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[music - theme song, "booker"]

[SINGING] I feel a beat on the street tonight.

The lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

Hot!

Hot!

ANNOUNCER [OVER INTERCOM]:The seventh race

is the highlight futurityfor three-year-old geldings

with four or more wins.

The scratches are Lincoln'sFolly out of Blueboard Farms,

Churning Hour and his running mate, McCarthy's

Only Pride, Foxfire Stables.

[camera clicking]

[camera clicking]

Post time for the highlight futurity

will be in approximately five minutes.

All windows are open.

The horses are all on the track.

[camera clicking]

[horse whinnies]

[hoofbeats]

GORDON RUDD: Aha, Victor Perez, big time bookie.

I wonder what nag you're betting on.

Ah, Mrs. Lewis, very ready today.

[camera clicking]

Nice new dress.

Very chic.

Very chic.

[camera clicking]

And there.

Thank you.

[footsteps]

OK, Lizzy, time to go.

Come on.

Daddy just has to make one more phone call.

Come on.

[door opens]

Yeah?

[door closes]

[ambient office noise]

[telephone ringing]

Hello, La Plato's Bakery.

Can we help you?

GORDON RUDD [OVER TELEPHONE]: Yeah.

It's Gordon Rudd.

I want 5,000 to win on GoneWith the Wind, In the Night,

and Seaside.

Just a minute.

Hang on.

It's Gordon Rudd.

He wants 5,000 on the nose onGone with the Wind, Seaside.

[sighs] What are the odds?SECRETARY: 30 to 1.

TOM LOLOPOLITO: What is this guy doing?

All of a sudden, he's gone ballistic.

And he's hitting us.

What do you want me to do?

TOM LOLOPOLITO: I'm not going to carry

anymore of Gordy's action.

He's got some kind of system going.

Lay it off on Perez.

Let the Colombian scumbagtake the hickey on this one.

Tell Greer and Cobb I want to see them.

SECRETARY: Right.

OK, Gordon.

That's 5,000 to win on GoneWith the Wind, 30 to 1.

Thanks.

[clattering]

Do you like her this way, Daddy?

Better.

LIZZY RUDD: I did it like Mommy's.

[telephone ringing]

ALICIA RUDD: Hello?

GORDON RUDD [OVER TELEPHONE]: Hi, Al.

It's me.

Gordon, where the hell are you?

I have to get to work.

I have to get Lizzy to school.

You were supposed to behere at 7:00 and it is 8:30.

GORDON RUDD: I'm sorry.

I'm-- I'm not bringing her home.

I can't.

Things have changed.

Things are different now.

What?

GORDON RUDD [OVER TELEPHONE]: Ican't tell you what's going on.

But I just-- look, I justdon't want you to worry.

Lizzy is OK.

Are you trying to tell meyou're kidnapping my daughter?

No.

No, I'm not.

Things are different.

What is it, Gordon?

Have you figured out a new scheme?

Maybe something to beat theodds on female mud wrestling?

I know what I'm doing.

In fact, I got this systemfrom you, which is probably

why it's working so well.

Where are you?

I'm not at my place, so save yourself a ride.

I'll call you later.

I'm sorry.

[clattering]

[ambient street noise]

CHICK STERLING: All right.

Financial Dynamics is not goingto be an easy acquisition.

Now Mike Fuller is their CFO.

He's a shrewd player.

Now we filed with the SEC and acquisitions

has been discreetlybuying Financial Dynamics

stock over the counter.

I want control in the next two days.

Speaking of which, Christina--

CHRISTINA [OVER INTERCOM]: Yes, sir?

I'm in here juggling watermelons.

I need some info.

Where the hell is Alicia?

[door opens]

[door closes]

Chick, I know I'm late.

I'm sorry.

But I stopped in Tom Nickerson'soffice on the way in,

and the FDI stock isstarting to climb the ladder.

Now I assume that that's because of the pressure

that we're putting on with this buy.

The next six hours will showus what they're going to do,

if they're going to standthere, or maybe fight us off,

or go for a white knight, or--

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What did you say?

I, uh--

You stopped in Nickerson'soffice on your way in?

You should have been in constant contact

with him since the marketopened this morning.

What?Do you have another job, Alicia?

What?

You stop and feed thepigeons on your way to work?

No, Chick.

CHICK STERLING: Am I going crazy?

Or are we in the midst of tryingto buy a $200 million firm?

