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No, I'm gonna get to you.

No, first, I'll stop if you pay me. $2.50 an hour, car fare, and this.

If I ever did go to see him, as he suggested, it would be as a friend.

Of course.

You gonna answer that?

No. All right, I know this isn't your idea of an ideal assignment, either of

you. At least I don't have to go in as a hooker. I've ordered a massive stakeout

in order to truncate the activities of two violent suspects known to us only as

the Cowboys.

Taking a little siesta on the job?

Yeah, it's been a pretty slow night. That's so.

Well, good buddy. I just make our job a whole lot faster.

Jimbo. Yo.

Let's do our thing here so our friend can get back with his napping.

Now, we want the bread. You hear?

We ain't had no supper tonight. We want all the warm, gasoline-smelling bread we

got.

on 6 Adam 49, a 211 in progress at the service station.

1347 Rosella.

6849, you call us code 3.

Good morning.

By whose standards?

The blue jay outside my window, the cop that gave me a ticket, and my sister.

Don't get cute. I'm not in the mood.

You need a cup of coffee.

So will you when you read this.

It just came down from Robbery Homicide.

From Mr.

Ralph Fry.

Oh, you're gonna need this extra strong.

So... He was your partner and you didn't get along, but that was a hundred years

ago. Maybe he's changed.

Sure, he's changed. He was a pompous jerk then, he's a pompous jerk now.

What's it say?

It says, quote, Crowley's unit has been temporarily assigned to a special

investigation under my command.

Now, you know what that means?

That means they went for a string of swinging nine-hour shifts. That's what

it means.

Not in Palm Springs.

Tell me, Peppa, did the gas stations turn you on?

Gas station?

All right, I know this isn't your idea of an ideal assignment, either of you.

At least I don't have to go in as a hooker. Or do I, Lieutenant?

No, this is strictly surveillance, Anderson.

All right, I've briefed the other teams, and I'll brief you, too, and you can

pass the word on to Royster and Stowles.

Stowles. Joe Stowles.

Correction. Stowles.

All right, the facts.

I've ordered a massive stakeout in order to truncate the activities of two

violent suspects known to us only as the Cowboys.

Within the past month, they've robbed a dozen self-service stations, arriving in

stolen cars like gunmen out of the Old West.

Ergo, the Cowboys.

Is one of them named Ergo?

No, that's Latin, Bill. It means therefore.

Oh. Well, why don't you just say therefore, Ralph? I mean, I've never

been to Latvia.

Oh, she's the same old great sense of humor, huh? He keeps trying.

All right.

So far, they have killed one owner and wounded three attendants.

Any witnesses?

Yeah.

Two witnesses.

Both of them cops.

But before they could get close enough to give us a good eyeball description,

they made a little detour and burned up a $5,000 police car.

All right. I want you two to take the station at, uh, Valley and Eden.

Royster and, uh, Stiles will be notified to relieve you.

Any questions?

When do we start?

Now.

Pompous jerk.

Good-looking.

So he's a good-looking pompous jerk.

I forgot to tell you. A few minutes before you came in, you got a phone call

from some guy named Hopkins. Said it was personal.

Hopkins? Yeah, Dean Hopkins.

Just got into town. He said that he used to work with you. Is that right? When I

was a stewardess. He was one of our captains. Yeah.

Yeah, well, he wanted your home phone number. I told him that wasn't policy.

Good. If you want to get in touch with him, you can reach him at the Hotel

Wilton.

Okay.

Here's another one.

Okay, you want to take this one?

I'd say she's about 43.

Married to a very successful type.

Goes to the hairdresser about once a week.

Four kids, all boys.

Ergo, the station wagon.

She's 42, exactly.

Not married.

Goes to the hairdresser three times a week, and she has six girls.

Not exactly kids who work for her.

You know that.

I hope to tell you.

I've busted her twice.

Did I tell you the Wilton Hotel? I mean, the hotel the guy that called this

morning? Yeah, the Wilton.

It was the Walton.

The Walton. Oh, okay.

What's he do anyway?

I don't know. Last I heard, he was still flying 747.

