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Go away. Come back in an hour.

Do you have any idea what time it is?

Every morning, three years. It's been 6 .30, and I don't like it, but I can live

with it. But 5 .30, that's not civilized. People are sleeping at 5 .30.

Good.

Checkpoint.

What?

Who is this?

Listen to me. Two of your convicts, they are escaping right now.

Uh -huh.

Is that you, Henderson?

No, it's not Henderson. I'm trying to tell you that two of your convicts are

tunneling under the west fence as we speak. Listen, buddy, I don't know how

got this number, but if you know what's good for you, you'll hang up right now.

For your information, these calls are monitored, and you're breaking a federal

law.

I told you.

Why didn't you wake me up sooner?

His name was Gary Hobson.

He gets tomorrow's newspaper today.

He doesn't know how.

He doesn't know why.

He only knows when the early edition hits his front door.

He has 24 hours to set things right.

Gary, don't be ridiculous. Call the police. Make a phone call.

I've tried, and it didn't work.

Gary, those are convicted criminals out there.

Yeah, I know, and it's my fault they escaped.

How so?

Did you dig the tunnel yourself?

Show them the way out? You know what I mean.

So what do you think he can do?

Well, I know where they are.

Two convicts, Lewis Ray, Kelly Morehart, head south to Rockdale, where they hold

up a convenience store, beat up a clerk, they steal a car.

So what, you're just going to go there and talk him out of it?

Something like that. Gary, make a phone call.

Morning. Morning. Hi.

Hey, did you hear about the prison break?

Yeah, we heard.

Why did he do anything about it? It was in paper, wasn't it?

Shouldn't you be in school?

Well, he's going to do something about it right now.

You're going to go after them?

Maybe. Cool.

Got any special weapons?

What? No, like that man. He has that utility belt.

It's a boomerang. Gary, these men were put away for attempted murder and armed

robbery. The oldest one threw his mother out of a moving car.

You what?

You're not even related. What do you think he's gonna do to you?

Well... I gotta make a phone call.

Yeah. Stay, please.

Yes, I'm calling about the two convicts who escaped this morning.

Yes? Well, I happen to know they're going to Earl's Country Mart. That's in

Rockdale. That's off Langston Highway.

And how do you know this?

Because I saw them.

Sir, I have you calling from a McGinty's pub on West Illinois in Chicago.

That's right.

But you saw the convicts.

Well, I can't reveal my sources, but I can tell you one thing. They're going to

that store.

We'll send a car.

Thank you.

All available units in the Rockdale area, please be advised of a possible

sighting of escaped convicts.

What about the phone?

Batman never uses it.

Well, I'm not Batman, Henry.

I'll say.

I'm going back to bed now.

What?

Convicts hold up gas station.

Oh, no.

Stay pleased.

Yes, I called a little while ago about the two escaped convicts in Rockdale.

Sir, this is an emergency line.

You missed them.

Excuse me?

They're going to beat up a cashier and leave him for dead at a gas and go

station in Willow Springs.

Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to hang up now.

This is an emergency line. It is a felony.

Yeah, I understand that. Listen, a gas and go station, Willow Springs, Miller

Road. They're going to rob it. Do you hear me? I am hanging up now. Do not

back.

Any available unit in the Willow Springs area? Possible holdup at the gas and go

station on Miller Road.

What? I didn't see anything.

I don't believe it.

What? The police missed him again.

According to eyewitnesses, the convicts hot -wired a 1986 Plymouth Reliant A

-car. When a salesman tried to stop them, he was run down the parking lot.

Gary, there's someone here to see you.

Who is it?

State police.

Something about filing false reports?

Mr. Hobson.

Mr. Hobson?

I want the Plymouth Reliant, 1986.

Okay, all right. Now, trust me. I don't want to waste your money. I got a Buick

Skylark. This thing is cherry, okay?

It's got less than 30 ,000 city miles. Randy, Randy. Yeah? I'm looking for the

Plymouth Reliant.

Almost there.

No!

I'm looking for a Plymouth Reliant, a K -car. It's 1986,

Randy. That's the car I want. A little bit now, a little bit. Okay, I got what

you want right over here, all right? Just calm down a little bit. The K -car.

Too late. Yeah, all right, it's around here somewhere. We keep the classics in

the back. Ah, there it is, right there.