I've had some personal problems this morning.

Acne?

Split ends?

The heartbreak of psoriasis?

[sighs] My ex didn't bring mylittle girl back this morning.

I don't want to hear about it, OK?

We all got problems.

Right now I got to buy thiscompany for the right price.

That's the only thing I care about.

Yes, sir.

-

Now does Booker have the FDIexecutive profiles complete?

We buy this thing, I want to sort

the grapes from the raisins.

I'll find out.

Will that happen any time soon?

[chair scrapes on floor]

[footsteps]

I realize I may seem a little unprepared.

I had intended to be here whenthe market opened this morning.

But I-- [sighs] it won't happen again.

[door opens and closes]

Is this broad having a meltdown?

I'm going to go nuts, we blow this deal.

DENNIS BOOKER: Get that "New York

Times" article on Arnie Horton.

There's a total press blackout.

It's like what happens whensomeone gets fired or embedded

or something.

Put it with that Forbes stuff.We'll collate it later.

OK.

That material onFinancial Dynamics personnel

was supposed to be on my desk at 9 AM.

Good morning, Miss Rudd.ALICIA RUDD: No.

It's a terrible morning, especially

when I have to deal with incompetent, gum-chewing

idiots.

This whole operation downhere is like something

in a cartoon classics.

Now I'm looking for results.

And if you can't give them to me,

I'm going to find someone who can.

Hey!

Hey, big guy, do it.

DENNIS BOOKER: Uh, Miss Rudd?

Can I have a moment withyou in your office, please?

[telephone ringing]

[sighs]

[ding]

[door opens]

Hal!

I want 15 minute updates from the ticker

until Tom and Steve startselling short every time

that stock hits 25.

OK.

In blocks of 10,000 to slow down the momentum.

I don't want the stock goingup like a Chinese rocket.

We'll have every speculatorin the street jumping in.

[sighs] What's that?

Research on FDI's top floor,looking to Arnie Horton.

Something's wrong there.

He's a high profile guywith no press in six months.

You do it.

It's your job.

You do it, Alicia becauseDennis Booker is out of here.

You can't just pull out.

We're in the middle--

I insist that you stay.

You can't leave.

[laughs] I can.

OK.

Then go.

Fine.

No.

You're fired.

And with cause.

Mal-performance of an assigned task.

You got to learn to slow down, Alicia.

It's no good for you.

[footsteps]

[dramatic music]

[knocking on door]

[sighs]

[footsteps]

[door opens]

Do you always dress likean extra from Fort Apache?

At Teshima, I was required to endure that.

But in my own living room,it ain't going to fly.

I need to talk to you.

I would rather not talk in the hall.

OK.

[footsteps]

[door closes]

I have a job for you.

It needs to be done now.

I hope you haven't madeany plans for this evening.

As a matter of fact, I have.

This is important.

I don't work for you anymore, Alicia.

You fire me, then I quit.

That's a double up yours.

Or did you forget?

I reinstated you with personnel an hour ago.

You still work for Teshima,so you still work for me.

You can't do that.

[sighs]

[footsteps]

You OK?

[sighs] I need to find aphotographer named Gordon Rudd,

and a little girl named Elizabeth.

We call her Lizzy.

Your ex.

And our 7-year-old daughter.

He has weekend visitationsand apparently he

has decided to kidnap her.

I don't know where he is.

[sighs] I went to his apartment.

But it was locked and I couldn't get in.

You have a police background, so you just

seem like the logical choice.

[sighs] I thought that maybeyou could figure out some way

to get into the apartment.

I didn't know where else to turn.

All right.

I'll look.

[door opens]

How long you been divorced?

If you're looking for an emotional striptease,

forget it. I don't do that.

I just want to get into his apartment,

and find out where he went.

DENNIS BOOKER: Suit yourself.

[door opens]

[door closes]

ALICIA RUDD: Not exactly the Ritz-Carlton, huh?

No.

Let's take a look.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

Door's open.

I thought you said it was going to be locked.

Uh, you don't happen to haveany mace or anything in there,

do you?

[clattering]

You know how to use this?

I had to go to class to learn how to use it.

[laughs] Yeah.

I'm sure you did.

It's my old weapon of choice.

You stay here, all right?

This could get dangerous.

[door opens]

[suspenseful music]

[clattering]

Hey!