He's married.

What'd they say?

Here come our heavy replacements.

They're still seeing them.

Here's our replacements. Bye.

How's it going?

Well, Joe, I tell you, it's an incredible experience.

I'm seriously thinking of writing a book about it.

Yeah, really?

No cowboys?

Not even a heifer.

You guys will have better luck.

Catch you later.

Okay, y'all take care now.

How do I look?

Great.

Like Clint Eastwood in that movie last night.

Clint Eastwood? Who's Clint Eastwood compared to me?

Say it in Texas.

You trying to rail me, gal?

Comparing me to the locks of him?

A actor?

Kind of love your old vodka, too, huh?

You've got to keep happy with something while you're away from me.

Hey.

Look at my little brother, will you?

Now, that's what I call a regular gabby egg.

I hot-wired us a pickup, but the damn thing's got no radio in it.

out of radio they can't hear that dumb hip music right dummy okay

so we get a radio

hello

oh hi bill listen i just got a call from jim stirwall al benton's celebrating 20

years on the force tonight over at venice

What do you say? I thought we might stop by and have a couple. Oh, listen, I'd

like to, but I hardly know him, and I was planning on watching that TV special

tonight.

Why? It's a rerun. Yeah, I know, but I missed the first hour last time. I

really feel like staying in, okay?

Okay.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Thanks anyway.

Bye-bye.

Hello. Hello.

Dean. I was hoping you'd say Dean Hopkins. This is the nicest surprise

I've had in years.

Dean Hopkins. Now, this is the nicest surprise I've had in a long time.

Close.

I was hoping you'd call and say it to me.

I was going to in the morning. I really was. But it's just been a tough day.

How'd you get my number?

Do you remember Rita Maldonado from the L.A. to Rio run?

Luckily for me, she's still Rita Maldonado anyway.

Oh, yeah.

Looked her number up in the phone book, gave her a call. She was a lot more

helpful than your boss.

It's been, uh, it's been some time.

Know what I mean? Coin of phrase.

I stopped counting after four years.

Sergeant Anderson.

I heard you become a cop, but that's pretty impressive.

Well, I don't know about that.

And what are you, at least president of the company by now?

No, I quit in 71. I've been a test pilot ever since.

I'm on a job here. I got this rock star, 11 years old. He put a deposit down on

the plane. He wants me to give it a trial spin.

I was hoping that I could see you maybe tonight.

Oh, I don't know, Dean. It's getting late.

I'd like to meet you and your wife.

She, uh...

She died.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It just happened.

I'd meet you down in the bar downstairs, but I'm expecting a long-distance call.

If you don't mind coming up to this $100-a-day vacuum they call a suite, we

could have a drink.

I don't know. I really... I was planning on staying in tonight.

Come on.

Give a guy a break. I'm only going to be here for a couple of days.

All right. It would be nice to see you, Dean.

Thank you, and have a nice evening.

May I help you, young man?

You can tell me your name.

My name?

Alice.

Alice? You know what I swore it was?

Rose. I mean, your skin tone, your complexion, looks as pretty as dew on a

San Antonio rose.

Oh, thank you for the pretty words, but...

We must credit some help from these cosmetics here.

You, what are you doing? Oh, that's okay, ma'am. This looks right nice to

me. My little brother, he's not surprised. We'll take it, ma'am. Thank

you.

Oh, thank you for all your help.

Somebody, sir!

Coming.

You're under arrest.

Let me see some identification.

Hi. Thanks for coming over. I got a prowler in the toilet.

It's good to see you.

I'd forgotten.

What?

That you had blue eyes.

Oh, still. I haven't checked in a while.

Will you, uh... You have a drop?

I didn't think you liked champagne.

Things change.

You look good.

So do you.

She's lovely. Your daughter? Yeah, Jeannie.

She's quite a kid.

That was the long-distance call I was expecting.

Here's to layovers in St. Louis.

Yeah.

Do you want to go first?

Well,

I'm a cop.

Let me see your badge. You don't get to see anything.

They all have shoulder holes, even the women. Never you mind.

