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Get out of that car.

Get out of the car, Woody. Stupid. Come on, man.

13 carjackings all within the last six months.

This guy's a cop.

The idea is for me to go inside and smoke out Petrie. What are you saying?

really going to steal a car?

We've got to talk, sport. Come on, Jim. You'll love her. Woody.

These guys work for me. You don't know my mom.

I need a cold shower, man. Right.

But something has gone wrong, okay?

In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses.

Now, Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman.

In war against crime.

I think we caught her with all the fish.

Looks like she's trying to push me into the north end of Bradford Alley.

Ellison here.

I'll head along from the other side.

Why don't we go in after all?

Hey, Jeff, take off.

So then why don't you call for backup to catch him? Until they actually take the

car, all we can charge them with is attempted robbery, which they plead

down to nothing. If they drive the car away, then we can nail him on grand

auto.

Right? Yeah, let's go.

Get easy. Take it easy. Get out of the car. What are you, stupid? Come on, man.

Let's move.

Move. Take it easy.

This guy's a cop.

Get out of here.

Move.

Yeah, this is Ellison. I got a carjacking in progress. Bradford Allen

backup.

Move.

What? Did they get away?

Not completely.

My arm! I'm gonna shoot!

Rise, and you'll just tell the judge you're out for a Sunday drive.

Let's go.

Thirteen carjackings within the last six months.

Each car worth no less than a hundred grand.

Three people in the hospital, and our guy blows the setup.

He didn't exactly blow it, Jim. We got the driver, man.

Yeah, his name is Tony DeLuca.

He's out on parole for bank robbery.

We nail him on this, he goes away for 25 years under the three strikes law.

All right, good.

Let's use that. Maybe we can get some information out of the puss.

Excuse me.

Bank.

Who?

Look, get this way. Just tell him to call...

Yeah? Do you know someone named Naomi?

Yeah. In the future, I would appreciate it if you did not use this phone number

for your personal calls.

Simon, I didn't give up. Just tell your lady friends to call you at home, all

right? She's not one of my... All right, Rhonda, put her through.

Thank you.

Mom! It'll only be for a couple of days. She's coming in from L .A. on her way

to a spiritual retreat.

Don't you think she'd be happier in a hotel?

I mean, a couple of guys going around belching and throwing their underwear on

the floor.

I just don't feel like monitoring my behavior in my own home.

You don't have to.

She's very open. Totally new age. One of the original hippies.

She even used to date Timothy Leary.

Well, not date.

Actually, more like live with.

In fact, I've always thought he might have been. Your father?

Well, knowing you, that doesn't surprise me, Chief. Well, I did have a lot of

candidates to consider. Seemed like every man Naomi met would fall in love

her.

She never stayed with any of them for very long.

Well, that's too bad.

Are you kidding me? It was great. I went to three World Series, five NBA playoff

games. Beautiful.

I meant for her.

You don't know my mom.

Come on, man. I'm already down for the count here, huh?

And I ain't looking to be unfriendly.

I need name, yeah? And I need a break.

And I ain't talking about my other arm, neither.

Francine Barry, all right?

The babe in the beamer?

I'm telling you, man, she's really something.

Was recruited by some big Wall Street company right out of college.

Was making six figures right off the bat.

She's bored.

So she hooks up with this race car driver, joins his pit crew.

But that wasn't interesting enough.

Somewhere along the line...

She meets this guy, Petrie.

Petrie?

Bill Petrie? Yeah.

He's got crews working seven major cities. You heard of him?

What did I just say?

What the hell I say? Oh, it's none of my business.

Anyways, Petrie phones Francine.

Tells her what he needs.

She locates the merchandise, plans how we're going to take possession.

Once we bag it, I drive way out to the boonies, drop off the whole rig with the

car inside.

Then... She uses a stolen credit card and rents another rig.

Huh?

Hey, Chooch.

What am I, talking to myself here or what?

The look had just dropped a dime on Bill Petrie as head of that

car theft ring.

The Bill Petrie?

The mob guy that was accused of engineering all those racetrack

couple of years ago. The Bill Petrie.

It all fits.

Perfect planning and execution of the heist.