[hissing]

[punches landing]

[sound of struggle]

[thud]

[thud]

[dramatic music]

[clattering]

[sighs] [groans] Here.

Thanks.

What's going on, Alicia?

It's a little more than justGordon taking your daughter,

isn't it?

Who are those two other guys?

No idea?

You'd have to know Gordon.

If it's not one thing, it's another.

He once developed this schemefor winning at the races

by seeing which one of thehorse's vets were betting.

Thanks.

Then he decided he was going to go to Vegas

and try counting cards.

But he couldn't remember thecards in the three deck shoe.

That little episode cost us our first house.

But he sure could take pictures.

If he'd only stuck to that.

DENNIS BOOKER: Your daughter?

ALICIA RUDD: Yeah He reallycould photograph her.

[laughs]

You know, you're very beautiful,

[laughs] when you want to be.

[sighs] Cut the crap, Booker.

I don't know what you'reafter, but I'm not buying.

It was a compliment, Alicia.

That's it.

OK?

I'm sorry.

[laughs] I'm having a really lousy day.

[laughs] That's better.

[laughs]

You know, Chick is allover me on this FDI thing.

If I blow it, I'm dead.

God.

Look at this place.

He never could clean up after himself.

[footsteps]

[buttons tapping]

Hey. Hey.

It's Booker.

Listen, I'm at 1667-- what?

K Street.

DENNIS BOOKER: K Street. Yeah.

Could you come over?

I need your help.

And bring Dr. Dirt with you.

Thanks, buddy.

Dr. Dirt?

It's a fingerprint kit.

[thunk]

OK, Book, where do you wantme and Dr. Dirt to start?

In the bedroom.

That's where we found them.

There's a broken picture frame on the ground.

Check it for prints.

[click]

[blows]

Where do you want to start looking?

[laughs] Boy, this sure takes me back.

When Gordon and I weremarried, he used to take money

out of the bank and hide it.

Hm.

How about in the freezer,behind the ice tray?

Nobody does that anymore.

I'll check.

ALICIA RUDD: Side pocketsof his brown sport coat.

There's a ripped lining he pins it in.

DENNIS BOOKER: Nope.

Nothing here.

ALICIA RUDD: Sock drawer inthe back, under the liner.

[sighs]

[tape ripping]

[dramatic music]

[footsteps]

Wow, look at this one.

[dramatic music]

HL, hair down, diamond ring, pearl necklace.

Peter Noviello dress, likes two-tone shoes.

ALICIA RUDD: What is it?

I don't know.

I-- it'll take me a day or two.

I couldn't give much.

Most of them were smudged.

But I did get three goodones, a ring, index, a thumb.

The right hand.

I'll get back to you.

All right, man. Thanks a lot.

I'll owe you one, all right?

All right.

[door opens]

DS.

[door closes]

Gold earrings, Frenchbraid, AnnaBelle silk dress,

alligator shoes.

What's that?

[laughs] It's a great outfit.

[sighs] What does it mean?

I don't know.

But it means something.

[laughs] He had themhidden behind your picture.

How did you know they were there?

[sighs] Figured.

Here it is.

ALICIA RUDD: Passport photos while you wait.

Way to go, Gordy.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[door closes]

Oh.

DENNIS BOOKER: Not again.

ALICIA RUDD: [sighs]

[suspenseful music]

[click]

[footsteps]

Must be from the winner's circle.

In the winner's circle?

Well, Gordon said that he was putting

together a book called "In the Winner's

Circle" about the race track.

He-- he said it was going to beone of those $40 coffee table

books.

[sighs] [sighs]

DENNIS BOOKER: Ah, look, wedon't know what's going on.

But we're not exactly out of it, you know?

I'm OK.

[sniffs] God!

I hate weeping women.

Alicia, I understand.

How can you understand?

The only thing in my lifethat isn't staples and--

[sniffs] and computerprintouts is this little girl.

She looks at me and--

[gasps] I can see in her eyes what I am.

What I really am.

And now Gordon's got her.

And he's in god knows what kind of trouble.

And I'm standing here lookingat these stupid pictures,

and this stupid studio, and I'm wondering how

my life got so out of whack.

[sniffs] [sighs] I will getit together in a minute.

[sniffs]

You don't have to be so tough.

Yes, I do.

When you work with creeps likeChick Sterling and Bob Hugg,

you damn well better get tough.

So you work like Wonder Woman.

And the men above you resent you.

The women below you resent you.

