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Police Squad! In coIour.

Starring LesIie NieIsen.

AIso starring AIan North.

And Rex HamiIton as Abraham LincoIn.

Tonight's speciaI guest star, Robert GouIet.

Ready, aim, fire!

Tonight's episode, A Bird in the Hand.

Kingsley,

mind if l dance with my daughter?

Of course not, Mr Burton.

You know, Terri, this song is awfully difficult to dance to.

Let's get them to play something else.

Fellows, could you play something different?

Make a wish.

Cake, everyone?

Terri.

-Can l talk to you in private? -Of course.

Let's go out in the Japanese garden.

-What is it, Kingsley? -l just wanted to ask you,

have you made up your mind about marrying me yet?

l need more time.

But you said you'd give me an answer by tonight.

l'm not ready to give you an answer.

l love you, Terri.

And l love you, too, Kingsley.

My name is Sergeant Frank Drebin,

Detective Lieutenant, PoIice Squad,

a speciaI division of the poIice department.

There had been a recent wave of murders at the city zoo.

I was bringing in a suspect

when I got a caII from headquarters

about the kidnapping of Terri Burton.

I headed for the Burton mansion.

Good evening.

Evening. ls this 808 Garboniforus Road?

-Maple Street? -Yes, sir, it is.

l'm from Police Squad. l'd like to see Captain Hocken.

Of course, Lieutenant Flebner.

Drebin. Do come in.

Her name is Terri Burton.

Excuse me.

Frank, l'm glad you're here.

-What do you got, Ed? -Nothing so far.

Nobody's seen or heard anything.

-ls there a ransom note? -Yes, the butler found it.

lt was tied to this window and thrown into the rock garden.

l sent the note to the lab. They're demanding $1 million.

Why would the lab demand a million dollars?

The kidnappers made the demand, Frank.

lf you don't mind, Ed,

l'd like to see the scene of the abduction.

Sure, right here.

The Abduction. Scene one, take three.

And I Iove you, too, KingsIey.

Who's the guy?

His name's Kingsley Addison, Terri's boyfriend.

l sent him home, Frank. He had a nasty bump on the head.

Would you like to meet the parents of the kidnapped girl?

Of course.

Frank, the pâté's exquisite.

Excuse me, Mr And Mrs Burton,

-Lieutenant Drebin. -Mr Drebin.

The feeling is mutual.

l know this is trying, but we've got to ask you a few questions.

By all means.

Could you tell me, did your daughter receive any threats

-on her safety recently? -No, she didn't.

This whole thing came as a total shock to us.

Hello.

lt's the kidnappers. Please, let me speak to my daughter.

All right, relax. Keep calm. Norberg, get a tap to the phone.

-Yes, sir. -What'll l do?

Keep the kidnapper on the phone so we can trace the call. Go ahead.

Where is my daughter? ls she all right?

Okay. l understand.

No, no, please, don't hang up! Please, don't hurt my daughter.

l love her so much.

Terri is safe, isn't she?

No, don't hang up. Please don't hang up.

ls it cold where you are?

lt's warm here.

Who do you think will win the NBA Pacific Division this year?

Who do l think? l go with L.A.

They need a little deeper bench,

but they have a really strong, solid starting five.

No, wait!

lf a train leaves New York travelling 120 miles an hour

and another train leaves Pittsburgh driving 1 15 miles per hour,

what train do you suppose will arrive in Chicago first?

That's right.

Wait...

Why do ducks and geese fly south for the winter?

Because it takes too long to walk. Hello?

Hello?

-He hung up. -lt was a tough question.

Norberg, did you get the tap on the phone?

Yes,

but the kidnapper wasn't on long enough to get a trace.

And, Mrs Burton, what time did the first train leave?

Just relax. Everything's going to be all right.

Mrs Burton, what did he say?

''Just relax. Everything's going to be all right.''

No, the kidnapper.

He said he'll call us soon with instructions for the money drop

and if we don't do what he says, he'll kill Terri.

Lieutenant Drebin, what do l do?

Well, as l understand it, you're in the textile business.

l mean, l don't want the police involved in this.

Now, we've all got to work together to capture this kidnapper.

l'll pay whatever ransom is necessary to get Terri back.

No, that'd be giving in to them. These people are emotionally unstable.

Had a case like this, similar. The kidnappers cut the victim's ear off

and sent it to the family.

So you see, you've got to let us help you.

Not the whole ear, of course. Just a piece of it.

And when this whole thing blows over,

we'll return Terri's ear, if she's still alive.

-She's taking it hard. -Yeah.

We'd better go, Frank.

We'll leave Officer Norberg here. lf you need anything, just ask him.

-We'll be in touch. -After we go, l want you to nose around.

-And keep an eye out for the ear. -Yes, sir.

Don't you worry, Mrs Burton. lf Terri's ear comes, l'll handle it.

The next day, I decided to taIk

with the one witness to the kidnapping, KingsIey Addison.

KingsIey pIayed basketbaII every afternoon

at the Shorwood High SchooI pIayground.