Cars, nothing worth less than a hundred grand.

The strong -arming? Even the FBI couldn't pin him down.

They'd send in people undercover, but he'd always manage to slip away.

Now the jerk -o's got himself a new business, huh? I got an idea, Simon.

This time we can nail him. What is it?

The Luca tells Francine that he got away from us and he can't drive because of

his arm.

He introduces me to her as his cousin.

Oh, yeah, right.

I can see the family resemblance there.

Okay, buddy from prison, whatever.

The idea is for me to go inside and smoke out Petrie.

This time we're going to be able to nail him.

You sure you can drive one of those big rigs? Yeah, sure, sure. I mean, it's a

piece of cake.

Yeah, that's what I thought. No, no, you see, sir, I drove a rig a little bit

after high school. You know, it's like riding a bicycle.

I mean, once you learn, you never forget.

Jim, you lied?

No, I didn't lie.

I had a friend of mine who had a rig, and he let me tool it around a little

but... But what?

Well, it didn't have a trailer attached to it. I mean, this is... It's

different.

Yeah.

Yeah, great.

All right, pop the clutch.

Just do it.

See that right there? That's the splitter. It gets you into the next gear

Oh, yeah?

Yep. How do you know so much about this?

I spent a summer driving cross -country in my uncle's rig. I did half the

driving.

You want me to take you through the basics again? No, I don't want you to

through the basics again.

I figured maybe I could tune into it with my hearing, you know, kind of tune

into the gears a little bit and listen to the mesh.

No, it doesn't work that way.

Yeah, he's here.

How'd she get this number?

Mom?

Hi, Mom.

Yeah,

great. Just put your stuff in my room for now.

No, no, I don't think that that's such a good idea. I mean, it's Jim's place.

He's got the furniture arranged the way he likes it, you know.

Yeah.

Yeah, Mom, I know, I know.

It's a little out of line with the next harmonic convergence, but I don't think

we're going to be falling through a crack in the earth next Tuesday, okay?

It's just for a couple of nights.

I'll pay for the hotel, okay? Come on, Jim, you'll love her. Wait, stop.

Yeah, it's fine.

Yeah, all right.

I'll talk to you later.

She's burning sage, man. Get rid of the bad vibes.

Bad vibes?

Yeah, the bad vibes. Oh, I forgot to tell her, but since she's also cooking

something.

I'm making Blair's favorite.

Tongue?

Yeah.

Jim, you like tongue? I usually make it a point not to eat anything that comes

from the head of an animal.

Look at this hair. It's so 60s. You look beautiful.

I'm not letting you out of my sight for... Two whole days. I hope you don't.

Mom, this is Jim Ellison. Oh, it's nice to meet you.

Jim,

he's allergic to the sage.

Oh, that's awful.

How do you stay clean?

I shower.

Oh, no, I mean, how do you get rid of the negative energy?

I shower.

Oh, I hear that.

She's saying she's willing to accept what you say without judgment.

Sandberg.

Yeah.

Oh, hey.

You know, I actually kind of like the couch there.

I'll put it back when she's gone.

Looks good, huh? Yeah.

Oh, I'm a vegetarian, unlike him.

But it makes him happy.

Mom. Oh, sweetie, here.

Taste it.

Okay, great.

Jim and I, we just came by to say hi.

We've got to go somewhere in a couple of minutes. Oh, is the cops up? Yeah.

You know, Blair's been telling me all about the work you've been doing

for his research on, what, local subcultures?

You know, it's so ironic.

I've spent so much time demonstrating against the tyranny of the pigs, and

now...

No offense intended.

I hear that.

Now, it's DeLuca. Let's go. Come on.

I'll get my coat. I'll get my coat.

Ma, you can't come.

Why not?

You see, Jim and I, we had to do a mountain of paperwork just to get the

department to allow me to write a book.

Well, then we won't tell them.

Blair, I haven't seen you in six months. Yeah, I know, but Ma... Is there

something dangerous about this?

No, no, no. It's just research.

Well, then why can't I come? I visited you on other research projects.

You never had a problem taking me along before.

I know.

Jim. Naomi, I'm sorry.