So you just keep taking on more and more work.

Then you start missing things at home.

[sighs] And then it's Friday night and--

[sniffs] and your baby's beenpicked up for the weekend

and [laughs bitterly] you're sitting

on the bathroom floor crying.

And you don't even know why.

[sniffs]

These guys wouldn't be rippingthe paneling out of Gordon's

places, you know, if--

if they had their hands on him.

So I'm sure Gordon and--

and Lizzy are fine.

Ah, you want to go to dinner or something?

You know?

Yeah.

OK.

[dramatic music]

[door closes]

[door closes]

VICTOR PEREZ: How you doing, Tommy?

Not bad, Vic.

Business is a little off.

Why are you passing these slips off on me?

I got overhead, too, you know.

You know, it's a bitch.

Things go cold.

This guy, Rudd.

I want to have a talk with him.

I figure if you're layingall this paper off on me, maybe

give me his address.

I can have a little talk with him.

Hey, Victor. There ain't no system.

He's just on a hot streak.

You know that.

We work the other side of the street.

I work where there's cash, Tom.

This guy has a system and I want it.

You're nuts.

He's got nothing.

Tell you what.

I'll eat the last bet.

I laid it on you.

But I'll cover it myself.

No hard feelings.

[footsteps]

I got hard feelings, Tom.

You're lying to me.

Gordon Rudd's been hitting everyone

in town on long shot horses.

His last one was today.

I think you're trying tofind him and pick him up.

And I want him.

It's the street, Vic.

That's it.

Nothing more.

You'll see.

[footsteps]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[car engine starts]

[door opens]

This frio lito isn'tgoing to beat me on this.

You catch Rudd, you got it?

You guys find the son of a bitch first.

[car engine starts]

We'll get him.

[door closes]

[door opens]

[click]

Casa Rudd.

Ah.

[door closes]

[footsteps]

[sighs] Nice.

ALICIA RUDD: Thanks.

Can I get you anything?

No, I'm fine.

ALICIA RUDD: [sighs] WhenGordon and I were first married,

we had a view like this.

And at night, we'd stand and look out the window

and talk about babies, or thebabies we were going to have.

God, it was fun.

[dramatic music]

DENNIS BOOKER: Those guys.

They live here?

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[clattering]

[suspenseful music]

[click]

[door opens]

[dramatic music]

[door closes]

[footsteps]

[thud]

[hissing]

[screaming]

[thud]

[groans]

[click]

We're getting better at this.

[ambient street noise]

[indistinct radio chatter]

You think it's tough at Teshima?

KEITH REDDING: Hey, Dennis.

What's going on here?

DENNIS BOOKER: Oh, [sighs] going on, Sarge?

Yeah, Booker, don't tell me you were

going to lose your memory, too?

Well, these two guys are afterher ex-husband, Gordon Rudd.

Tell him about the list.KEITH REDDING: List?

What list?

It's nothing.

KEITH REDDING: If there'sa list, I want the list.

There's no list.

KEITH REDDING: She just said there was a list.

[sighs] Her ex owns a boat.

We went down there to find him.

The boat is sinking.

It's got a list.

KEITH REDDING: Where is this boat?

Sank.

KEITH REDDING: You know, youguys want to help from me.

But when it comes to cooperating back,

all I get is grief and helium.

These two guys have any interesting names

in the KA sheet?

KEITH REDDING: John Greer, Peter Cobb.

They're street monsters whowork for the highest bidder.

[door opens]

Information window's closed.

See you around, Booker.

[door closes]

ALICIA RUDD: Why didn't youjust give them the list?

Maybe they could make something of it.

The cops'll try to smother everything.

It'll get too crowded.

ALICIA RUDD: Well, what are we going to do?

I want to go back to Gordon's studio

and try to figure out what's going on.

I think these guys were trying to kidnap you.

Why?

I think they're trying totrade you for Gordon's system.

That's why Gordon wouldn'tlet Elizabeth come home.

He didn't think that I could protect her.

She's just another waythat they could get to him.

Maybe.

[laughs bitterly] It's funny, isn't it?

In this whole world, theonly person I could trust

is someone that I'd just fired.

[ambient street noise]

[sound of struggle]

It's all right, little Lo.It's all right.

It's all right.

Take it easy.

What do you want from me?

Nothing.

I don't know nothing.

I got nothing. He's gone.

He took his kid and disappeared.

What do you want?