It's a real beauty.

I can give you a hell of a deal on this.

You may notice there, yeah, that's genuine French Naga leather.

Pretty nice stuff there. Hey, you gonna have any kind of trade -in? I mean, that

Jeep, maybe?

You have a mechanic?

Yeah, sure, right over there.

Thank you.

Just so you know, that car's got hip -hop, straight -A pride.

We like to call it around.

I'm here. Oh, no. Topper to upper for the first 19 miles.

You all right?

Yeah. You're lucky those are the guys that escaped from the penitentiary this

morning.

Luckier than those two.

Huh? Fuel pump on that Lincoln's full of holes.

They're not going to get 25 miles before that engine burns up on them.

That is a vintage 87 Lincoln, all right? That vehicle's irreplaceable. I got

about $18 ,000 in it. Marissa.

Gary, where are you? They changed directions. Who did?

The convicts. They stole a car and they took off. Oh, my goodness.

Listen to this.

After beating the man unconscious, the convicts were last seen stealing his car

in Hickory, Indiana.

Hickory? You mean... Yeah, Hickory. That means they're going to my hometown.

That's what that means.

I just don't see why you want to do it. Because it's exciting.

We could use a little excitement around here.

I don't need another hobby.

It's not a hobby.

Curling is a sport. You can go to the Olympics.

It's precision control.

Learn how to use the broom.

It's all about how you sweep.

You want to sweep?

There's the kitchen floor. Oh, Lois. Oh, Bernie, read my lips.

Not interested.

You wouldn't know excitement if it bit you in the...

Hi.

Gary. Hey, what do you say, son?

Mom. Yeah, Mom.

What a surprise. The door was unlocked.

The door is always unlocked.

Well, anyone can just traipse in and out of here. Oh, Gary, it's hickory. Yeah,

well, there's some dangerous people in hickory. Your father's the most

person in this town.

Not today.

Escaped convicts. In hickory? What is that?

That's a curling stone.

Escaped convicts.

That's big.

I should call the boys.

What boys?

My crew, my posse.

When did Dad get a posse? Oh, you know your father, dear. He's wanted a posse

for years.

I was elected community watch leader this month.

Uncontested. Check this out, Gar.

I got all the guys on speed dial.

Wait.

Alert.

So, how's Erica? Mom, I need your help. Well, if you don't want to talk... You

know Mr. Bancroft down at the high school? These guys, they're going to

up after school and they're going to steal his car.

Oh, poor Mr.

Bancroft. You know, he's had such a hard year. His wife left him about six

months ago.

I think this is a little worse.

Oh, I'm sorry. Well, what do you want me to do?

Well... Mr.

Bancroft never really cared for me too much. Gary, you were his favorite

student. Mom, he threw books at me. One book?

Great expectation. Big book. It hurt. Paul, what do you expect from me?

Listen, what I want you to do is... I want you to go down to the school and

Mr. Bancroft away from his car.

You couldn't do that.

Why not?

Well, I would just sound ridiculous like you do all the time.

Oh. Well, go to the police. Talk to Joe. Do you know he has two kids now?

Wait. Joe Joe Frawley High School Joe? Yeah, he's been chief of police three

times running.

Did I mention he has two kids?

Hi, Gary.

Hello?

Gary! Well, I heard you were back in town.

I just got here.

Small town.

Come on in.

Hello, Doris. Hi, Gary.

Look at you.

Chief of police. That's very impressive. Good to see you again. What do you

mean? Huh?

I mean, is it impressive because it's me and you never figured I'd make chief of

police? No. Or impressive because Hickory's such a huge metropolis teeming

crime? I didn't mean that either.

Oh, so you're just easily impressed.

No, I...

I'm just giving you a hard time. Come on, have a seat.

So, how's everything going? Oh, yeah, everything's fine. Is Chicago treating

well? Well, I'm getting by, yeah.

Nothing wrong with being a big success.

No, I'm not a big success. That's not what I hear.

Look, Joe, you heard about those convicts escaping penitentiary, didn't

Escaped convicts, really?

You know what? It turns out I actually did get that memo.

I think they're here.

Here? In Hickory?

Well, it's just a hunch I have.

Is that how they do it in the big city?

Police just wait around for bar owners to give them hunches.

Here I wasted all that time at the academy.