Not this time.

Look, we'll be back soon. I promise, okay? And we'll get together. We'll

promise. Okay.

I'll be here.

Naomi, the sage.

Yeah, more sage.

Naomi's a very attractive woman. I never would have guessed that she's so...

Wait a minute.

Just keep guessing, Jim.

It's my mom.

Get a cold shower, man.

All right, keep the engine.

What took you so long, Cus? What the hell are you doing here? And where's

Francine?

Right.

Move it!

You were told to come alone.

I always have somebody watching my back.

Well, let's see how you drive then.

DeLuca knows the way.

Take off.

Should have told her she was planning on holding an audition.

Now, you cops slay me, you know that?

Like my father always said, give them a bite and they want the whole cannoli.

Lauren.

Give it a think and do.

Pretty good.

Great. Thanks a lot.

I think.

So who are you?

Blair Sandberg.

He's an observer.

Ellison. James Ellison. Look, I am not looking for information here, but

something has gone wrong, okay?

Yes? Yes. I hear that. I hear that.

Hello?

Hello?

I'm letting this go.

I'm letting this go. I'm letting this go. God!

Why can't they play decent music?

So what? Are you going to tell me that you forgot your driving gloves?

I thought you said this bozo could drive.

It's kind of rusty, that's all.

Actually, if you'd given me a chance, instead of pulling this stunt, I would

have told you. I mean, here's your guy, not me.

I mean, you should see how he handles this rig.

So what do we need you for?

We're a team.

Either you buy both of us or nothing.

You'll have to split your end.

Forget about it.

Equal shares or we don't do it.

Done.

You'll start tomorrow.

Well, those were the attitude back there, Chief.

You almost got us talked out of the case.

That was the idea, man.

Oh, he's right.

I know these creeps.

They'll leave the little guy for breakfast.

Now, if you ask me, you better pack it in right now.

You know nobody's asking you, huh?

Your breath is bothering me.

I don't like it. I didn't trust the Luca, and I don't trust them.

We needed somebody right away, and the kid's a great driver.

Well, I say you better tighten things up around here, lady, or we're going to

get burned. Now, we got real lucky the other day. We might not be so lucky next

time.

This is my operation, Gary.

Look, Petrie was really pissed that we lost that Ferrari.

He said, I'm not doing my job watching your back.

The driver was a cop.

They set us up. Yeah, and you walked us right into that trap.

There's no way I can sign off on this. I mean, what if something goes wrong?

Blair doing this kind of undercover, the department could be in all kinds of hot

water. He'll sign a waiver, sir.

Hey, man, speak for yourself.

Come on. Blair, this is a golden opportunity, right, to do some real

and put some hardcore criminals beyond bars, right?

Wait a second, man. I mean, you're usually chomping at the bit to do

like this.

Yeah, I know. But this guy, he scares me.

I mean, I'm going to be alone in a 10 -ton truck with some psycho named Gary

with a loaded gun.

I'm going to be with you the whole time, backing you up.

Now, I need you on this one.

I mean, you back out now and the whole thing is over.

That's it. It's done.

I mean, they're going to figure out something's going on. They're going to

down shop. Now, sir, I know this is a stretch, but this may be our only chance

to get Petrie.

Oh, hell, Tim's right.

Look, we didn't expect it to go down this way, but that's exactly the

It's still your choice, though.

Good.

I choose to live.

Great.

Someone else might have something to say about that, though.

I can't believe you actually followed us. Just let me have my say and then

go. Captain Banks has already had an earful, but he refuses to come to his

senses and see the situation for what it really is. What situation? I saw a

woman kidnap you at gunpoint.

I mean, clearly there's a lot more going on here than simply observing.

I mean, the next thing I know, you're going to be parading around in a blue

uniform and jackboots. Well, you know what, Mom? If I do, that's my choice.

Well, then make another choice.

Mrs. Sandberg. Miss.

Miss. Technically, Blair is still an observer.

I mean, but he's become much more than that.

Your son has helped us solve some very difficult cases, and I consider him part

of the team.

Yeah. And they need my help on this case.

Sweetie, I'm sorry, but you're not cut out for this kind of work.