Mr. Perez just wants youto step aside is all, OK?

OK.

It's not that I don't believe you, Tom.

But just to make sure, we'regoing to make it permanent.

[suspenseful music]

[footsteps]

[dramatic music]

ALICIA RUDD: What are you doing?

A book about a racetrack,and not one picture of a horse.

ALICIA RUDD: Here's theracing form from Saturday.

All right.

Look for people involved withthe race with the same initial

as these in the slips thatGordon wrote, right here.

ALICIA RUDD: Well, do you think the initials

are the initials of the owners?

DENNIS BOOKER: Or stables or something.

I don't know.

EL or DS or MC or--

or any of these others.

ALICIA RUDD: OK.

[sighs] Mm.

DENNIS BOOKER: HL.

Hair down.

Pearl necklace.

Peter Noviello or Perry Ellis dress.

Peter Noviello.

- That's Peter Noviello? - Mhm.

Diamond ring?

ALICIA RUDD: Mhm.

Even though we can't see hershoes, I guess we can assume

that they're two-toned, right?

ALICIA RUDD: Yep.

DENNIS BOOKER: I guess this is HL.

ALICIA RUDD: Yeah.

Let's look at the others.

ALICIA RUDD: Gold hoop earrings.

French braid.

AnnaBelle.

This must be DS.

[dramatic music]

Gordon, Gordon, Gordon.

Lots of long lens shots of women.

Why?MAN: Hey, hey, Greer, Cobb!

Get him!

[tires screeching]

[door opens]

[tires screeching]

Don't shoot him!

Don't shoot him!

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[dramatic music]

His system, it's up on the wall.

ALICIA RUDD: You sure? DENNIS BOOKER: Yeah.

He's hit the bookies hard.

But they're not chasing him all over town

to get their money back.

But if he knew a way to findout which horses are running

and which horses are there for exercise,

they're probably after his system.

What are you talking about?

When a horse is in a race, he's

not always in there to win.

Owners and trainers picktheir wins very carefully.

They don't want stiff the mount,but they might tell the jockey

to just give them a workout.

Oh, Gordon told me about that.

And sometimes they say, go flat out to win.

So maybe Gordondiscovered a way to find out

which one is running to win.

I mean, that way, the odds go way up.

You know, Gordon saidsomething very funny when

he called me yesterday morning.

He said that he got his system from me

and that was why it worked.

DENNIS BOOKER: Then you figure it out.

What do you see?

ALICIA RUDD: Well, in some of these pictures,

these women are dressed very well.

And in others, they're not.

The difference is HL here and HL over here.

DENNIS BOOKER: And what if these women

are the wives of ownersor the owners themselves?

Look at those initials underthe names of the horse owners.

OK.

Here it is.

Helen Lewis, HL.

Name of horse and race.

The seventh race, Gone With the Wind.

All right.

Here's Saturday's results.

Gone With the Wind won 30 to 1.

How did he do that?

Well, when you go out,or get your picture taken,

you dress differently, don't you?

Yeah.

I go for it.

All right.

So the owners and the wives arethe only ones that know when

the horse is in there to win.

And don't you see?

He's watching what they wear.

That's how he's picking the winner.

[scoffs] It's pretty smart, isn't it?

Yeah.

It's real smart.

[laughs bitterly] Imagine what he

could have become if he'd put that

ingenuity in the right place.

Thanks for letting me come along.

DENNIS BOOKER: Well, it could get dangerous.

The prints we got from Gordon's apartment

belong to a guy named Esquinino.

He's got a long record of violence.

DMV says he lives over there.

[ambient street noise]

There he is.

Remember him from yesterday?

Yep.

Yeah?

Mhm.

[door opens]

You know what I like best about this car?

[car engine starts]

What?

I don't care what happens to it.

[car engine starts]

[tires screeching]

[crash]

[door opens]

Ah, how you doing, buddy?

How's it going, Paco?

Remember me?

[zip]

There you go, come on.

[door closes]

[footsteps]

I want names, Paco.

I want to know who you're working for.

Oh, all right.

Here.

Why don't you get in the car?Here you go.

Oh, great.

All right.

[click]

[door closes]

Names.

I want to know you're working for, all right?

Tom Lolopolito.

Little Lo?

Yeah.

[click]

Cover him.

[dramatic music]

[car engine starts]

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[door closes]

[door closes]

[footsteps]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[footsteps]

He always this careless?