Those are all secrets.

I love it, that's all.

Work with some great people, three of the greatest guys in the world, and I

love it.

And you, you said you're a test pilot now?

I was. I loved it. The money was great, but I reached the point where...

I had enough of the glamour translation risks and... I'm resettling in New York.

It's my home base. That's where we have our... Our home.

This buddy of mine, he's got this little feeder line. He flies these big, big

Wall Street types to Nantucket, Bermuda.

He made me an offer. I grabbed it. You smoke, do you?

After this job tomorrow... That's it.

I was just thinking.

You know that glider you built just before I left?

Remember? I remember one of the best stews in the business in that glider.

Scared to death.

I was not. You were so scared you took the curl out of it. No, I wasn't scared.

Only at the beginning.

Really. And then it was wonderful.

It was like being inside a bird with wings of wind.

Time am I going to see my family?

Two plus.

Two plus what?

Fifty-eight minutes.

There, there's light.

How about that one, Hock?

Eh, I don't know. Let me think it.

Just for laughs, let's try something new tonight.

Old Sandy baby's been running low on vodka.

Gotta keep her happy, right?

I think I'll just hang out for about another 20 hours and go home.

Yeah. All right, I like that one.

Joey, I really dig it.

Yeah.

Yeah. Bill, it's Ralph. Will you sleep?

No, I, uh, just watching television.

What's up?

Well, it's the Cowboys. They broke their pattern.

What the hell does that mean?

They just hit a liquor store.

It wasted a clerk.

Before he died, he said something about two guys wearing cowboy hats.

Look, I've set up a briefing, and I want all of you down here now.

Uh... Okay, listen, just give me a chance to call Pep.

Just don't waste your time, Bill. I just phoned her apartment. She's not there.

Okay.

This is home.

I like it.

Drafty. I'm very susceptible.

Want me to open it? You didn't have to ride back with me. For one thing, I'm

safer in the streets than you are. I've spoken like a real cop.

And that cab fare isn't exactly going to be cheap.

Every time you breathe, the meter breathes back at you.

I think I can handle it.

Our song, Good Grief.

I remember that your favorite color is yellow.

And orange and blue and lavender.

How does brown grab you?

Deep, warm, infinite brown.

I can live without it.

Tell that to your eyes.

Where are you, Bill?

Hey, I've been trying to get a hold of you. I'm down at the office.

Listen, there's been a development on the Cowboys.

Fry wants us in the auditorium right away.

You'll be there, won't you?

Sure, I'll be there.

I gotta go, Dean.

Not to work.

Work. So, down your drink. I'll drop you off on the way.

That's where you keep your service revolver, right?

Wrong.

A girl at the office made a ton of fudge the other day, so if you still gobble it

down the way you used to, I'll give you some.

Only if you make it with walnuts, Kim.

What?

Only if you make it with walnuts.

Sorry.

Plain old plain fudge.

That's the way I like it.

Take some of this back to the hotel.

Better than the food in the coffee shop.

Hi, Bill.

Hi. Mary.

Hello, Pepper.

I missed Fry's briefing.

Yeah, you didn't miss much. Fortunately, it was brief.

Ran into Joey. Said they hit a liquor store this time. I think it was just a

quirk. They were probably thirsty.

Why the M.O. runs.

Well, I'm hoping our toy here will correlate our cowboys with at least one

GTA report in the last 12 hours.

Did you get any sleep?

No. Here's something, Sergeant Crowley.

It's a description of the suspects, but it isn't a grand theft auto.

Hmm.

Anderson?

Bill, anything?

Yeah, this possibly.

What about it?

Well, I think it might be significant.

Significant how?

I don't know how. I just feel it. You know, maybe it's the hour.

I tell you, I'd like to be relieved from surveillance temporarily so Pepper and I

can check it out. What do you say? Is that okay with you?

Of course. Is that okay with you?

Ralph? Go ahead.

Uh-huh. Thanks.

Uh, I owe you an explanation about tonight.

Listen, Pepper, you don't owe me anything.

You know that you and I never have explained to each other. I know, but I

really would like to.

