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Five deaf people in two months.

I want to help.

You're a fake.

You show some compassion, then you stick it to us any way you can. This man

hates all deaf people. At least you won't have to hear yourself die.

Who did this?

Find them.

Go.

Put the gun down. You are going to be stopped.

I killed him at the marina. The girl! Get the girl! She saw us! She knows what

we did!

That was good.

Where to 101st and West End.

Get out of here. Let's get out of here.

Oh, my face.

Can you describe the man who

broke in?

What? I didn't get that.

Did you see the men who broke in? Wait.

Say that again.

Did you see what they looked like?

I'm sorry.

I can't concentrate.

I was at the center. I came

as soon as I heard. God.

This is terrible.

Are you two okay?

I'm Dave Pfeiffer. I volunteer at the Center for the Deaf, where Ron lives.

Do you want me to help you get their statements? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'd

that. Lieutenant, what are you doing about this?

Five deaf people in two months.

It wasn't established until tonight that these break -ins were even related.

But now that we've got a string of events, I... Ron.

Ron, take it easy, Ron. What is he saying?

You don't want to know.

Look, I think that we should get those statements now.

Yeah, all right.

Did you tell them about Valerie?

No, not yet.

I have to tell you about Valerie.

What?

They broke in on Valerie?

afraid so. I guess the shock was too much for her.

Valerie had a heart attack.

She's in St.

Vincent's Hospital.

I think we ought to let her be alone for a minute.

She and Valerie were close.

Valerie introduced me and Ron.

She was the matchmaker at the center.

I see. And everybody who was attacked knew each other from the center.

Yes.

I almost called you before, but I thought, halt, it was over.

They took my engagement ring.

They held a knife to my throat.

That was horrible. I'm sorry.

I thought they were going to kill us.

What's he saying?

He said he should have stopped them.

Well, by the look of that... Oh, sorry.

By the look of that, the cut on the forehead, you behaved very bravely and

everything you could.

I want to find out who did this to you and your friends before they hurt anyone

else.

Ron, stop it.

What's he saying?

No, I called Mr.

McCall. That was my decision.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, just a minute.

I... I have to know what he's feeling.

He says he knows people like you.

You're a fake.

Sure, you want to help us for a price.

I don't want... I don't want money.

I grew up on the street.

I know the routine.

Show some compassion for a poor deaf kid.

Then stick it to him any way you can.

I am not like those people.

I simply want to help.

Now you just listen to me.

I'm sorry.

I just wish that there was some way I could communicate with him directly.

It's like there's a wall between us. I can't break it down.

It's so damn frustrating.

That's how Ron feels.

Every day.

Yes.

Yes, of course he does, of course.

You killed him when I had the chance. Well, you did. It's a joke. Shut up.

I'm sick of hearing about it.

Probably already been to the cop.

And I ain't going back to the home. It's your own fault.

I hate him, Mr. Zip. Oh, you two, please just relax.

I took care of everything.

What are you talking about? The guy saw my face.

I know he did.

That's why I spent this night assisting the detective in charge of this case.

Did he make me?

Are you kidding?

Ron described you so well, I'm surprised he didn't know how many cavities you

had.

But after he signed B, your description, I altered it to make it so generally it

would fit half the population.

Then I got Ron so upset with the cops that he never even bothered reading his

statements. I don't know, man.

I don't like that old lady look bad.

I say we fence this crap and get out. You are in no position to make any

decisions about this.

Now, they know that there is a string of robberies. They're going to be

scrutinizing everyone in the deaf community.

If I disappear now, it's not going to take a rocket scientist to figure out

who's behind all this.

That is what you have to worry about now, not the old lady.

She deserves everything she gets.

They own them.

So, we don't sell any of this stuff until we move to another city where it

be traced.

Oh.

We got stuff out in the van. Why don't you go pick it up? We don't want to

it out there.

What do you think?

I think he's a loose cannon.

