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Tonight, on The Center. Eleanor!

Yeah? I just had a kidnapping of a little girl. Went down at the art museum

about an hour ago.

There was no ransom to me.

Who the hell are you? Charlie Spring.

He's, uh, psychic.

I wanna go home!

Shut up!

Hey, Dad! Where is he?

Stop the boat! Just keep beating!

Quiet! I'm thinking. Just give me back my daughter!

No! No!

It's not!

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 walkman in the war against crime.

Boys and girls, stay with the group.

They've opened the museum just for us.

We have a lot to say in a short time.

This kind of modern art is called an abstract.

It's how the artist tells the story with shapes and colors, and then we get to

fill in the details.

This is like it was painted by a gorilla who needs a pencil.

Hi, I'm Greta. I'm a friend of your mom.

A new friend?

Listen, sweetie, I was having lunch today with your mom, and she got kind of

sick and had to go to the hospital, and she told me to come here and get you and

take you there.

I'll go tell my teacher.

No, your mom called the school.

All right, they're going to beep her.

Listen, honey, I don't want to freak you out, all right, but we've got to go.

How sick is she?

Don't worry, all right? They said she'd be fine.

It's a lot to see.

Where'd you get that wing, a garage sale?

Get in the car.

No.

Hey!

Get it down here.

This is the Cascade Police.

Come out with your hands up.

Hold on. Nobody needs to get hurt. Mom.

What?

What makes you think we're in some kind of danger?

We're fine.

All

right,

men. Move in.

Well, we heard the call for backup and stopped to help.

The whole thing was just a fluke.

You ended up confiscating enough arms and ammo to start a small war.

Oh, you are all right. Oh, thank God. Mom.

Oh, honey, I'm so glad to see you. I was so worried. You can't imagine.

Oh, hi, Jim.

Hi, Naomi. I'm sorry I couldn't talk before. I was a little preoccupied.

all right. Hello, Captain.

Miss Sandberg, nice to see you again.

Thank you. I heard shooting.

You are all right? Mom, I'm fine. Okay.

Right. Sorry. Excuse us, guys. Just real quick.

What are you doing here?

Blair, you lied to me. You were in a very dangerous situation.

I didn't want you to worry.

How do you know that? I told her.

Oh, Blair, this is Charlie Spring. We just drove up together from Big Sur.

Hi, Charlie. How are you doing?

Excuse me, Mr. Spring. My name is... Brown.

Detective Junior Gray.

Damn, you're as good as they say.

As good as I say, Henry.

He's a world -renowned psychic.

Keep the pack. Thanks a lot.

You know, the most far -out thing is, we were driving up the interstate, Charlie

suddenly got this hit.

What's a hit?

Well, a hit... Stuff pops into my head. I call it a hit.

Like, I could see you behind a police car, someone shooting, glass shattering,

couple of old run -down buildings, yes?

Yeah, that's pretty good.

It's a gift. Don't ask me how, I just knew you were in danger.

Not a very big stretch for somebody riding along with a cop.

Ah, a skeptic. Let's just say that I like a logical explanation for things,

And you would be wrong.

Charlie Sprint, and you are Jim Ellis' son.

And you would have a little birdie telling you all this. Not at all. Oh,

Charlie is also a detective.

I mean, it's not official, of course. Do you remember the Brantford murder case

a couple of years ago? Yes, I do. The city councilman disappeared.

No one could find the body.

Hell, they didn't even know if he was alive or dead until finally... A psychic

gave the detective information about the location someplace nobody would look in

a million years. Yeah, and I imagine that would be you? Mm -hmm. They didn't

call the psychic hotline, my friend.

Oh, geez, and that couldn't be just a lucky guess, perhaps?

I respect a man who knows what he doesn't believe in.

But I'll give you a copy of my new book anyway. Note the title.

Ah, just what I need.

Allison!

Yes, sir.

We just had a kidnapping of a little girl. Went down at the art museum about

hour ago.

Kid's teacher was the one who discovered her missing.

There was a note from the kidnapper saying they'd get in touch.

There was no ransom demand.

Who the hell are you?

Captain, this is Charlie Spring.

He's a psychic.