Joe, all I'm doing is asking you to open your eyes a little bit here because I

really think you ought to check out the local high school.

Listen, I know this may not be much of a job, but believe it or not, I know what

I'm doing.

Good to see you, Gary.

Hi, Gary.

Hello, Mindy. Gary.

Mr. Stevens.

Hey there, Gary.

Hey, Gary.

Hi,

Gary. Bye.

I'm going out.

Cherry Seltzer.

Run, Mary Hudson.

There's no hiding from the library.

Mr. Bancroft?

Hey. It's me, Gary.

Hobson, class of 83, B -.

That's right.

I had a particular fondness for Dickens.

Mr. Bancroft, I know this may sound strange, a little odd, but I was

if I could borrow your car.

My car?

You see...

I've been going to therapy lately.

And my therapist and I, well, he thinks it's a good idea that I should come back

to my hometown to try to do a good deed for someone that I looked up to during

my youth. So here I am, and I was wondering if maybe I could take your

could get the oil changed, I get it washed and waxed. What do you say?

Hobson, that's the stupidest thing I've heard. Ted, if you need a ride home, I

can give you a ride.

Stafford?

Gary Hopson. Heard you were back in town.

Did I hear right?

Do you need a ride?

But I live on the other side. Oh, I'm in no hurry.

It's a satellite. It's parked across the street. She has a tendency to pop out

of gear.

So no hot rodding.

Oh.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Shall we? My car is in the back.

Mr. Gasson this morning.

What's going on here?

Farmer's market.

The gym!

We're out of here.

The Jim Thorpe story.

Miss Flowers?

I want that book, Hobson. The Jim Thorpe... I returned the Jim Thorpe

No, you didn't. You checked it out in 1982 and it never came back.

I've got all the paperwork right here.

No, no, no. I returned that story.

Did you think we wouldn't catch you? That book is overdue.

Miss Flowers!

bad idea.

Make sure these get to the food pantry.

Are you sure you're all right? Oh, I'm fine.

Listen, I've got to run some errands. You're going to stay for supper, right?

Oh, well, I'm... Every answer's a few questions.

Joe, listen, will you drop by later? Because Gary's staying for supper. No, I

didn't say I was staying for supper. You've got to run. Bye. No, no, I'm not

staying. I'm not... So, you had much to drink today?

What? What, you drove Mr. Bancroft's car right through the market.

No, no, no, I didn't. I was on the hood of the car.

Look, Miss Flowers, she ran into... She bumped into Mr. Bancroft's car, pushed

it down the... Now, listen, you want to arrest someone, you ought to arrest Miss

Flowers. Yeah, she's not getting any younger, huh? Joe, give him a break. He

saved your wife's life.

Thank you.

Hey, Deb.

Uh, it was nothing.

Nothing?

Oh, Joe, you should have seen him. He was running down the hill full speed. It

was like when Gary stole home plate. You remember that?

Yeah, I remember. What was it? Lafayette game, senior year, bottom of the night.

I remember.

Anyway, you look great.

You too.

Well, I gotta go get the kids.

Um, Joe, milk, laundry detergent, and cereal.

Honey, I'm kind of working here.

Oh, sorry.

But get the regular and the cinnamon Cheerios.

Yeah.

Well, don't stay gone so long. I won't.

So, can I go now?

All right.

I'm going to let you off with a warning, but if I have any more questions...

Yeah, I won't leave the country.

You need to keep this door locked.

Hello, Sue.

Hey, Jeff. Hey, hey.

Mr. Bebo. So, when can I buy in?

What's that?

Your chain of restaurants.

I hear you're going public.

What restaurants?

Oh, I see.

You're afraid of those SEC boys. I'll keep it quiet. You let me know.

I'll do that. I'll do that.

Hey, nice to see you. Hello, everybody.

Hey, Gar.

How's it going? Come on, I'll teach you how to broom for me. Hey, Gary!

When are you going to open up a McGinty's in Bloomington, Gary, huh?

Excuse me, would you?

Mom!

Oh, surprised?

Kinda. Well, you know, it's so rare that you get to come home and see all of

your friends. Oh, and you know how I love surprises. But why is it that

thinks that I own a chain of successful restaurants?

I don't know. Mom!

Well... Sometimes your dad and I embellish things a little bit.

Mr. Beeple would like to buy some stock.

