking about this time of night?

He had an accident.

I've already been informed.

It's terrible.

Unless there's something really urgent.

Look, you carry about $5 ,000 or $10 ,000 in cash on you, right?

I never carry any cash. Why?

Well, there's two meatballs out there.

You know exactly what I do, Lieutenant.

When Whit Farrell builds something, I'm the one who lets out the bids.

I hire the subcontractors.

I make the best deal I can on everything from concrete to grass seed.

I see. You're the one who makes sure that nobody steals a couple of bricks or

bank of sand, right?

Exactly. You still didn't answer my question. How about those two spicy

meatballs out there?

Well, people try to buy me.

They pressure me at times.

I could make a businessman rich with a phone call.

Uh -huh.

How about Jacoby? What can you do for him with a phone call?

You even heard him?

Why would I want to do that?

He was a bright young lawyer.

He came up with a lot of new clever tax gimmicks.

I see. And he was clever enough to find his way into your private books. He

discovered that you had a couple of million dollars worth of sandbags in

private Swiss bank account.

Hey! Those are public funds.

You can get into a lot of trouble and be sent up for a long time skimming off

the top.

What do you think you're talking about?

What do you think you're talking about?

What do I think I'm talking about?

Talking about murder, dummy.

If you didn't have that badge, I'd... Badge.

Don't let the party turn you off.

Who's the next guy?

Get guts.

Get something you know nothing about.

Morality. Hey, I don't have something. Hey, you're not going to get away with

this. That wasn't murder, you're not.

Yeah.

That's interesting.

Sure.

Sure, thanks. I'll talk to you later.

That was my attorney, Lieutenant.

Looks like you better get back to the station house. They'll be bringing you

an autopsy report.

Poor Stanley.

Must have been driving too fast.

Accidental death.

Due to a highway mishap.

Check the coroner's office?

Yeah.

Well, give already.

How do they explain leaking Jacoby's autopsy report to Denison's lawyer? It

wasn't leaked. It was subpoenaed by the office of Assemblyman Paul Murchison.

Oh, that's cute.

Assemblyman Paul Murchison.

That way he's got a roster judge out of bed, right? Right. Very, very cute.

Hello there.

This from the road, right? Yes, sir.

And this from the car? Right.

All right, get on a horn.

You tell McNeil's office that I want to book a guest shot before the zoning

commission. Go ahead.

Here.

Find out where Jacoby had his glasses made. And feed his ear? Yeah. Check it

thoroughly.

Maybe there's a chance it might be prescription glass. Right. Don't you

I'm brilliant? Sure. Sure.

Now this first line shows the trajectory of a vehicle going off the highway at

approximately 55 miles an hour.

Now even allowing for the lessening of speed going through this guardrail, the

vehicle would have landed here.

Now early this morning,

I had Stanley Jacoby's car brought back up the road.

I had him start the engine, and I had him put it into drive.

From a standing start, his vehicle landed here, exactly where it was found

.55 last night when the traffic officers spotted it. You're saying that you

believe that Jacoby was stopped on the parkway, rendered unconscious, and then

shoved off the road to make it look like an accident.

I'm sure we're all impressed with the zeal you bring to your job, Lieutenant.

But I, for one, am still uncertain as to why you've asked to testify here.

This is a zoning commission hearing, not a coroner's inquest.

I've asked to testify, settlement, for the same reason I tried to spell it out

to you last night.

Now, you've been asked to approve a 350 -acre project.

Let me tell you this.

When the ball starts rolling on Audubon Gardens, there's going to be so much

money kicking around that you're not going to be able to stop it.

And why should they?

Well, because in a few months it won't be known as Audubon Gardens, but as

Kickback City.

Oh, wait.

Wait just a minute, Kojak.

This is my project.

What are you accusing me of?

I'm not accusing you of anything, sir.

Roy Dennison.

I believe that Stanley Jacoby was about to find out something about him.

Dennison? No.

I don't believe it.

I don't believe you have a thing on him.

What would you recommend a zoning commission do, Lieutenant?

I respectfully recommend that there be no decision to be made today, not until

our investigation has been concluded.

Well, since you can only vindicate Roy, that's a suggestion I'll reluctantly

endorse, Chairman Baker.

If there are no descending opinions, the hearing stands adjourned until such

time as the directors of the Audubon Project request a further review.