Technically, that's not entirely true.

I've gotten to know Blair over the past few months, and though we don't always

see eye to eye, his enthusiasm is kind of...

Refreshing. And I trust him.

Whether he decides to stay or go, I back him up 100%.

So what's it going to be?

I choose to stay, Naomi.

I hear that.

Do you?

Come on, detach with love.

Thanks for the support, man.

Let's just get back to work, okay?

Hey, Simon, I just wanted to say... Please don't. The memory is already too

painful.

Come on.

I should have listened to Naomi.

What is it?

All right, when do we call for backup?

Backup? Yeah, you know, sirens, flashing lights.

Got an act of imagination.

What are you saying, we're really going to steal a car?

We can bust these two clucks any time we want. The idea is to get a drop on

Petrie.

How long is that going to take?

No way of telling.

It's going to be months.

Oh!

Just relax, huh?

All you got to do is drive.

Get in the car right now.

Take off.

Go on.

What

the

hell are you doing?

He's dying.

I'm calling 911.

Yeah, we need an ambulance at Chesterfield and 8th. Guy's having a

Look,

you've done your bit for humanity. Let's go.

I'll take my chances here.

Hang in there, sir.

Help is on the way. Just relax.

I'm through.

I can't watch your back if I got nobody watching mine. Just relax.

He should have let the old guy drop.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not into killing on the job here, pal. I do a little

That's an accepted risk.

But I'm not doing life. That's part of the territory, Jack.

Anyway, on this crew, one strike and you're out. But it's not your decision,

Gary. Look, he could have blown the whole operation, put us all in the can.

That is exactly what I was thinking at first, but the guy has got a point. We

could have all found ourselves wanted for murder.

He did the right thing. You should give him some credit.

Something is not right with that guy, okay?

Something else.

Like?

I don't know. I can't put my finger on it right now.

Well, when you can, you let me know.

Three words, kid.

Shut it down.

Up till now, everything's gone according to plan.

Up till now.

Another three words.

You ever notice, Francine, how things always happen in threes?

Birth, life, death.

Beginning, middle, end.

Look, I've left room for every contingency here. I change my base every

my trucks every job.

So what, I had a couple of snags the last time around. My business is sound.

Darling, you are a car thief, not a corporate CEO.

There are no contingencies in our business.

And my experience tells me that the third act curtain is about to ring down

your neck.

Petrie, you've invested a lot of money into my operation.

Here's the bottom line.

You're a good customer.

That does not give you the right to tell me how to run things.

That gives me every right, darling.

Now here's my bottom line.

Shut it down.

I can't. Excuse me?

Look, the Lamborghini you wanted.

I found it. I was going to tell you tonight.

Lamborghini. That's almost impossible. It's a three -year wait list for that

car. And that means a hefty profit.

I'm aware of that, Francine.

Look, it's an easy setup.

Nothing's going to go wrong. I will personally guarantee it.

I don't like this, Jim. That old man could have died.

Simon, I made sure he was out of danger before I took off.

The ambulance got there a couple of seconds later.

Jim, and how the hell do you know whether he was out of danger or not?

doctor. I've been a medic.

Besides, if there was any doubt, I wouldn't have left him. Yeah, well, it

still too damn close to my comfort zone.

When's this Lamborghini heist supposed to happen?

Next couple of days.

All right, we'll keep according to schedule.

But you be careful.

If there's any question about the personal safety of you, Sandberg, or

else... We collect Francine and Gary and leave the Petrie thing over to the

feds. Now, am I getting through? Loud and clear, Captain.

Good. I'll see you tomorrow.

She fit anything?

She's been like that since we came in.

Yeah, I know.

Her personal best is three hours and 37 minutes.

Five hours.

Ah, last month in Big Sur.

And then I saw the most beautiful sunrise.

Ah, it was glorious.

Hey, man, cut that out.

Do that.

You hungry?

Oh, I'm famished.

Good.

I've been processing my feelings about your police work.

Oh, come on, Mom. Let's not get into that again, okay?

Blair, we've always been such great friends. I don't know why I suddenly

into Super Mom.

I don't know either.