Well, Gary, people like to brag about their kids. And what am I supposed to

about you? My son gets tomorrow's newspaper.

Yes, sir.

Woo! Hey, big guy!

I'm going to be in Chicago next month. Can you get me a table at McGrunty's?

It's McGinty's, George.

McGinty's. That's what I said.

Hey, what night should I come if I want to see Oprah?

Wednesdays. She's always there on Wednesdays. Judy!

I'm so glad you could see me. Excuse me, would you?

Everybody, excuse me. A minute.

The KP's robbed Indiana Bank, killed a security guard.

The robbery took place just before closing, a few minutes before 5.

Gary?

Gary!

Honey, open up! Guess who's here to see you?

The Petersons! Oh!

Just a second!

Well, hurry!

Just a second, Pop.

Gary Hobson. I heard you were back in town.

Listen,

you need to get everybody out of here.

What?

There's going to be a robbery.

You, always with the joke.

No, no, no, I'm not joking. Listen to me.

Here's the security guard.

Right there.

Thank you.

In case of an emergency, I'm supposed to be the last one out.

Well, how about I follow you?

Maybe just this one. I'm a trained professional.

Where's the fire, Gary?

Joe, hold that alarm. Joe, turn around and look at me. There they are. Who?

The two guys that escaped the Illinois State Penitentiary, they're right there.

Turn around, will you?

They were right there.

No, I'm telling you. They were going to rob that bank.

Listen to me. Those convicts are still out there, Joe. You've got to find them,

you understand me?

Joe, listen. You're making a big mistake.

A big mistake.

Slow down. No one's coming.

Got to find a place to hide out for a couple of hours, wait till dark, and get

the hell out of here.

Here we go.

Come on, Joe.

You know, this is insane. What are you going to charge me with, huh? Creating a

public nuisance, malicious mischief. What about bail?

Well, the justice of the peace should be here any minute. Oh, come on, look,

this doesn't make any sense. You should be out looking for those convicts, not

holding me up in here.

You're going to sit in my jail cell and tell me how to do my job?

Oh, man, it never changes.

Listen, let me ask you something.

Ever since I got here this morning, you've been ticked off. Now, why is

This morning? It's been a little longer than that.

Well, what is that supposed to mean?

I am tired of living in the Gary Hobson shadow.

The Gary...

Joe, I haven't been here for 15... I haven't seen you for 15 years.

This is hickory, Gary.

It's like time stands still here, like you never left high school.

We were friends in high school.

Oh, yeah, sure.

Yeah, you were the friend who made varsity baseball every year. I got cut.

You were the friend who was never around on a Saturday night. You always had a

date. Well, that's not true. But me, I think I had one date in high school, and

I married her. Well, there, see? You were lucky. You found her the first

You think this is how I pictured my life?

I had a plan.

I was going after the Rotary Scholarship.

One student, full ride.

Didn't quite work out that way.

Joe, you should have said something. If you had, I might have... What? You would

have turned it down?

No, it doesn't matter. The point is, just once, I would like to catch a

I wake up every morning in the same town that I was born in, and it's like, this

is it.

This is as far as I'm going to get.

I never had my chance to really shine, not like you.

Listen, Joe, if you knew what my life was like... No, no.

No, I don't want to hear about it.

Hey, Joe.

Can I ask you one favor, please?

Can I have my paper?

We can't have the bake sale that day. The PTA's already having the garage

I know that, but we have to check the calendar to make sure... Yeah?

You sure you don't want to come? Hold on a minute, Emma.

How can you go curling? Those complex are still out there.

Well, Gary would have called if there was a problem. Last chance. Bernie, I'd

rather have a root canal.

Suit yourself.

Yeah.

Anybody in here?

Try my parents.

I did. It was busy. Well, try them again.

Come on, call them.

Still busy.

Listen, Joe, I'm serious. I got to get out of here now. I can get the bail

money.

Talk to the justice of the peace.

Hobson. No way.

He shouldn't even be on the committee. It's a conflict of interest. He works

the phone company.

What?

Well, tell him to write an angry letter.

Come on, Joe. Just let me out of here for one hour. I'm not doing it. Listen,

Joe, those people, they're at my house right now.

The convicts? Yes, the convicts. You know what I'm talking about. Joe, come

now. You mean the same convicts who were robbing the bank this afternoon?