I think, Lieutenant, you may find you've overreached yourself.

Oh, my slip is showing.

You've been meddling in areas which, even by the most liberal interpretation

your duties, are none of your business.

So you're telling me to shut up and sit down?

Since candor is to be the currency of this conversation, yes.

That would be my considered recommendation.

Candor? So we're into candor now, right, Assemblyman?

Well, since you gave me your candid opinion, let me give you mine.

Stick with the small boys, Sonny. You're in a heavyweight division.

How did Staten Island strike you, Lieutenant?

Would you prefer to while away your twilight years in Jackson Heights?

Since you're passing our choices, Counselor, why don't you make it sing

and just dump me there?

But I'll tell you something.

I'll be waiting for you at a welcome wagon when your pie wagon arrives.

You're all death wish, aren't you, Kojak?

All knows.

You know, maybe I can understand your subpoenaing the autopsy report.

Maybe even justifying your interest in it.

But one thing I can't stand.

And that's the stink of your linking it to Denison's lawyer.

Make some friends, Kojak.

Make lots of friends.

You're going to need them.

Tell me about it, sweetheart.

Well, we've just lost another one of our backers.

$12 million worth.

United Insurance decided to pull out.

The delay, it started to make them twitchy.

Have the check drawn.

Bring it to me for signature.

And deliver it to United at the close of the business day.

Ferro Construction.

Yes.

Victor! Words around your passengers are jumping ship.

So tell me, Skipper, how come I'm not worrying, huh?

Tell me, why shouldn't I raise a sweat? Why?

Well, because there's nothing to worry about.

Oh, you say.

What if it was your money?

Well, then it wouldn't matter, would it?

I'd be my own man, Marchette.

Not yours.

No way.

You know who's his own man?

Nobody. Now, let's face it. Who wants to be a nobody?

Now, look, ever since Watergate, I stay on the phone too long, I get hives.

We need to meet.

Eyeball to eyeball.

Lieutenant? This guy worked for Farrow. Denison?

Mm -hmm.

What about him? Just killed himself.

Pardon the barbiturates.

Hey, look.

If you gotta go and beat the cement kimono... You leaving now?

Yeah.

I see. Short and sweet.

Written with a cannon under his nose.

You're saying this wasn't suicide? Come on, you kid. It's got mob written all

over it. This guy wasn't depressed last time I was here. He had a couple of

house pets.

You round them up, you can put this in your outbasket.

Now we gotta find out who's giving them orders.

Theo, can I see you a minute?

Yeah.

I won't bother, ass.

You know how much trouble that kind of loose mouth can get you into? How much

trouble that can cause the department?

You're talking about Assemblyman Paul Murchison, right?

You're damn right I am.

Where do you get the 14 -carat chutzpah to talk to an elected official like

that? And in front of a dozen witnesses?

Hey, look, Mac, come into something.

Oh, you're on to something?

You'll be on to men's ready wear if Murchison has his way.

And what kind of an answer is that? Hey, Mac, I'm on to something.

I can't explain now. Not yet. Not now.

That's beautiful.

That is arrogance.

You can't explain? All of a sudden you've opened up your own police

And what am I supposed to do? Take the family to Lake Placid?

No, Larry.

You're supposed to trust me.

Roy Dennison is dead.

He was my closest associate.

So what? You're clean.

The Kojak's out of suspects for the Jacoby bump.

Roy and I worked together for years.

Yeah, well, we're working together now.

Your friend Roy got a little sloppy, and I had to clean up a mess.

You ought to be thanking me.

Nobody's got anything on you. But more important than that, these investors

pulling out now, that could hurt us. But murder won't?

Kojak didn't leave Jacoby's death an accident. Do you think he's going to

Denison to suicide?

Oh, come on, come on. He's got to bury both of them sooner or later. I need

money! I have to look as solid on paper as Fort Knox. I have to be beyond

reproach, suspicion.

You asked for 50 million. We gave it to you.

You said you could get backers for the rest of it.

Now, if you needed more, you should have said so going in.

Tell me something. How does a smart operator like you get in a hole like

One does get into legitimate problems.

Short money for loans, taxes. Oh, you wouldn't know about taxes, would you?

I wouldn't know about taxes. Not at all.

Glenn.

You came to the organization.