So he says.

Look, Jim, I want you to go over to the victim's house. Set everything up.

Try to keep the parents calm until the call comes in.

I'll set up the monitoring situation from here. Very good, sir.

Let's go, Chief.

So long, ma 'am.

Bye, Jim. I've got to go. Oh, okay. And here's Charlie's card.

And you'll call me later, okay? Yeah, sure, sure. As soon as I get a chance.

right. Bye -bye.

Nice meeting you. Yeah.

Look,

I'll pay them anything they want. According to your lawyers, you're

broke. I have some cash. Put aside.

I'll bet you do.

Excuse me.

We're separated, and today's just the icing on a very bad cake.

Those are 18th century Napoleonic, right?

You know the tarot?

Yeah.

Yeah, my mom, she's a fanatic.

So you, um, you believe in all this hocus -pocus, so -called psychic stuff?

It's not all hocus -pocus. I mean, there are people out there that have a

genuine gift, you know, like Charlie Spring.

Funny, I thought I'd read all of his books.

Well, this is an advanced copy here. Charlie and my mom are friends.

You know him?

Well, why don't you call him? I mean, he could probably help us find Gwen.

Come on, the guy's a charlatan.

All right, you pick up the phone on my signal.

You told me you're not going to do anything unless you talk to your

All right, make sure she's okay.

Pick it up.

Yes?

It's them.

Check the tree.

I'm on it, sir.

Yes, I'm listening.

I want $100 ,000.

Just tell me when and where.

Tomorrow morning. I'll call again with the location.

Before I do, I want to speak with Gwen.

All right, you have five seconds.

Tell me.

Gwen, sweetheart, it's Daddy.

I don't like it here.

These people are stupid.

Gwen, don't make any trouble, okay?

Sorry, Mommy.

They said you were sick.

Please come and get me, Mommy. Sorry, Mommy.

Please come and get me. Oh, baby, I'm sorry.

All right, that's enough.

No! Get away! Oh, God, honey.

That's it. She's gone.

Relax and breathe, okay?

All right,

we've got the patches.

They're calling from a stolen cell number. The cell they're calling from is

stationary. It looks like it's in the middle of the Cascade National Forest.

We'll never be able to get a search team in there before dark.

Well, that's probably what they're counting on, Simon.

Mr. Angeloni's got his bank to get the money.

There's really nothing for us to do here except wait for the next call.

I'll check back with him. Right.

So that's it?

You're just going to sit here and wait by the phone?

Well, right now, ma 'am, our options are pretty limited. Well, you have to do

this! something.

Mrs. Angeloni, I realize this is a very difficult time for you, but we're doing

everything in our power to get your daughter back here safely.

Excuse me.

Um, I don't know. This might help you pass the time.

Thanks.

Okay. Now we already know that they're somewhere in or right around the Cascade

National Forest, and all we have to do is find out where they were calling

How are we going to do that?

By separating out the background noise. You can do that.

It's worth a shot.

Yes.

It's them.

Some kind of generator or engine.

Tell me when and where.

Perhaps.

I want to speak with Gwen.

I heard a door open just before they put the little girl on.

And footsteps.

I heard some footsteps. So wherever they are, it's got to be big enough to walk

around in.

People are stupid.

The door sounds kind of tinny.

Flimsy, like it's on a trailer.

Or a motorhome or something like that. All right, that's enough.

Good work.

Good work? I mean, that's useless. How is that going to help us?

Ah, you see, there's your problem, detective.

Limited thinking.

There's only one kid. She's in only one place.

And now you've got me.

I called him.

And we came right over. And, honey, it looks like you and I are going to be

working on another case together. Talk about good karma, huh?

Hi, Jim.

I call this part familiarization.

It's like, by touching her stuff...

I can sometimes get a, whatchamacallit, a vibe.

Like a tingling sensation at the base of my spine, and then pow, a hit.

It's a snake oil.

Shh, shh, shh. Disturb his concentration.

Oh, my God.

Oh, this kid is scared out of her wits.

But she's okay, Trish, she's okay.

She thinks you're mad at her because she went with the lady.

I hate to burst your bubble here, Mr. Wizard, but anybody could get that from

the phone call.