Well, anyway, I swore I'd never do it, and... I'm going to let it go.

And I will. I'm going to let it go.

When?

When hell freezes over.

I'm joking.

Thank you.

We've got to talk, sport.

Easy with that thing.

You've been watching us. You're paranoid, man. Better paranoid than

You left the warehouse right after we finished the job.

And I saw you drive off only a half hour ago.

They were with me. I picked them up. We were all going to dinner, and I have the

bigger back seat.

Yeah, if we'd known you guys were hungry, we would have invited you. It'd

nice to get to know you better.

Would it? Oh, come on, Gary. We're on the same team here.

What about her?

Where does she fit in?

I'm his mom.

Hey, don't be flippant with me, ladies.

Well, I guess now we find out the truth, don't we? The truth is I don't like

people busting into my apartment with guns and bad manners.

He could have just killed you, Gary. What more proof do you want?

What do you say we start fresh, Chief?

Look, I'm sorry, guys.

We'll see you tomorrow, okay?

We'll be there.

Nice meeting you.

Yeah.

How the hell did they find out where we live? I don't know.

You know, that was kind of fun.

What? Keeping your cool, not blowing your cover.

You know what that reminds me of? You know when you used to dress up in that

superhero costume?

And you'd make me be the foreign evil spy.

You remember that, Blair? How he used to drive to the lair in your supermobile?

He used to sit on the back of the toilet and flush to make it go.

You know, she did not bat for a car thief.

Maybe you should get to know her better.

Ah, forget it.

We've been down that road before, remember?

I'm no good at that seduction stuff.

Hey, man, nobody's asking you to compromise your high level of standards.

It's just that the more information we have, the closer we're going to be to

Neal and Peachley.

Most people lose their appetite when they're angry.

I eat.

You're angry?

If I did anything.

No, no, no, no. Have a seat, please. I could use the company, actually.

Look, I'm real sorry about last night.

Gary can be a real hard ass, but you know, that's also what makes him

How's your mom?

Oh, her?

Don't worry about her. She's used to this stuff.

My dad used to run contraband from state to state.

My grandfather was a rum runner.

There's a rumor he used to work for old Joe Kennedy.

Kind of a family tradition, huh?

I guess you could say it's in the blood.

What?

I was just wondering.

You don't seem like the type of person to be in the thought of work.

Neither do you.

Touché.

You know, it's weird.

It's like a rush, you know?

It's like driving a fast car, bungee jumping from a helicopter.

You've done that?

I guess you could say I'm what they call an adrenaline junkie.

I love that feeling when you're taking the big risk.

So why don't you get yourself into a legitimate job?

I intend to one day, you know, when I'm old and tired. But for now, aside from

my unfortunate choice of partners, um, beans?

I'm having way too much fun.

Oh, excuse me.

Hello?

Yeah.

Yeah, the Lamborghini is arriving tomorrow morning.

Pier 37.

Where's your drop -off?

I flipped in the air at the moment. The buyer backed out.

You could say we're doing this one on consignment.

We've never done a job before without a confirmed buyer.

I'll have one soon enough.

I don't like it. This car is going to be unusually hot.

You're losing your nerve.

No. Good. I'll be there in a few hours.

Wait, you're coming here? All the way from Chicago?

Yes.

I want to personally make sure that your last job is completed without any

mishaps.

Everything all right?

It's fine. Yeah.

So Petrie's coming into town tonight?

Yeah, that's what she said.

Somehow we have to find a way to link him with that Lamborghini. Right.

Petrie doesn't have a buyer for the car, so we'll give him one.

Our buyer will insist on taking delivery from him personally.

Hey, wait a minute. Remember who we're talking about here. Even the FBI

get that close.

I think we can.

How? He's gonna be in a hurry to unload that Lamborghini. He's gonna want to

shut Francine down and get out of town.

We'll offer him as much money as he can expect to get anywhere else.

Our buyer will be someone his people already know. I mean, I don't think he's

gonna have any other choice but to take this deal.

Our buyer?

Who do these guys know besides you two?

I'll give you a hint.

These guys work for me.

I knew you would hate me the minute I laid eyes on you. You're a clever guy,

Gary. That's why you're here.