You sold us condominiums, marinas, shopping centers, a hundred different

businesses.

You put it all in our hands, all at one time. And all you and your pal Denison,

what did you want?

To skim a bundle off the contracts?

Uh, I'll still deliver. I need money. I need more money.

Money.

What do you know about money, huh?

You little snot -nose, what do you know about money?

You know what I did for money when I was your age, huh?

Well, I'll tell you.

First I got a rock, and then I got a shiv, and when I could afford it, I got

cannon, and I was on top of the world. I couldn't do anything wrong.

So what are you crying about, huh?

We gave you millions!

What did you give us?

Just a front with your Harvard business degree.

You better deliver, do you understand?

Do you understand me?

Photo of a fragment of glass found on the shoulder of the road.

Here's a specimen of glass found in a Chicago optometrist's file.

Glass was made for Jacoby three years ago, when he was just getting out of law

school. Then there's no doubt in the world, whoever broke Jacoby's glasses

it on the parkway. So it was murdered.

Always a thrill.

Okay, how's it going for you?

Oh, I'm in like Clint.

That little scene outside the commission office earned me nothing but brownie

points. Well, let's hope so. You know, I've been getting nothing but static

my division commander.

That'll make it look good, isn't it?

Yeah. Sometimes you wonder who's doing what to who and for what.

A couple of staged arguments is one thing. Even leaking that autopsy report

one of Dennis' students.

But supposing they get down to offering X number of dollars to buy me, my

office, and the clout that goes with it.

What are we going to do about that one?

You know, not even a grand jury knows they're working together on this.

If something happened to you and some of this stuff came out, how the hell would

I ever convince anybody I was only pretending to go under the syndicate's

payroll? What do you want me to tell your counselor?

For your sake.

You better hope I stay healthy.

Come on, I'll buy you popcorn.

So you still don't know who his angel is, huh? Yeah.

But Farrell's in debt with the wise guys. He couldn't prove it by anything

says so far. Well, maybe by something he does. Now, look.

He's in a lot of trouble, right?

A lot of these heavy investors have started to pull out.

Now, if we can delay that commission ruling for just a little while, there's

gonna be a regular stampede.

He's going to be forced to go to the mustache boys for additional financing.

not so sure he'll get them.

I made a remark earlier to the effect that he'd have to shake his money tree

again. He said, the money tree is white birch. It doesn't transplant well. White

birch?

What does that make you think of?

New England, Massachusetts, Connecticut.

I mean, Farrow was operating in New England.

He was an overseas investment consultant for several banks. I was in, uh...

1966, before he went into the real estate business.

Yeah. You know, a lot of these mustache boys are known for stashing the dough in

Switzerland, for getting into this foreign investment.

Maybe this is where Farrow came in contact with him. I'll get on him in the

morning. All I need is an axe. An axe?

Hmm. I can't tell a lie. I'm gonna chop down the money tree. Listen, as it

occurred to you, if I'm right, if his backers won't ante up any more cash,

Farrow has to find a way to pressure the commission into handing out a favorable

ruling now.

Mm -hmm.

Excuse me. It's crossed my mind. Counselor.

How's he going to do it? I mean, what's it handled?

I understand there was a brief meeting of the zoning commission this afternoon

with Lieutenant Kojak present?

Do you know the difference between sworn personnel and ordinary employees?

I don't see what that has to do with me. Sworn personnel raise their right hand

and swear a kind of allegiance to their duties.

The idea is that people can trust them.

I hardly ever have a conversation with you in which I don't violate that oath

least once.

I am touched.

I hadn't seen myself as the subverter of news... Don't make fun of me.

I just mentioned it in passing.

Yes.

There was a brief meeting this afternoon.

Kojak reviewed Dennison's records.

He said he doubts the suicide was a suicide.

That's all he had?

That's all specifically.

Is there so much more for him to find out?

Look, Jerry, I hadn't even heard of Jacoby before he went off that highway.

Denison hired him for personal business.

You know how close I was with Roy.

Then what are you afraid of?

Failure?

You said yourself at the party, if they rejected your proposal, you'd throw in

your... I know what I said.

I mean, it's not that simple.

I have partners.

Partners?

Hey, you know that bright and shining future I promised us.

If this thing falls through, we'll be lucky if we can swap it for a tin cup

a fistful of pencils.