I'd taIk to him there.

-Over here! -Come on!

Come on, give it up, give it up, come on!

Now, now!

-Kingsley Addison? -Yeah.

-l'm Lieutenant Drebin, Police Squad. -What do you want?

l'd like to ask you a few questions.

-About last night? -That's right. What happened?

l remember Terri was grabbed. Then l got hit.

That's all l remember. Honest.

Well, l understand you and Terri were gonna get married.

Yeah, l wanted to marry her.

She just hadn't quite made up her mind yet, that's all.

Well, it doesn't sound to me

like you were very sure Terri was gonna say yes.

Terri comes from a large amount of money.

Do you think you make enough

to keep her in the lifestyle she's accustomed to?

-Of course. l have a job. -Well, l've done a little checking on that.

You owe a lot of money to a lot of people.

You need more than a job.

You think l'd marry Terri for her money?

l didn't say that.

All right!

It was too earIy to dismiss KingsIey as the primary suspect.

He needed money.

An earIier check indicated he was often seen sociaIIy

with Joe Cooke and other members of the Freddy SegaI mob.

By marrying Terri, he wouId come into a fortune

cementing his reIationship with the eIite

and forever ensuring a most Iuxurious IifestyIe.

I was en route to PoIice Squad,

when I got a caII from Dispatch.

There was a new wrinkIe.

The kidnapper had contacted the Burton famiIy

with some additionaI information.

When I arrived at the Burton mansion,

Norberg and my boss were aIready on the scene.

-Frank, l'm glad to see you. -What do you got, Ed?

l want you to give this a listen. This came in the mail.

Mommy, Daddy, pIease do what he wants.

Give him the money. I'm scared! I wanna...

That's enough. Further instructions on the size of the ransom

and where to deIiver it wiII foIIow.

Oh, my baby.

My poor baby.

Well, what do you think?

Seems to be a little too much wow and flutter from the right speaker.

You know, Frank,

we don't even have the spot for the ransom drop yet.

All right, buddy, talk.

Talk!

He can't, Frank. Can't you see? He's a mime.

All right, what do you got?

-What's this? -lt's charades, Frank.

Great! What's the teams?

Five words.

-Finger. -First word.

Good, Captain.

You're getting on something?

-A shirt! -A car.

-Woman, woman! Woman! -A bust. Sounds like bust. A bus!

-Bus! -Of course.

You're driving around in the bus.

You're going around on the bus. You're looking...

-You're going somewhere! -To lowa!

You're in the bus and you're...

-You're parking the bus. -lt's a song title.

Theme from A Summer PIace.

You're driving around and you're looking for a place

in a bus depot, depot!

A drink?

A protein shake! Thirsty.

Thirst.

Thirst. You're tired.

You say it's nighttime. You're going to sleep.

You're in bed. Your hand is shaking. Alarm.

-The alarm is... You're waking up! -ln a hotel room. No. ln a motel room.

No, no, l got it! ln your aunt's house.

You're waking up in the morning. ln the morning.

Day. Day!

-Thirst day. -Thursday.

-Thirst day. -Thursday.

Thirst... Thursday.

Thursday at the bus depot.

-At 10:00. -We win!

-We did it, Captain! -Not now, Norberg.

We better get our ears to the grindstone.

-We don't have too much time. -Right.

The kidnappers finaIIy contacted the Burtons

with specific ransom instructions.

Our onIy hope of finding Terri before the deadIine

was to get some cIues from the physicaI evidence.

I decided to return to PoIice Squad

to see what the Iab boys had turned up.

So you see, Billy,

this experiment will prove the Earth's gravity

exerts the same pulling force on any object,

no matter what size or weight.

-Gee! -Let me show you what l've done.

The bowling ball weighs 10 pounds.

Your next door neighbour, Dr Maurice Shoenbaum,

weighs 1 75 pounds.

Are you ready, Dr Shoenbaum?

Now, Billy, l'll set this timer

to drop the bowling ball and Dr Shoenbaum in one minute

so that we can watch from a safe distance.

Hi, Frank.

Why don't you run along now, Billy, and next week we'll discuss

ten things you can do with a carrot.

Great. Bye, Mr Olson.

What'd you come up with, Ted?

l've been analyzing that voice tape of Terri Burton.

l've managed to isolate her voice from the noises in the background.

Listen.

Mommy, Daddy, pIease do what he wants.

Give him the money. I'm scared! I wanna...

That's enough.

What do you make of it?

Of course, l can't be absolutely certain about this,

but it sounds like a bell and a foghorn.

The kind of sound you'd associate with the ocean.

Or the lakefront.

Could be.

-How's it going, Frank? -Just came from the lab.

-They come up with anything? -No, nothing definite.

Olson's come up with a couple of clues

that might indicate where Terri Burton is being held.

He's isolated the sound of a foghorn and a ringing buoy

on the ransom tape.

We're gonna have to scour the entire waterfront.

What about your end?

Warner Burton is trying to raise the ransom money.

But putting together a million dollars in small bills,

that's a mean feat, Frank.