See, I really had planned to stay in. I wanted to watch television, but right

after you called, Dean Hopkins called, and he wanted to have a drink.

So you saw an old friend.

Well, he was a little more than that.

oh really what happened pet you sure ask a lot of questions

um i got tired

of spending half my life on planes so i quit and i did some modeling well you

know all that but i i kept seeing him for a while and then he was transferred

to different runs mostly europe out of new york and we

You know, life.

So he was in town for a few days, and you thought it would be good to see him,

right?

Yes.

I thought it would be good to see him.

That's good.

It's no bother at all. I couldn't have slept a wink after what happened

tonight.

I've worked at that store for three years, come the Monday after

Thanksgiving, and we have never been robbed. Never.

Except for some kids who swiped a taffy can.

Miss Gearing, these two suspects.

The suspects?

They were the thieves, Sergeant. I saw them with my own eyes.

Right. Yeah. Could you identify them?

Well, as I told the other police, they were dressed like cowboys.

Could you be more specific?

Well, the older one, I suspected him immediately.

How so?

I'm a middle-aged woman, and one thing I've never won is a beauty contest.

When he started charming me with that Texas drawl of his, I knew that both of

them were suspicious.

Miss Goering, could you come down to headquarters in the morning? I'd

appreciate it very much.

I'd like to get you together with one of our sketch artists, see if you could

come up with some kind of a composite of these two guys.

I'd be glad to, except Saturday mornings I work with the Daughters of Mary.

Take the children to the park.

Zoo. But I'll certainly be there right after lunch.

I'd have swore it was Rose.

The older one said I reminded him of a San Antonio Rose, if there is such a

thing.

Oh, good heavens.

That's sweet of you, Bill.

Are you kidding?

That's a whole month's alimony from me.

Thank you for the fudge I gave him some fudge It's the first time I've already

called fudge He wants to see me in the morning you'll come along, okay

That's not bad. Not bad at all.

Uh, give me the glasses, huh?

Fantastic. I'm going to call you guys later. I don't think there's anything

wrong with this. I think the guy's going to be very happy.

Thank you.

Hi, Pepper.

That was terrific.

It was terrific. I hope you're with me.

Dean Hopkins, this is Bill Crowley. Bill? Three greatest guys in the world.

Is that what she told you? She said. She's right. Who are the other two?

The flowers are beautiful.

Oh, you're welcome.

Want to discuss this over coffee?

Yeah, why don't we?

Let's go.

Well, New York, huh?

I don't mean to disrespect, Dean, but you can... Have it.

Well, that's not exactly the way I was going to put it, but, yeah, you can have

it. He was sent to New York on a case once, and he got mugged by a girl.

Oh, this particular girl was 6'4", and she had hair on her chest.

Yeah,

but that wasn't the worst part.

I arrived there right in the middle of a garbage strike.

Then it snowed.

For three days, three miserable days, we had rancid snow.

Turn yellow before it hit the ground.

Yeah. Well, it has to be home to me because I'm going to resettle there and

I put down a big deposit on this condominium. What is all this?

This is a penthouse overlooking the river on East 79th Street.

Oh. There's a terrace right here.

The master bedroom for the master.

Living room.

Maid's room.

It's big enough so that Jeannie can stay there when she comes home from school on

holidays.

And it's a hop, skip and a jump away from the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln

Center, Frick Museum, the Metropolitan Museum. Do you want me to stop?

Wait a minute, the Guggenheim, that's up New Yorkville, isn't it?

Yeah, it's right on the border.

I found the greatest little Hungarian restaurant up around 86th Street.

You find the greatest restaurants.

It's true.

It could be. There are dozens of them up there.

We used to go to this place called Bartok's.

Do you like it? What do you think?

I love the Guggenheim.

Oh, well, I'll try to throw in the Met.

No, I love the Met. Just don't throw in the Frick.

Well, let's face it. You two would make a perfect pair.

The test pilot and the cop.

When you left home in the morning, you could take bets on who'd be home for

dinner. Yeah.

Well, if I ever did go to New York. As he suggested.