Darling, I'm sorry. I hadn't realized... Suppose... Suppose I ask the board to

reconvene tomorrow afternoon.

How would the vote go now?

Most of them are still favorable to you.

Most? Who's against me?

Whit, you're asking me to violate an oath.

I need the name, love.

I need it now.

Funniest thing.

You see, he had these two grandchildren.

The youngest boy was, oh, about seven.

The oldest one, nine.

They both went to a very nice private school.

Beckley is the name.

Well, the oldest kid, his nickname was Spud.

He pitched a three -hitter in a school game a couple of months ago.

Whatever happened to him? Nobody knows.

They just disappeared.

Every day at 3 .20, the bus would pick him up at the intersection of 4th and

Willett, and one day, they were gone.

Just a second.

The youngest kid was nicknamed Champ.

Just a second. Those are my grandchildren you're talking about.

I want to know... Grandfather could have prevented it, of course, if he hadn't

been so stubborn.

Now, wait! Wait!

Good morning, Mr. Baker.

Anything wrong?

No. Oh, no. There's nothing wrong, Mr. Deborah.

In May of 1966, Farrow wasn't even in real estate. He was district loan

for all the Connecticut branches of the First New England Merchants Bank. Are

you ready?

Monroe Tool and Die was into the bank heavy when it went bankrupt.

And Roy Dennison, chief accountant for Monroe.

How's that?

Well, that's when they met.

Well, I think Dennison embezzled Monroe for a bundle. Farrow found out about it,

covered it up. They didn't just meet, baby.

They went to bed together.

That's when Farrow Development got started.

Denison played with the books, but it was Farrell with his IVD look. He's the

one who put it all together.

Audubon Gardens was a project supposed to be so big that they could steal a

fortune from it without getting caught.

What about the mob? Any angle there? Who knows? Maybe Farrell made a syndicate

contact way back when he was an officer with the bank. You know, capitalist

thought his business.

Or Denison.

Maybe he was playing around on the inside with the mob.

Lieutenant.

Line two.

I told you not to interrupt me unless it was important.

Is it abroad?

Someone who says he shared a bag of popcorn with you.

You got a secret life going, Theo?

Oh, yeah. Tell me about it. Hello.

We were wondering what Farrow was going to use for a handle.

Well, I still don't have the answer, but he must have found one. He's asked for

an immediate rehearing before the commission.

I am asking, in effect, for a vote of confidence in our city and ourselves.

Now, there have been several startling, rather tragic events in the past few

hours. And there are rumors and some serious misgivings for the investors in

other... I heard there were more than misgivings.

Yes. The redrawn prospectus eliminates three former sponsors. It is precisely

avoid losing these investors that I come before the committee this morning.

Frankly, I think this whole delay contributed to Roy Dennison's

Now, I say we should push ahead with speed.

I believe that Roy Dennison and Jacoby were murdered.

Dennison spelled it out in his note.

He had surgery recently. He was already depressed.

The doctor said that he was tied together pretty well.

Come on, Kojak.

Be honest with us.

I mean, do you have one solid piece of evidence to link either of these

unfortunate deaths to the Audubon Garden?

We have a number of leads that we're following through on.

For how long?

Weeks? Months?

Years? For as long as it takes.

Lieutenant, I don't want to stop the investigation.

I want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this city's future.

Now, Assemblyman Murchison, could I ask if you feel that the rezoning of the

acreage in any way impedes the law enforcement functions of this city or

subverts the interests of the taxpayers?

No, not from anything I've personally ascertained.

Thank you.

Mr. Baker?

You are the senior member of this commission its chairman I would

your opinion guidance I

Have looked over the redrawn prospectus

And I see no reason why we cannot

settle the matter

Let's let it go, Jack.

You wanted to see me about something?

Yes, I wanted to see about something.

I want to know why you decided to change your vote.

I need a drink.

You know, what did he want?

Jerry?

All I ever asked for was the truth.

That's the only thing you ever offered.

But it was the one thing I thought I had.

Jerry, this is rather a public place. You prefer an elevator?

They said they killed his grandchildren.

Is that your idea?

After I gave you his name, after you passed it along, did you suggest... I

think you actually realized what happened. What happened was he was

When he changed his mind, changed his vote, I waited around to find out why.