But I wasn't here for the phone call, remember? Now, quiet.

I'm getting an image. A cat?

No, a kitten.

She was wearing her kitty sweatshirt.

Yes.

Something underneath it.

Tiny.

Tiny. Close to her heart.

Silver. Lock.

A tiny silver locket. We gave it to her for her birthday.

She never takes it off.

I know.

Sorry.

We didn't know about the locket, John. It's not her.

You really picked us a winner, babe.

I'm surprised your dad isn't making us pay him to take her back.

You know what? I'm nervous.

This isn't as easy as you said it would be. What if they figure out it's me?

You do temp work for Fred Angeloni's accountant. No one's going to figure it

out. Besides, if I don't pay Tom Grundt, it's the $80 ,000 I owe him. I'm dead.

You're supposed to give that to him last week.

So now he'll get $90 ,000. You think he won't settle for $90 ,000?

You know what?

Let's leave right now. All right? Call the kid's parents. Tell them where she

is.

Glenditch will find us. He's got contacts everywhere.

In Mexico?

I don't know. I don't want to take any chances. I... Sorry.

Sorry.

Sorry, hon.

It's my fault. I just... I wanted to save the business.

You know, some business...

It's like you take some cheesy real estate seminar, you spend $400 on a do

-yourself kit, and then you spend every penny you can borrow on houses no one

will rent.

I thought they would once we fixed them up.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

I left the passports back at the apartment.

Okay, it's okay. Look, in the morning, I'll go by. I'll pick them up. Yeah,

if they're watching the place?

Hey, don't worry. I'll be careful.

Yeah.

Oh.

Okay.

Jordan, get to it.

All right, I'll give you the signal.

Yes.

Daddy?

Quinn, sweetheart, are you all right?

I want to go home.

When can I go home?

All right, put the money in a small duffel or flight bag, something that'll

under an airplane seat, and take it to the Portsmouth Hotel.

Take the elevator to the top.

And if I see anything even resembling a cop, the deal's off.

You have 20 minutes.

Ray, did you get it?

No.

Faithful, different location. Somewhere out near Kent Ward. I have to find

something to put the money in. I'll help you.

All right.

Let's keep an eye on Chance.

Look, Kim, I'm going to want you to deliver the money. You can take the kid

along with you.

I'll go with him.

What the hell is he doing here?

Mrs. Angeloni asked if he could be brought in on the case.

She what?

Look, Captain, I'm totally keyed into this, kid. I've been up all night pacing

and pacing. I couldn't settle down. Poor Naomi just got to sleep.

Anyway, right now, I've got the image, a black car,

a dog.

So? So, I don't know what it means either, but it could be important.

And if I go with you guys, I might get more.

Look, Mr.

Spring, we're professionals. I'm a professional also, Captain.

Granted, my business is somewhat more esoteric than yours, but I take it just

seriously.

And quite frankly, I'm tired of all this negative attitude.

I thought you liked a good skeptic. Not when I'm trying to help them save a

life.

Captain,

If the idea here is to track these guys down and find Gwen, why not let him come

along? Maybe he can help. Bad idea.

No.

I agree.

Throughout recorded history, there have been documented cases of psychic

phenomenon that can't be explained.

Primitive people also believe in the powers of their sentinels. Now, you

tell me that those powers don't exist.

Okay.

You're right.

All right, you can come.

But you stay in the truck.

You got it.

Oh, man.

Where are they keeping this bag?

Well, maybe you're allergic to money.

Old socks.

Hold it.

Well, what are we going to do now?

We're a couple minutes early.

Thanks. All right, silent. We're in position.

Good. Soldier backup.

But they've been instructed to keep their distance.

Keep it there.

Oh, man.

When you're good.

You good?

We don't want our friends to think we're not playing fair.

Okay, but if there's any way to track her, I want you to do it.

That's what we're here for, Simon.

Oh, come on, Allison.

Hello. There's a laundry chute in the closet around the corner on the right.

have one minute to drop the money.

Bring the phone with you. I'll call again at the girl's location. Remember,

minute.

We got one minute.