No, he didn't suggest anything.

Oh, didn't he?

Oh, yes, I do.

You did?

Mm-hmm.

Well, if I ever did go to see him, as he suggested, it would be as a friend.

Of course.

Would you keep your eyes on the road?

We don't explain things, remember?

I've never heard that before.

Let's go. Hurry up!

I think that liquor store was a fluke. Sure was a fluke. They stopped off for a

couple of bottles. Present from Miss Gearing, cowboy one, cowboy two.

Can that look good? Yeah.

Well,

there's something familiar about this guy.

Uh, Pep, listen. Did you get your car from Dean? I transferred it up to

Petrillo's office.

Oh, yeah.

Is it all right if I take the rest of the afternoon off unless something comes

up?

Okay?

Yeah, sure. Why not?

I'll call in.

Nice?

Very.

When did she die?

14, 15 months ago.

You're sick for a whole year.

Pain. Terrible pain.

It may sound callous to say it, but it was a relief when she died.

How did Ginny take it?

Well, she's strong. She's very strong. She took it the way I did.

You make it for dinner tonight?

We can.

Arthur who?

Tolliver. I knew there was something familiar about this guy. I took this

drawing up to Petrillo. I told him to redraw it, get rid of the hat, add some

sideburns, lengthen the hair. That's Tolliver. And you know the turkey? Yeah,

I busted him six years ago for assault and robbery.

Only he wasn't a cowboy then. He was a punk juvie out of Indiana. Here's his

jacket.

Okay, okay.

All right.

Let's get out on APB with both composites.

And I want to get back to staking out every self-service station in this town.

Okay. Remember I said this was a break in the pattern, the boost to 11?

Yeah, so?

So, in order to keep manpower at an optimum level, I want you and your unit

back to your original post.

All right? That's Royster and Stiles and you and Anderson.

By the way, where's Anderson?

She's got an emergency in her family. Her aunt's sick.

All right. Get a hold of her as soon as you can, will you? Because I want to

keep manpower at an optimum level. Sure, yeah.

I forgot.

You don't like asparagus. I'm sorry. I don't like asparagus. I ate two whole

stalks. What are you talking about?

Barely. Barely?

Yeah. And that's all you ate. I was watching.

Oh, you're very helpful after a few glasses of wine. And very... What are

you doing with me? Risky.

Give me my sponge.

Now, first answer me one question.

What? Are you still ticklish?

No. No. Give me my... I'm... Don't do it. Stop it.

Don't. Don't. Don't. I'm going to get you.

No. First, I'll stop it. Pay me, $2.50 an hour, car fare, and that's it.

I see you standing there.

The dream comes true, and then it's through.

It's never forever.

So, leave me tomorrow.

You gonna answer that?

No.

Ugh.

There's only one thing missing.

The asparagus.

And some more jam.

I want you to marry me.

Before or after I get the jam?

I love you.

I think, I hope, you might love me.

I want you to marry me and come back to New York with me.

Las Vegas is full of guys like you who wake up the next morning and say, what

have I done?

Las Vegas is not full of guys who fell in love with a cop.

I want you to marry me, come back to New York with me, and be with me. Give it a

chance. There's nothing that says we have to formalize anything.

And Jeannie will be with us. You'll be wonderful with her. What are you talking

about?

Jeannie.

Right now, I want her to stay in school.

But next summer, she'll be with us.

She's making friends now. She's putting down roots.

You'll get a chance to meet her. You'll love her.

Uh, hello.

Pepper, Bill, we're doing a stakeout in half an hour.

Um, yeah, okay, I'll be right there.

I need you.

I want you.

I'm gonna phone New York and have them hold off the job for a couple of weeks.

I'm gonna wait right here while you request to leave. You pack, you do

whatever you have to do. Please get crazy.

We'll talk about it later, okay? Right now, I gotta go.

Come back with me.

Be with me.

You know what I've been thinking?

So you've been thinking again, huh, dummy?

Well, Jose and all that good stuff.

I get homesick every now and then. Or Indianapolis.

Well, we had friends there at least.