When he told me.

Told me what happened.

He was crying.

Crying.

Because he'd been afraid to fight you.

Crying because he knows he'll always be afraid to fight you.

And that dirty bunch of thugs you work for.

Mr. M.

I'll, uh, I'll take you to the bar.

Give me the phone, please.

Listen.

What have you told that

assemblyman about the setup?

Uh, nothing.

Nor has he asked me why. Well, we're suddenly getting all kinds of calls and

pressures from New England, Washington, the IRS, the FBI. They're taking a big

interest in who worked for who, who you work with, and what ties there might

still be between all of you. Based on what?

Based on what? Based on communications between Lieutenant Kojak and those

agencies in the last 24 hours.

How can you know all that?

Listen, if we can buy people in 50 states, we can buy people in the

Columbia. You think there's a chance Murchison's playing both sides and

in the middle?

No.

No, no, I'm sure. I mean, why should he?

Well, Buster, we're in the toilet.

Now I have to go to my people in Vegas and tell them we'll fix the situation.

Listen, when you come right down to it, that situation's a cop. A cop named

Kojak. No.

But think about it.

If Murchison is working with them, say, on a secret grand jury probe or

something, odds are they've been keeping it between themselves, you understand?

Now we eliminate Kojak and you'll have enough on Murchison that he'll belong to

us forever.

Look, I won't go along with it.

Who do you think the people in Vegas first are just getting rid of, huh?

Yeah, you think about that, too.

Now, we're working right.

Look, here's what you do.

You call Kojak, see?

You tell him you've done some thinking and you want to talk to him privately.

That's all I have to do is to set it up.

No, that's not all you have to do.

You've got to...

Either when they kill him.

If it bothers you that much, don't watch.

Jerry.

to go after her no no no uh something i have to do first

later i'll explain later nothing to do with audubon gardens

just uh some things that have growth possibilities my broker will call you

they're in

You mean that's not enough?

After Farrow admitted... Admitted what? That he gave Baker something?

It could have been two tickets to the garden, leprosy. But you got Baker's

testimony. The two gorillas accosted him in an elevator.

All right, what about the bride?

Did he say it was a bride?

Theo, excuse me. You're not too busy.

Paul, we're going to have to stop meeting like this.

Tell me about it.

Tell me about it.

Lieutenant Kojak.

This is Whitney Farrow, Lieutenant.

Would it be possible for you to meet me? I, uh... I have something urgent to

discuss with you.

Sure, we never close.

No, I can't come there. It has to be someplace private.

Secluded. All right.

You know that India Street Pier?

On the Brooklyn side?

Yes. I know the location.

In a half hour, then.

Sure.

Could you give me a description of the car? I mean, the one you'll be using?

1972 dark blue Continental.

Okay, Mr. Farrell, I'll see you.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Okay.

We're meeting in Brooklyn.

Enough is enough, huh? Relax, will you?

There, that's got it.

Leo, we should take some troops. Could be a set -up.

Take some troops there. Could be a set -up.

Well, I look like a hero.

You know what happens if I turn up with anybody?

You know what I get from this pharaoh? Zilch.

Name, ranks, serial number.

If you come along, you may unload.

Happy holidays.

Bobby, want to take a nice ride in the country?

Hey, Weber.

Sparrow.

know who's his own man?

Nobody. Now let's face it, who wants to be a nobody?

And I love you.

A mended sentence.

As much as you can love anybody.

Who do you think the people in Vegas first suggest getting rid of, huh?

All I ever asked for was the truth.

If it bothers you that much, don't watch.

What happened was he was crying.

That's him.

No! No!

I gotta go!

Okay, sweetheart. Take me to your leader.

Don't worry.

All right.

Stay a mermaid.

You all right?

What do you mean, am I all right?

I don't remember requesting any interference.

We were just cruising.

This is total coincidence.

Sure, tell me about it. Look, there's some debris floating the river. Would

fish it out before it pollutes the entire eastern seaboard?

Look, Frank, you want to do me a favor? Yeah.

Call forensic to medical examiner. Would you get him down here and do the whole

number? There's something coming down that I don't know about?

Yeah, the mermaid.

I'm going to fish him out for a singing lesson.

Funny day.

I wonder why he did it.

Did what?

He tried to warn me.

He probably saved my life.