Let me tell you something else.

The hoodlums who trade in this kind of terror

really make my skin crawl.

You think you're gonna arrest me, don't you?

Well, you're not!

'Cause l got the gun now.

And l'm gonna kill all of you, one by one.

Nice work, Frank.

-What? -Al?

l want you to throw a dragnet around the entire lakefront district.

Call Tactical, have them send you a few more backup units.

Right away, sir.

By the way, Al, you're out of uniform again.

Regulation headgear only. You know that.

Sorry, Captain.

You know, Frank,

the fate of Terri Burton rests on our finding a foghorn,

a ringing buoy and one scared girl.

One, two, three...

Now, poIice investigation invoIves

meticuIous attention to detaiI

and tireIess attention to every cIue

and the path to which it Ieads.

The sound of a buoy or foghorn on the ransom tape

Ied me to the Iakefront,

where interviews with severaI IocaIs proved unsuccessfuI.

We were working against a deadIine, and with each passing minute,

Terri's destiny became more precarious.

I had arrived at PoIice Squad

when Warner Burton arrived.

-Captain Hocken, Lieutenant Drebin. -Did you raise the ransom money?

-l have it right here. -Good.

l'm getting nervous, Lieutenant. Time is running out for my little girl.

l've got to know. Where is she? Where is she?

-Gesundheit. -Everything is fine, Mr Burton.

-Here, sit down, sit down. -Relax. Coffee?

Yes, l know.

Well, now, Mr Burton, we have men combing the entire lakefront area.

-lf your daughter's close, we'll find her. -The lakefront! My God!

Do you know how big that area is?

-My daughter's a needle in a haystack! -That's not true.

l've seen a picture of her. She's very attractive.

Maybe a little thin.

But don't you worry. We've got everything under control.

Mr Burton, we have men working around the clock

trying to locate your daughter.

Warner Burton's fears were reaI.

Time was running out for Terri.

Ed and I drove around for hours for no particuIar reason.

We came up empty.

Fill her up.

Ed?

-You hear that? -What?

-The ring. -That's just the gas station hose.

No, no, no.

Sounds like the bell on Terri's tape.

You mean, we've been looking in the wrong place?

-Exactly. -Then what's the foghorn?

Don't think foghorn. You still got that tape

that Norberg gave you for Christmas?

Yeah. lt's in the glove compartment.

That's not a foghorn. That's a tuba.

Right. Come on, Ed. We got a job to do.

We're gonna have to check every tuba rental, sales and repair shop in town

that's close to a filling station.

That's gonna be a mighty tall order, Frank.

This city is the tuba capital of the world.

l know, Ed. lt's the only chance we got.

-Ed, you find anything? -No, nothing.

Frank, we've been through hundreds of these.

Acme Tuba, Tuba World, Tubas Are Us...

-Can you take a phone call, Captain? -Not now, Al!

lnternational House of Tubas, Tuba or Not Tuba,

Tuba Legation.

We've come to a dead end, Frank.

l thought sure we'd come up with something by now.

You're too hard on yourself, Ed. We've only got an hour to rescue Terri.

You'd better check your sources, Frank. Find out what the word on the street is.

Frankly, l think that's our only chance.

Johnny?

Now, l need some information and l need it fast.

You mean about this kidnapped girl, Terri Burton?

What do you know about tuba stores located near gas stations?

Nothing.

But they just opened up a new tuba club and that's near a gas station.

Where is it?

lt's called the El Tubadero Club.

-lt's near Fifth and National. -Thanks, Johnny.

lt's my pitching, Johnny. Do you think l need another starter?

How should l know?

The rigours of a full season

on a four-man rotation are just too demanding.

You need a left-handed swing man to fill your long relief spot.

Give him an occasional start and it'll round out your staff nicely.

You're talking about a guy like Gossage, aren't you, Johnny?

Come on, Tommy, use your head!

Gossage is right-handed and besides, he can't throw more than two innings.

Here's the names of five southpaws

with career ERA's under 2.93.

And you wouldn't have been in this mess

if you hadn't given up Tommy John.

This is the poIice.

Put your gun down and surrender.

He's holding the girl hostage.

l'm going over there, Frank, and try to get behind him.

Cover me.

Come down with your hands up.

You'II never take me aIive.

You wanna play it tough? Well, two can play at that game.

All right.

Get up!

Thank you! Thank you! You saved my life!

lt's all right. lt's all right now.

Thames!

Why?

Because l needed the money.

Frank, the black and white is here.

Thank you, Commissioner, but l can't take all the credit.

The entire Police Squad was in on this one.

Right.

Well, Frank, it's been a good day.

We got a confession out of old zoo breath.

What? Oh, good.

l was just going over the arraignment report.

lt looks like the butler Thames

will be doing his serving from now on up in the Statesville prison.

Along with Martin, Dutch Gunderson, Lana and Sally Decker.

Frank, when will people learn that crime doesn't pay?

Well, l suppose if they do learn, we'll be out of a job.

Be sure to tune in next week for another exciting story

from the fiIes of Police Squad!