You just have to be the center of attention, don't you? It's like you're

alive unless the whole town is talking about you. Joe, please.

Get help and go to my house, please.

Get help?

I was just about to tell you the same thing.

Joe?

Joe!

You're being ridiculous.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

You locked up Gary Hobson. Yeah, that's right. I did.

Oh, do you know what he did today?

Me, besides saving my life?

He pulled the fire alarm at the bank.

Well, maybe he had a good reason.

Yeah.

He said it was about to be robbed by a couple of escaped convicts. Well, maybe

he was right. Did you check it out?

I don't believe this.

The guy acts like a lunatic.

But you rushed to his defense. I'm doing my job and I get attacked?

Come on, Joe.

It's scary.

He's not the kind of guy that's going to pull a fire alarm for no reason.

You don't know that.

I'm telling you, he's not the same guy he used to be.

Well, you sure are.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means it's been 15 years, Joe.

How much longer is that chip going to stay on your shoulder?

Yeah, he got the scholarship. You didn't.

Deal with it.

I do deal with it.

Every day.

Please. There are plenty of roads out of this town. Gary Hobson is not

responsible for keeping you here in Hickory.

You made choices, Joe.

We all did.

If you're sorry...

It's about time you let me know

Come

on

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I've got to get back to work.

Do me a favor.

Keep the doors locked tonight.

Come on, somebody.

Anybody.

Come on, Joe.

Hey, Gar.

Dad, I heard you were in the pokey.

Dad, listen to me. Mom's in trouble.

What? You know the convicts that escaped from the prison. They're at the house

right now.

You're kidding me. We're going to get you out of here. Unless you got a

you're not going to have time to... Hacksaw? I don't need no thinking

Where'd you get those keys?

You know Mikey owns a hardware store? Last time they had the station house re

-keyed, he made me an extra copy.

He knows how important it is for the community leader...

To have access to the pokey.

That's why he's in my posse.

Listen, Dad, is any of this by chance legal?

I think it falls in a gray area.

Gray.

Right.

Hey, be careful with my stone.

Hello? Is anybody in here?

I'm coming.

Joe, if you came for the party, you're a little late.

Well, actually, I came by to check on you.

Oh, how sweet.

Yeah, well, you know, I've got Gary down at the station, and he's a little

worked up.

Worked up?

Yeah, he's under the impression that the convicts that escaped from the Illinois

State Penitentiary are in your house.

Now, he doesn't have any history of a recent drug use by any chance. What's he

reading in the newspaper?

As a matter of fact, he had one in the cell, but... They're in the bedroom.

What? No, I knew I heard something.

Are you sure? Gary never teases about this.

Come on, Joe. We got to get out of here. No, Joe, this is happening right now.

Gary's not kidding about this and neither am I. All right, you go to the

house, lock the door, call the state police and tell them what's going on.

Go.

All right. But you get away from him. Well, Joe dropped by, thank God. Where's

Joe? He's up there.

Oh, Bernie.

They're in our house.

Did they hurt you? No, I was just about to take a bath and I heard something.

Biden is a community watch leader's house.

Hold it right there.

Take it easy.

Yeah.

No!

We have late breaking word the fugitives have been captured. Local authorities

are holding them inside this house until FBI agents arrive on the scene.

Look at that crowd.

Must be every TV reporter in the Midwest out there.

Well, I better get going.

They're going to want to talk to you.

No, not me.

You saved my life.

You saved my mom. I think you were even... You go ahead.

I'll be out in a minute.

I'm giving you half credit.

No.

You earned it.

It's your turn to shine.

All right, let's get in there. Go ahead, boy. They're all yours.

Okay, Joe.

I just got lucky, that's all.

When you're chief of police in a small town, that kind of thing can happen

sometimes. How were the convicts to do?

Was there a struggle?

Is it true you went in there alone?

Sometimes you just get very, very lucky.

Any more questions?

We'll see you soon.

Yeah.

Why don't you come to Chicago soon?

We're not doing anything this weekend.

I'll call you.

Drive safely, son.

Would you consider leaving Hickory to work for a bigger police force, Joe?

No. I'm happy right where I am.

We'll give you a call about this weekend.

Have a good trip, son.

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Christopher sadly died on Sunday. As a tribute, Hallmark is showing one of his

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