He concerns me. Me too.

Keep your eyes on him.

More trouble to us than Ron.

Thank you for the ride.

I couldn't stay there tonight after what happened.

Tell me, how is it that you can read lips, but he can't?

Most deaf people can't.

It's easier for me because I lost my hearing when I was eight. I had scarlet

fever, but Ron was born deaf. He doesn't understand speech.

You know, I can't imagine that.

Helen Keller said that being blind separates you from things, but being

separates you from people.

What is it?

What is it? What happened?

It's Valerie. She died.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

If you can help us, please, find who did this.

Find them.

Morning, Mickey.

How goes it? Great.

I managed to free up the police report and the break -ins. Ah.

Thank you.

What about the computer check on the center's employees?

Everybody's a choir boy. No criminal records.

There is one interesting resume, though.

A volunteer named David Pfeiffer.

What about him?

The guy's never been able to hold down a job. Then he started moving around a

lot and volunteering for centers like this one.

I'm going to do a follow -up to see if there have been any attacks on the deaf

in cities where he's been.

Yes, yes.

Could be perfect cover, couldn't it? Okay,

let me know what happens, will you?

What's this thing?

Oh, it's a telephone for the deaf.

I give my number to everybody at the center.

Anybody wants to get in touch with me, all they do is type it in. It comes out

here. Type the phone. My first step towards breaking through the wall, I

suppose.

No, I don't want to.

Nothing. This is a great apartment.

But after we're married, we should live on our own, not here at the center.

I don't hate being with deaf people, but I don't want to be with only deaf

people. I want to be a part of what's out there.

You think they won't let me be a part of their world?

They don't want me?

Well, you're wrong.

Maybe you couldn't handle it, but I can.

I am not ashamed of what I am.

You try to act tough, but you're afraid.

If you want to live in your own little prison, fine.

You can start now.

Come in. Thank you.

Whenever I dream, no one talks, no one stands.

Deaf or hearing, it doesn't matter.

We can just read each other's minds.

But this is reality.

Maybe Ron's right.

Maybe all of them are out to get us.

I know that...

Generally speaking, the hearing tend to ignore the death.

But we're not out to get you.

Most people care. I care.

If I am to help you find the person or people who did this,

the people who killed your friend, then I'm going to need your help. And you and

Ron are going to have to trust me.

The only people Ron tries to speak his language.

Well, then you have to help me break through the barrier.

Forget about Ron.

I can't get through to him.

I don't think I want to anymore.

You know, you've both been through a terrible ordeal.

I don't let the people who did this to you take any more away from you. You

obviously care very deeply for Ron, and he needs you.

You are his bridge.

I know you're right.

But what can we do?

David Pfeiffer.

Tell me what you know about him.

He's close to Ron.

I don't really know him.

He does have access, does he not, to the addresses of all the people at the

centre? Yes, but it can't be Dave.

He and Ron are friends, and Dave was here with the police.

David Pfeiffer was here shortly after the robbery?

Ron saw one of the men's faces.

Ron described it all to Dave and Dave wrote it down.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Are you telling me that David Pfeiffer took a statement from Ron?

Yes. I need to speak to Ron straight away. Where is he?

At the same school.

Can we go there now?

Yes.

Then let's go.

She said Ron left to meet me.

Where?

Oliver's Marina.

Marina?

Come on, let's go.

All right.

My face.

Can't take any chances.

At least you won't have to hear yourself die.

Now, move,

move, move, move.

The police have been called, but now they're on their way.

In the meantime, you are going to tell me everything I want to know.

Everything.

Stop there. He's getting away.

The man is dead.

Information was given by Mickey Cosmire that in every city in which Pfeiffer has

worked, there have been attacks on the death.

It is all circumstantial. We cannot connect him, Robert.

His alibi here is perfect.

Well, we know perfectly well that he didn't pull the bloody trigger.

I mean, yes, he's got errand boys to do his dirty work.