Let's get out of here.

[footsteps]

[dramatic music]

DENNIS BOOKER: Wake up.

Give me a break.

What the hell's going on here?

[dramatic music]

[ambient street noise]

[door opens]

[door closes]

There goes a greatsteaming pile of garbage.

You've been a very busy boy, Booker.

DENNIS BOOKER: Yep. - So I'm all ears.

Somebody killed Little Loover Gordon Rudd's system.

I'm still listening.

Esquinino and another guywere in Gordon Rudd's apartment

yesterday.

They tried to jump Alicia and me.

OK. So--

DENNIS BOOKER: Well, the word in the KA file

is Esquinino belongs to Perez.

And Little Lo's men triedfor Alicia in her apartment

last night.

So they're all looking forleverage on Gordon Rudd.

You're telling me these twobookies are fighting over some

ding-a-ling and his sister?

Yeah.

Get him out of here.

And dust this joint for his prints.

[footsteps]

I'm taking you downtown.

We'll keep talking till I feel better.

Sergeant, I think they pulled him out of bed.

Looks like a struggle up here.

[footsteps]

This is too good an opportunity to pass up.

What?

I think we ought to get out of here.

We can't.He wants to take us downtown.

[laughs] No risk, no gain.

This case is picking up speed.

I don't want to waste time downtown.

What are we waiting for?

I don't think Sergeant Reddingwill mind if we borrow his car.

[footsteps]

You really are crazy.

You going to argue with me?

Or are you going to come along?

I can't believe I'm stealing a police car.

DENNIS BOOKER: Well, mine'sblocked by the ambulance.

You got any better ideas?

[door closes]

[sighs]

[door closes]

Kind of gets your heart going, don't it?

[car engine starts]

See you.

It's all in the attitude.

[dramatic music]

[footsteps]

ELAINE GRAZZO: Hi. ALICIA RUDD: Hi.

ELAINE GRAZZO: I got all thisstuff from Mr. Rudd's place,

like you asked, and I got booksfrom the Racing Association.

Pictures of owners, news clippings.

It's all there on your desk, Dennis.

Mm, I mean Mr. Booker.

Why don't you cut the formalities today?

Let's just be on first names, OK?

Great, Ali, nice to know you, kiddo.

[footsteps]

Oh, how do you know Gordon's going

to try to make a bet on Sunday?- Because I know Gordon.

He's compulsive.

Even if he has thousands in winnings,

he has to try one more time.

It's the thought that he could lose

that makes him want to play.

He never goes to the trackto bet because he's sure

that the paramutuel security is going

to spot a consistent winnerand try to sweat him,

in case the jockey or atrainer is leaking information.

[footsteps]

Well, he can't take any streetaction because the bookies

are trying to pick him up.

He's got to go to the track, and they know it.

He's going to be hard to find.

If one of these women isthe owner or the owner's wife,

then we can pick the race he's betting.

I know I can find him. - All right.

Check the books, look at the pictures,

and see if we can narrow it down to one race.

OK.

[footsteps]

CHICK STERLING: I heard youwere in the building, Alicia.

Nice of you to give us a minuteor two of your valuable time

while this $200 million takeover bid

has been going sideways likea fresh crab on a hot skillet.

Chick, I'm sorry, but I--

CHICK STERLING: There willbe an executive review.

It will take place after thisdebacle with FDI is completed.

At this review, we will determine

whether this corporation has anyfurther use for your services.

Since I see you've got a racing form there,

I hope you two pick a winner.

[starting gates bell]

ANNOUNCER [OVER LOUDSPEAKER]:And they're off and running.

Coming out of the gate, it'sChelsea's Delight, followed

by Twisted Actor, by a neck.

Next, it's Rim Shot, and a length

behind, Just Another Runaway.

Here comes Prince of the Raceway on the outside.

He'll probably be over $100 betting window

and place his bet just before the race,

that way the odds won't change.

[INDISTINCT LOUDSPEAKER ANNOUCEMENTS]

CHICK STERLING: All windows are open.

The horses are on the track.

This race is the highlight for--

MAN: You sure he's going to show?

That's five races.

He's nowhere.

If I know this guy, he'll show.

As long as we're doing this, we may as well

let him make his bet, and inherit

his win tickets along with him.

OK.

Look, Mr. Perez, thanksfor letting us in on this.

Sure, guys.

Now that Little Lo is gone,you guys have a new home.