They want us to drop the money down a laundry chute around the corner here.

can split before we get down.

Right. Only I'm going to hop in the elevator. You're going to wait until the

last puff, the second. This way maybe I can get a good look at it.

It's just over there.

Wonder why the dumb jerk went back home.

All right. We've got 40 seconds.

Then drop it. Jim, I don't have a watch.

Start counting.

One Mississippi.

Two Mississippi. Three Mississippi.

Four Mississippi.

Five Mississippi.

Six Mississippi.

Seven Mississippi.

Eight Mississippi.

Yeah, Allison.

Charlie's brain. I just saw it. Not now, Charlie.

Ah! Whoa, Tom. Wait.

Look. I have your money.

Yeah, it's just inside.

Don't kill me. Look.

I have the money. I do.

$100 ,000.

You can take it all.

Where the hell did you get $100 ,000?

Kidnapped a kid.

See, I told you, Tom. I told you I'd do what it took to get you your money back,

huh? And her old man's loaded. Half a million in cash, just sitting in the

safety deposit box.

Piece of cake, really.

Until now.

What?

Yeah.

Right, yeah, until now.

39, Mississippi.

40. Look out below.

So where's this kid?

With Stevie in a motorhome.

Where?

There's a rest area on the 95 just past the Kenworth exit, and that's the whole

story, Tom.

They're dropping the cash down the laundry chute right now. Right inside

You can take it all.

I plan to.

I don't get it.

Kill them.

Why don't we go in and get the money?

I settled for a lousy hundred grand. We can have five hundred. His wife still

got the kid. When it's over, we get rid of them both, and everyone thinks she's

it.

Oh, God.

This is Captain Banks.

Simon, I got a man down in the garage.

I'll send out an ambulance.

Call if I need an APB.

A black Cadillac. License plate T -D -O -G.

T -Dog. You're kidding.

No, sir, I'm not kidding.

Right.

I am not going to apologize for being late. You should have stayed in the car

like I asked. If I had gotten out of the truck sooner, that guy might not be

dead. You want coffee? No.

So why do you think they shot him like that?

You're the psychic. You tell me.

Oh, so now you believe.

Let's just say I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

You were right about Gwen's clothes, and you were also right about the car. Ah,

tea dog.

Sometimes I even shock myself.

Listen to me, Kreskin.

The only reason why I'm keeping an open mind about this is because I need all

the help I can get on this case.

I don't have to go throwing you a bone every time you write about something,

okay?

No, kid.

I got the report back on the prints lifted from the victim. His name is Bill

Collins. No record, but just one misdemeanor, and that was a couple of

ago. But he is definitely one of our kidnappers. It was his partial print

was found on the phone that you got that call on. What about the license plate?

T -dog.

Yeah.

Registered to a phony corporation. We have an APB out.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, here's that other report you might want to take a look at.

Makes for very interesting reading, but nothing conclusive.

Would you mind?

Elf. Jim.

Look, you better get up here pretty quick, okay?

You mind telling me what's going on?

You'll find out when you get here.

I'm on my way.

Come on.

Let's go.

Step back. Step back. Watch out.

We have some

information there's been a kidnapping. Can you give us confirmation?

Mr. Spring, are you on this case?

Do you have a statement?

This is outrageous.

We were told that your investigation would be kept secret.

The investigation was to be kept a secret, sir. I don't know where the leak

from. Well, then how do you explain this?

I can't.

Oh,

thank you, thank you, thank you.

I have another tip for you. Oh, yeah? On the Andrew Loney case.

Once again, details are sketchy at this point, but to repeat, the child was

apparently let out of the museum by a woman with dark curly hair and dark

glasses. Neither the police nor the family have been willing to comment at

point. If you have any information on the whereabouts of this girl, please

contact the Cascade Police Department.

I know where Gwen is. Hit me two minutes ago. Boom. Like bricks

falling off a wall.

You were right, Detective.

It's the Cascade National Forest.

No, we've had search and rescue teams here all morning.

But now I have an exact location.

Hey, hey, wait a second. I thought psychics never claimed to be 100 % when

comes to this kind of hit.

Blair, I take my reputation on this one.