Robert, we've got nothing to hold him on. What about the police report that

Pfeiffer altered?

Ron states quite clearly that he gave a perfect description of Hall.

So perfect, in fact, that you could have picked him up in a couple of hours.

But that report was intentionally obfuscated.

Well, Pfeiffer claims Ron was flustered. His signing erratic.

He says he wrote down what Ron said to the best of his ability.

And you believe that, do you? Robert, you know that is not the point. Until I

have solid evidence, there is nothing more I can do. In other words, the

in my court.

Very well.

Lieutenant Branigan, there is plenty I can do.

They just let him walk out of here. Yes.

No.

They didn't have enough evidence to hold him.

But he is responsible for everything.

They tried to kill Rod. They could try again.

I will make sure you're safe.

Stay at my apartment.

You saved my life, and I'm grateful to you, but Father should be locked up, not

us.

Oh, he will be, I promise you.

If you'll excuse me for just a moment.

Would you stay here for a minute?

Sorry, Mr. Fireworks, McCall. I see the info I gave you on the phone didn't do

any good.

No, they let Mr. Pfeiffer go.

It's okay, he got his life story.

There's an interesting detail in here.

He's using an empty bank building on 10th Avenue.

They want to bet he's got that full of stolen goods.

The problem is there's no way to connect him to it. Everything was done through

intermediaries.

You going to tell Brannigan?

There's no point in telling Brannigan.

What can I tell him?

Not till we find out what is actually inside the building and if Pfeiffer can

linked to it.

I don't know what I want you to do. I want you to take those two back to my

apartment.

Where are you going?

Me? Oh, I think it's time that I help push the rat back into his hole.

Don't you?

What's the matter, Mr. Pfeiffer? Didn't you hear me come into the room? What do

you want? Not a very pleasant experience, is it?

Look, I spent three hours in that police station. I answered all of their

questions. I am sick of this abuse.

No moral outrage, please.

I have every right to be outraged.

Look, I took this job for one reason. I wanted to help these people. You took

this job to help yourself.

Those people trusted you. You were their link to the hearing world.

And you use that against them. Look, this is all garbage. I told you before,

out of my office!

You, Mr. Pfeiffer, are going to listen to everything I have to say.

Everything.

Now, I was fascinated.

Fascinated as to what lies so deeply buried inside a man that it causes so

much hatred.

So much hatred that he preys on people in the most sickening manner.

You have nothing on me. The police have nothing on me. If they did, they would

have booked me when I was down at the precinct.

Don't you understand?

Even now, the police are not your main problem at the moment. I am your

I am.

Now, I've been doing some research on you, and I have come up with certain

I know quite a few things about you.

For instance, I know you've never been able to hold down a job.

I know you were divorced twice.

I know you have no friends. I know you have no family ties. I know you're a con

man.

Oh, yes.

And I know quite a lot about your father.

Get out of here. Get out of this office!

Get out!

Apparently, your father...

according to you, is to blame for everything that's ever been wrong with

life. Is that really so?

Well, now, you consider this.

What you did to the people down at that centre had nothing to do with him.

I mean, that was your own choice.

Your very own choice.

From now on, you are going to be stopped from preying on anyone ever again.

Hello, Feinberg.

McCall.

So, how do you like my home away from home, huh?

It's nice.

Very nice.

It's cozy.

You said you wanted to know about the power of sound.

That's right.

Thank you.

Well...

you should appreciate this.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940.

It was constructed with 17 -inch thick cables, but it started moving like that

almost from the very beginning.

The sound frequency from the wind was so low that the human ear couldn't even

hear them.

However, they perfectly matched the resonant frequencies of the bridge.

Cars drove and people walked on it while it undulated, but it only had a four

-month active life.

That's what happens when resonant frequencies match.

It's astonishing.

And everything has its resonant frequency.

And that can affect the human ear.

Exactly.

The company is very excited about the possibility.

Imagine.