And the weather changed. And you don't think our luck's going to hold out here

much longer, right?

Well, maybe.

You know what I've been thinking?

Maybe that part's true.

So, okay.

Another couple of weeks and we split.

But not the Indiana, man.

I think the next real place for us is Texas.

We already got the clothes for it.

I got a cousin in Gaviskin. We could go visit her.

She's real cute, Jim. No.

I think more of a ranch, a small one. Find a ranch run by a couple of old

people. We move in, stay as long as we want.

What do you think?

Got vodka in the boonies.

We'll pick you up a couple cases on the way.

Let's go, Jimbo.

Vamos.

That's it.

What?

It's 30 minutes.

And you haven't said a word.

You feeling okay?

Sure, I'm okay.

Sure, why shouldn't you feel okay?

I got this great-looking guy crazy about you.

That's pretty obvious.

You'll be visiting New York soon, I'd say. That's pretty obvious, too.

I gotta tell you, baby, I'm not gonna miss you as much as you think, because I

got this great-looking redhead down in stolen properties. All right, leave it

alone, okay?

Leave it alone.

It's so dry.

I, uh... I'm gonna go to that market over there and get some juice. You want

some?

Uh... I'll go get it. What do you want?

Okay, um, pineapple juice.

Pineapple juice.

Watch the squawk box, will you?

Okay.

50 requesting clear frequency.

We're in pursuit of two 2-11 suspects heading south on Barrington approaching

Harper.

Suspects are driving a yellow pickup. Shots have been fired.

Request additional units to assist.

12-Y-50, roger. Six out of 49 come in on tack one.

Officer needs assistance.

Shots been fired. Barrington and Harper.

12-150, we're now heading west on Colby, approaching Cornwall.

Bill!

You're armed! Okay, just keep going, Pepper. Let's go.

6-849, 12-150.

12-150, go. We're still heading west on Colby.

6-849, roger. 12-150, 6-849 is paralleling the suspect vehicle and will

attempt to stop at Colby and Fairview.

12-150, roger. Be advised that suspects are out of the dangerous. They fired at

a police officer.

He's hurt.

It's a bad wound? Yeah. Get the ambulance, okay?

Why can't we go in to see him?

Well, the doctor doesn't want us to crowd each other.

Oh.

See? He's all right. The doc says he's got an arm full of BBs and they'd like

him to spend the night, but, you know, we've got to get those reports out. No,

he's going to be fine.

Thank God.

You got the message?

Yeah, I'm sorry.

He's gonna be all right.

You look like you could use a drink.

I don't want a drink.

I just want to talk.

The answer is no, isn't it?

That's right.

I want you to understand.

I'm going to stay here.

I'm going to haunt you. I'm going to hound you until you change your mind.

Dean. I did not come out here to test that plane for that kid. Anybody could

have done that. I came back to see you. I came back for you.

You came back to another time.

I know that I love you.

And that's all that I know.

You're in love with a memory.

I don't want to be the one to try to take her place.

And that's what I think you're trying to do. Find someone to take Kim's place.

I adore you.

But I can't. I wish I could, but I can't. I just...

You have a picture of her. Can I see it?

That's the woman you love.

You know, there's a poem by Swinburne that I like.

It's... By the waters of Babylon we sat down

and wept, remembering thee.

Hey, what you got in the bag?

My apologies for helping you put your arm in that thing.

Accepted?

I didn't even hear you.

Where'd you bring me?

Take my coat off, okay? Huh? Where'd you bring me?

Knowing you wouldn't cook for yourself, I stopped at Ling's on my way back from

the airport.

Got you some chicken lo mein and fried rice.

I don't like fried rice.

I like fried rice.

Got you steamed, too.

Where is it?

You've got to be a line leader.

What are you doing at the airport?

I drove Dean out.

He's going to Denver.

To Denver?

Yeah, then he's on his way to Aspen.

I'll tell you about it sometime.

I've got to eat this stuff up.

Are you okay, Pat?

ask too many questions i'm on duty in the kitchen well it's my kitchen are you

okay everything's okay

it really is

brought you some fudge