Detective, please. It's been over three hours since we heard from them. How long

do we have to stand here and do nothing?

Okay. First, we've got to get by our friends up front.

Any information, pal?

Okay,

guys. We're all right. There's nobody following us.

Turn all the way to that road.

What road?

Up there on the left.

You know the area pretty well, huh? Never been here.

There it is.

Okay. Go about a quarter of a mile.

Uh, there's a pen.

I do, there's a pot.

Are you still that sure?

Hey, is the sky blue?

Not today.

What? Hey, nobody wants you to be right more than I do. We wrapped this up

today. I'll pin a medal on you myself.

Well, detective, better shine it up.

You just better be right.

Nobody's shining anything. Look, guys.

This is a wrap. Now, now.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

She's here.

She's got me.

All right, let's not make a big deal out of it. So you were wrong. Let's move

on. No!

We have to find her. There's no time.

Time for what?

Well, she's a kid.

She's alone. She's scared.

Hey,

what the hell's going on here, Charlie?

No comment.

Earlier this afternoon, we tipped off there might be a break in the case.

Reporters sped off on a wild chase through the Cascade National Forest,

find out the investigation has apparently turned up nothing.

Son of a bitch took off on me.

Okay, relax.

Be calm.

Breathe.

What are you doing?

We're getting out of here. I want to go home. Are we going home? I don't know.

All right, shut up. I want to go home.

Shut up.

Ow.

Ow.

I've never been so far off before.

I really thought we'd find her out there.

You know, you were lucky we don't charge you with interfering in a police

investigation. Why?

He was invited to participate.

Yeah. Yes.

But he was also indicted a year ago for a telephone and mail port charges in

connection with some psychic phone service. Go ahead. It's right here. Read

They used my name without my permission. I proved it. All the charges were

dropped. Defending the case cost him a lot of money.

Some positive publicity right now could help boost the sales of his book.

I'm sorry. I know Charlie, and he wouldn't do that. Oh, no. Not Charlie.

You've known the guy a month.

Well, so what?

And so what if he has money problems? We all have money problems.

I mean, here's this man. He's come to give of himself, and you march in and

accuse him. Mom, hey, Mom.

What? He broke a cardinal rule.

He believed he was infallible.

What you have, man, it's a gift.

It's not a science.

And if you don't come clean, it may never come back.

Blair, look, I hear you. You don't hear him, Naomi.

I was too sure of myself.

I didn't think there'd be any harm if I crowed a little.

What can I say?

He's right.

It was me.

I screwed the whole thing up.

You sure did.

And you wait, okay? I'll call your parents when I get a few miles down the

Don't you move!

Enough!

Don't let her get away!

Don't worry.

Nobody's going anywhere.

Nice to see you again, Stevie.

Things have changed. I want $500 ,000.

$500 ,000? Don't argue with me, all right? I know you have it. I know you

the money.

All right, it's yours.

Just give me back my daughter.

Bring the money to the South Street bus station, locker 418.

You'll find the key on top. You have two hours.

We got that?

Very strange customs, these good things.

Never seen anything like it.

Did you talk to my parents yet?

Yeah, I did.

When are they coming?

When I say so.

It's okay, honey.

But everything's going to be okay, you'll see.

Oh, dear.

with connections to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

All right, he's done, Simon. Was there any problem getting the money?

No, everything went according to plan.

Snuck him out of the house with police uniform.

Nobody followed us.

All right, let's see if we got him.

Hang on a second.

Looks like they want him to get on the bus.

You stay with him, Jim.

I'll alert backup.

All right, just make sure they keep their distance. That's why I know what's

going down.

Where did you get that?

It's Gwen's. I figured I might need something of hers. No, you don't need

anything of hers. You know, you're off the case, remember?

This is theft!

Will you lower your voice?

Look, Blair, I feel bad enough as it is. I don't want to argue with you, okay?

Oh, you don't want to argue with me?

Well, maybe I want to argue with you.

No, you got my mom totally snowed. She is hurting in there. And you know what?

got a real problem with people who hurt my mom. So let me make it up to both of

you by helping you guys find this kid.

No!

Look, I'll keep a low profile. Nobody has to know.