Things were getting alittle too sloppy anyway.

Long as we know who's in charge, I

have no problem with partners.

Think you better go down and join

Lopez, and keep an eye out.

ALICIA RUDD: Gordon, where's Lizzy?

She's safe.

How can you do this?

You're risking her life! - Come on, Alicia.

Cut it out.

I'm not risking anybody's life.

Think so?

They killed Tom Lolopolito.

Who the hell are you?

I work for your ex-wife.

I think you better get her out of here now.

No way.

I got this next race and I'mgoing to get my bet down.

Come on, guys.

Let's talk about this somewhere else.

Are you going to bet?

This is a holdup!

[sound of struggle]

[alarm sounding]

[thud]

[crowd screaming]

Don't tell me it was you whocalled me down here, Booker.

How you doing, Sergeant?

Your car's in the parking lot, all

washed, waxed, and gassed up.

Thanks for the loan.

You think you could sell me that?

I'll trade you a good bust for it.

What you got?

Victor Perez.

KEITH REDDING: Where?

Look behind you.

How you doing, Vic?

[click]

[dramatic music]

[handcuffs jangling]

[dramatic music]

[footsteps]

ALICIA RUDD: Lizzy!

[footsteps]

Baby!

LIZZY RUDD: Mommy!

Oh!

God!

[dramatic music]

[hoof beats]

Now that's more like it.

[ambient street noise]

This guy is going to eat us alive.

[buzz]

Mr. Tashimoto, Chick Sterling.

How are you, sir?

MR. TASHIMOTO [OVER TELEPHONE]:Mr. Sterling, is that you?

CHICK STERLING: Yes, sir.

It's great to hear your voice, sir.

You sound great.

We've been missing seeing you here.

What's it been?

A month since you last got out our way?

MR. TASHIMOTO [OVERTELEPHONE]: Is Mr. Rudd there?

CHICK STERLING: It's Ms. Rudd, and yes, sir.

She is.

We've been having a personnel review

on this whole FDI debacle.

MR. TASHIMOTO [OVER TELEPHONE]:Yes, then you've heard.

CHICK STERLING: Yes, sir.I'm very sorry.

We did our best.

MR. TASHIMOTO [OVERTELEPHONE]: I should say.

How did you know that thepresident, this Mr. Horton--

would be indicted for fraud?

I must congratulate you, Mr. Rudd,

for slowing down our acquisitions.

We could have been badly damaged if we

had purchased this company.

There are going to be endless lawsuits.

Mr. Tashimoto.

Alicia Rudd here.

We met at last year's Christmas party.

You explained theteachings of Buddha to me.

MR. TASHIMOTO [OVER TELEPHONE]: Well done.

We need people who can see problems coming

and operate on initiative.

I look forward to seeing you again

next month, when I'm out there.

Good job, Mr. Sterling.

Thank you, sir.

We stay on top of things out here.

It's the way I like to run my shop.

Good talking to you.

Now we're trying to buy a $200 million firm.

The president is indicted for fraud.

And we got to find out about it from Tokyo?

Who cares?

We're out from under it.

I want to be updated on this, Alicia.

All right? - I got it.

Good.

[footsteps]

The fat man smiles.

You are one lucky son of a bitch, Sterling.

Tell Public Relations that I'm going

to call the "Times," the"Journal," the "Post Dispatch,"

and "Businessweek," and give them a statement

on our position on FDI.

OK.

And have Donna schedule allphotographs in advance because

I want to be dressed for them.- Right.

Where's Booker?

DENNIS BOOKER: Hey. - Oh, good.

You're here.

Well, I think that you and I need

to have a talk so that we understand

each other in the future.

You look nice this morning.

How's Lizzy?

[laughs] She's great.

Ah.

But I don't want youto misconstrue the events

of the past few days.

I am very grateful.

But business is business and I require top flight

performance from everyone.

I cut no slack to anyone.

Things went well with Chick, I see.

Very well.

Apparently, Horton, the president of FDI,

was skimming profits or some damn thing.

Something you should've found out about.

It was your part of the job.

Are you sure you're all right?

I'm great.

Of course I'm OK.

All right.

See you.

[footsteps]

[laughs] What am I doing?

[footsteps]

Booker?

Thank you.

[dramatic music]

[music - theme song, "booker"]

[SINGING] I feel a beat on the street tonight.

The lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer and I'm ready tonight.