So what the hell is this? Some kind of a shakedown? I run an import -export

company out of Eastern Europe. So?

There's always been a market for hard -to -get items, like luxury cars, parts.

The point is... Your boss and I should do business together.

Oh, and you want me to arrange it?

You are a clever guy.

I'll give you half a million for the Lamborghini.

20 % wired to your boss wherever he wants, as soon as we get the car.

What about the rest?

I'll give it to Petrie personally as soon as I take delivery.

That'll be for him to decide.

Not this time.

There's $20 ,000 in it for you, if you can make the arrangements.

What about Francine?

Well, from what I hear, you're the one who's really in charge.

You heard right.

I don't like it. Nobody's asking you.

Relax.

You brought these guys in, Francine.

Of course, there's nothing we can do about that now.

They know our plan. If I don't accept their offer, they may attempt to take

car themselves. Not if we get there first.

It's too messy.

You're a loose cannon, Francine.

Speaking of loose cannons.

And your personal management skills leave much to be desired.

Are we done?

You are.

I wasn't sure when I walked in here, but I've made my decision.

You tell him there's one condition. I want the down payment here tomorrow

morning in cash before you pick up the merchandise.

You'll get your cut, and then I want you to disappear.

I know it's a lot of money.

Look, did I forget to mention that my entire operation depends on that money

being here?

All right.

All right, I understand.

Simon, we're running out of time here.

I know. They're working on it.

Miss Sandberg, I want to thank you again for all your help last night. If this

whole thing goes down smoothly, it'll be your contribution that made the

difference. Well, maybe I should stay.

I mean, wouldn't it be better for you if I were there when you arrested Petrie?

Oh, I don't think that's necessary.

Last night's operation was on our turf and you were completely protected.

That won't be the same case when we spring our trap.

Yeah, and I'll feel a lot better knowing that you're safely on your retreat.

All right.

After the last few days, I have a lot of processing to do. You do. Can I tell

you something, Blair?

Of course.

I'm proud of you.

Thanks. Thanks, Mom. That means a lot.

Oh. Just be careful, okay?

Of course I will, Ma.

All right, I'm going down to the warehouse trying to stall Gary.

I want you to wait for the money and meet me there.

I hope to see you again soon.

Hey, uh, Jim.

It's my mom.

Yeah.

Aren't you lucky.

I'm not going to let you hit on Jim, I'll tell you that much. I didn't hit on

Jim. I think you were, Mom.

Every guy you meet.

That's not true.

I want to talk to you.

About what?

Petrie and I have dissolved our partnership.

Yeah, I heard. Well, why didn't you come to me first?

Sorry, sweetie, it was my call.

Well, now it's mine.

What the hell's going on? We should have left ten minutes ago.

Relax, he'll be here. In 30 seconds, we're leaving.

Where the hell is he?

How should I know where he is? He never came back. He hasn't called?

I don't know, Simon. This isn't like Sandberg. I think something's wrong.

Yeah, I know.

Look, you keep stalling him, Chip. I'm gonna bring you the money myself.

It's too late. I gotta go.

Gary gets here. And then we make our deal.

Francine, I will do anything you want.

Just let her go.

Not a chance.

Yeah. They show up with cash?

Forget it. They're history.

We'll find them in the buyer.

Give me that car.

Hold on.

It's Francine, and she's with another woman.

I knew it! They double -broke her! Hold your butt, now! Give me that car! Now!

hands behind your back.

I'll take it over there.

Please stay back over there.

Ma! Get her out of here and read her her rights.

Was the thrill worth the risk?

Ma, are you okay?

Nothing better than an hour of meditation and two bottles of wine were

Are you okay? Me, I'm fine. Yeah.

playing Richard Nixon, and for weeks he was running around going, I am not a

crook, I am not a crook. What the hell is going on here?

Blair, look, he's eating tongue. He likes it.

Uh -huh.

You hear that?

Yeah, I hear that.

Come on, dig in. That's so funny. I think I'm going to need a drink. Give me

wine. How about that?

Great.

Sure, it bottoms up, huh?

Salud. Next we'll have some esophagus.