Do you hear me, Charlie?

No. Look, I just got a tremendous hit.

Gwen's nearby.

Somewhere on the water.

You can stay with me every minute.

Okay.

Here, take the phone.

Go ahead.

Remove the battery. Lock it up.

Throw it against the wall. Do whatever your paranoid little heart tells you to.

But just give me a chance to make it right.

Please.

All passengers holding tickets for bus number 23 bound for Miami, please board

now.

There you go.

Thank you.

Stop at

Bush Falls, right? Express, right

through to Tacoma.

Sorry, I better get off. Here, you can exchange this inside.

I'll pick up the ticket now.

Pick up quickly.

Hallie, get in the car, please.

We got our delivery.

Tell me when you get to the coma. Meanwhile, I'll take care of things

He's just a little kid.

You really have to whack them both?

Price of doing business.

Your share's $50 ,000. You got a problem with that?

No.

Where is she? Where is who?

Glen Ansel Loaners.

Where's Gwen?

Get him out of here.

When you're done fingerprinting him, why don't you take him and get him on the

first day in the back of his head?

Is that the guy? Yeah. We'll talk about his lawyer.

We have a lead.

Todd Gruddich. Who's that?

Lone shark.

That phony corporation the Cadillac was leased to belongs to him.

Where's the scrunchie now? We're working with the feds on it.

Simon, we don't have time for that. We've got to move on this.

Where's Charlie Sprague?

No, no, no. Just forget Charlie, Simon.

You hear me out on this, Jim.

Now, if there's even one chance that this guy can help us find that little

girl...

Jim, I don't know. I was meditating, and when I finished, Blair and he were

gone. But you can try him on his cell phone. That's 555 -2415.

All right, thanks.

Stop the car. Stop the car now.

Why? Why? Because we've been driving around in circles.

So? So I'm getting dizzy.

That's mine.

Open from the bottom.

Hello?

Mr. Amber, where the hell are you?

We're down by the water. Charlie got another hit at the money drop. It

Where are you on the water?

Sixth Street Pier.

All right, stay put. I'll be there in five minutes.

Charlie may be on to something.

Opens from the bottom.

Hey, Charlie, what do you got?

Seriously?

Yeah, seriously.

She's in this area, no question.

And I keep getting a name, uh, Rob M.

Who's that?

We don't know.

All right, hang on a second.

If Charlie's right, it's got to be down here on the waterfront somewhere.

God, thank, help me out here, would you? Uh, Robert.

The marina.

Robert's marina.

There's a million boats here.

Now what?

Charlie, come on, buddy. Check that out.

It's empty.

Nobody. Stop.

Stop. Come on.

What next?

Okay. We're at second base. Charlie, you gotta get us home, man. Come on. Quiet.

I'm thinking.

Come on, Charlie.

Come on. Help us out here.

Come on, Charlie.

Charlie, come on.

Two and one.

I'm getting two and one.

What's 21?

What's 21?

Excuse us.

No,

just 21.

Thank you.

Very long line.

Huh? Gee, dog.

Where the hell is she?

Out there.

As he slides across the fleet. Yes!

Carbine, Coinsburg.

Yes, sir. You should pull. Sure, let me catch you up.

Thanks very much for your cooperation.

See how to work one of these?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Charlie, give me a hand.

Let's go.

Hey!

Look, we got a tail.

Take the wheel. What?

Hold on, quiet and straight. Now keep her standing.

I can see him.

I'm up in front of the boat.

Honey, take it easy. I'm with the police. I'm one of the good guys.

Let me have the gun.

I'm a tech developer.

We can

get

you home now.

It's all right.

It's all over.

It's okay.

I'm going to get you home.

One cup of Detective Frank's hot chocolate.

You want some marshmallows with this?

Go ahead.

Thank you,

Detective.

Looks like they're going to give their marriage another chance. Yeah, doesn't

it? It's really nice.

I hope it works out. Yeah, especially for a little girl, because it's not too

often that parents stay together, especially these days.

Well, I guess I owe you an apology.

Ah, forget it. You were right about me.

There's a little bit of snake oil salesman in all of us.

There's no snake oil involved. That's all what you can do.