Emitting frequencies via satellite.

Very damaging and cost -effective.

Oh, yes, yes, indeed.

In all those years ago, when I helped break you out of that gulag, I'm sure

thought that your talents were going to be used in a more altruistic manner.

I'm a pragmatic man, McCall.

I expected freedom, not utopia.

But surely this isn't a philosophical visit.

What can I do for you?

I may need your help soon.

Just say the word.

Thank you.

See you.

There's nothing you can do, Ronnie.

I know you trust in Pfeiffer, but the way he is, all hearing people are not

that.

You can't keep separating the world into us and them.

It is not the only way to survive.

of hearing about your parents.

Foster homes. I am sick of it.

I know how much you've been hurt.

Your parents abandoned you.

Mine did too in their own way.

They never learned to sign.

They sent me away to school.

I was their failure.

That does not prove your point.

You can't let your silence pull us into a battle that separates us from everyone

else.

I love you too, but I need more than just us.

You can't be close to me if you're closed off from everyone else.

What if we had children?

Hearing children.

Would you hate them too?

Because they could hear?

Because they could speak?

Answer me!

The problem is not Pfeiffer. This is not because of him.

What do you... What do you mean?

What? What are you going to take care of yourself?

What?

Apartment's cleaned out.

And you got rid of the rifle?

Yeah, it's dismantled and in the river.

Okay, yeah, put this stuff in the van, and I got another box up in the office.

Ron, what are you doing here?

I don't know what they...

Don't. Don't.

Don't shoot him.

Shoot him.

We have a body to get rid of.

We've got to get out of here.

It's caused too many problems.

I say we put an end to it right now.

Isn't that crazy?

Should have killed him at the marina.

Don't act stupid.

He can't be in Valerie or hauling us.

What are robberies?

I said we go back to the warehouse. We pick up our stuff. We get the hell out

here. I don't think so.

Oh, the girl. Get the girl. She saw us. She can read lips.

so what now no more loose ends good

Yes. You better get in here.

What's the matter?

They got Jackie and Ron.

Listen, McCall, I think I can get a clear shot at him. No.

Not at all.

You're not going to be a fighter's executioner.

We carry on as planned.

And don't forget the special earplugs.

I got them now.

Feinberg.

I want you to get ready. Don't do anything until I say so.

Standing by.

All

right,

it's time to finish the job.

Why are you doing this?

Why?

Because you are all twisted.

You hate who you are.

And you want to make... Everyone suffered more.

Put the gun down. Stay where you are.

I'm walking out of here, McCall.

You hear me?

It is over.

Finished. I walked.

She died.

Go find Buck. Go.

Mr.

Pfeiffer?

I can't hear.

I can't hear!

I can't hear!

I can't hear!

Tell him.

The loss of hearing is only temporary.

But the next few hours...

his life.

No, Ron, no.

You tell him.

Put down the gun.

This man hates all deaf people.

When he was a boy, his father Went deaf.

His father couldn't cope with that.

He was beaten.

Are you so different?

You hate all hearing people.

Because some hearing people hurt you.

If you do not control that hatred, this is what

you will become.

You have a choice.

So pull the trigger or put down the gun.

Start a new life with Jackie.

Your choice.

Take the ring and place it on Jackie's finger.

Repeat after me.

Jackie, take and wear this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity.

Jackie, will you take the ring and place it on Ron's finger?

Repeat after me.

Ron, take and wear this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity.

What God has joined, let no man divide.

I now pronounce you man.

I'm glad you came.

You are so beautiful.

I'm so happy.

Ron and I have decided to get our own place.

But we're going to keep our ties to the center very strong.

So we can be part of the hearing world and part of the deaf world too.

I think you're going to be very, very happy.

And that was the last one for now. Next Saturday at 10 o 'clock, we've Jack D

and Hale and Pace as part of our Christmas lineup.

Next tonight, blood on the vine for Frank Cannon.