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Hey, there you go, Ponce. Sale starts tomorrow. That's where you can get your

new refrigerator.

I'll look.

I can wait a while.

What do you mean? I thought yours broke down. What are you using now?

Well, I'm sharing with Elizabeth down the hall.

She lets me use the refrigerator.

I let her come over and play backgammon, watch my TV, dance with her.

Eh, things have a way of working out for you, don't they?

What have I been doing?

Watching cops?

It's Sunday.

All the stores are closed.

What happens if one of them comes over and asks us what we're doing?

If they see us, they think we belong here.

That's why we put the lettering on the truck.

Mike, this is my last job.

I'm telling you. I mean, if we were stealing small stuff at night, OK, but

this, I, I, I, I... OK, but get going! Shh!

The more we work, the sooner we get out of here.

Can you move your arms?

I'm sorry, Officer Baker.

I'm sorry, Pam.

Who's the other guy?

I don't know. I never saw his face.

Amen.

Sirens. The cops are coming.

We set off a silent alarm.

Cops do not answer silent alarms with their sirens.

Where's your hand?

Get in, will ya?

Oh, I couldn't catch him, huh?

Ever try to outmaneuver a go-kart?

I didn't even get a good look at him.

Where's Pam?

Uh, Duffy helped her take the bicycle home. That's the kid who stopped.

I'm really sorry.

I knew I shouldn't drive in the street.

Who's the guy you chased?

I don't know.

I never saw his face.

I was working on this in the driveway, and he came by.

He did a couple of donuts in the street, and he hollered things at me.

Finally, I just took care of him.

Now, what if Pan had been lying in the middle of the street when you came

around that corner?

Well, I'm glad she wasn't.

Yeah, well, for a guy who's trying to make our go-kart racing team, that

wasn't very smart.

McDuffie, you better push that thing on home, huh?

Yes, sir.

You know, three other kids were lining up for the team, live within two miles

of here.

Yeah, I'm gonna go by Pam's house. I'll check on Fritz Mountain.

All right, I'll meet you there.

I'm gonna check on Jones' kid and Wayne Barney.

The VIN is 9-John-6-6-King-1-0-9-8-1-1. It's 23-1-0-1-V-N, okay?

Doesn't anyone take notes anymore?

After a while, you don't have to, Sarge. You develop a good memory.

That's why you forgot to pick up the jail forms yesterday, right?

Boy, you said a good memory, Sarge, not a great one.

Okay, okay, look, humor me, will you, please?

Take notes.

It's lost an off ramp. It'll be closed for repairs for two days. Service

traffic in that area's gonna be a mess.

Be a mess.

Got it.

It's gonna be one of those days.

Okay, watch for suspicious trucks at stores that aren't open for business.

Yesterday morning, someone ripped off an appliance store at National at Concord.

Hey, that's, uh, the Price brothers' appliances.

That truck had Price Brothers' lettering on it.

You did?

Oh, well, actually, I was in hot pursuit at the time, so... Yeah, I read your

report. Hot pursuit of a kid in a go-kart, right?

Yeah, a go-kart. One of ours.

Attaboy, Ponch. Go for it. He'll leave the piggies to us.

Okay, okay.

Look, Ponch, slowly.

You thought you saw the truck that robbed the store?

Sure. Trucks are always delivering to stores that are closed.

You thought it was delivering?

Yeah, he thought it was delivering, because... Baker, please, huh?

A green and white five-ton Chevy truck.

It had the Price brothers' name on it.

Hey, how was I to know? It looked legit.

I thought it was delivering.

Okay, at least we know something that we didn't know before.

All right, those not taking notes, take note.

A green and white Chevy five-ton.

Okay, that's it. Frank, John.

I hear some kid in a go-kart got away from you. Is that true?

Oh, boy.

Was he one of our kids?

I'm not sure.

We still have a few Mavericks in the target area who haven't come around.

I thought you had that go-kart situation under control.

We did. We do.

You think.

Well, if you have any trouble, let me know. Certain parties have a sporting

interest in our team beating the fire department team.

Harlan, it's not our team. It's the kids' team. That's the point. We're only

advisors. Right.

Strictly unofficial.

Look, the fire department's making it sound like all we do around here is run

a go-kart club.

So look, for the good of the department boys, make it work, huh? Or pull out of

it.

Sergeant, what if they do pull out?

Then cancel my bet with the fire chief and give him back his money.

Should have thought of that.

Slide over here.

I come out running. Drive out of here fast.

Mike, let the collection agency take the truck. Mike!

The keys are in the ignition of that truck.

There's a dozen $500 typewriters in there.

Back up. If anybody follows me, block them. Mike.

All units in position. 10-8-51 from Ozzie's office equipment.

1-8-0-1 West Carrington.

Vehicle is a 77 pickup with Ozzie's name on the doors. Occurred three ago. No

direction given.

Fantastic.

Fantastic.

15-7 Adam in pursuit of the 851 suspect, eastbound Carrington 85th, headed for

the I-5.

15-7 Charles, northbound 405.

Go back, your buddy. Run a break.

LA-15M3, we got a mole to 1180 Foothill West of Mission. Rolling 11-41-1185.

10-4M3, top.

Typing paper.

I spoke to Ozzy Azuray, the proprietor. He packed it in typewriter boxes for the

move.

Thief must have thought he had a few thousand bucks worth of typewriters.

It's entirely possible that the truck that blocked the alley was in on the

caper. Now, the front license plate was missing, but Ozzy described it as a

green and white Chevy truck, probably five tons.

What price per the supply truck?

He didn't see any lettering on it, but lettering can be washed off or painted

over.

Well, at least two guys. One of them may be hurt.

He's hot, too. Grand Theft Auto, felony hit and run.

And the hit on stores are running special sales, stock reduction, going

out of business, whatever.

Could be a couple women.

What?

It's hard to resist a good sale.

Oh.

All right.

We all got paperwork to do.

Yeah, we got a go-kart meeting at 4.

Now about the kid who got away from me.

He's not going to be busted for what he did last Sunday. But before he tries it

again, I think it's the purpose of your club to reach out there and get the

message to him.

Why?

Duffy?

Well, my dad says that if we go back to bugging the neighborhood like before, we

could lose our sponsors.

He ought to pay to fix Pam's bike.

If he doesn't call it, he's going to get himself killed.

And if he gets caught, he can be in real trouble, right?

Maybe go to jail.

No, we don't put kids in jail, Wayne.

But arrested, yes.

In trouble with the juvenile authorities, yes.

Gold card impounded, yes.

Now, last Sunday, Duffy here turned around and came back.

That took some guts.

It might take some guts for the other kid to come forward.

But that's what he ought to do.

Wayne.

OK, uh, Duffy got suspended last Sunday. And what he did was good. He came back.

I think we should vote that Duffy's okay.

The reason I'm talking to you is because we're talking to all the parents of the

kids in the club, and Wayne's mom and dad aren't here.

There are times when I think he's more mine than theirs.

Oh, I suppose I shouldn't say that.

They love the boy. They give him everything he can.

From where to this time?

In Spain.

They're working on their book about some ancient caves in the mountains there.

They say they'll fly right home if there's any real trouble.

Well, a bill cart in the streets is trouble.

I mean, it's a rolling death trap.

When I write to him, do I say that Wayne is the boy you were chasing?

Please, tell me the truth.

Well, we don't know who the boy was.

But perhaps you could remind his folks that a kid can get scared and lonely in

a crowd when he's only 14 years old.

Aye. All right, meeting adjourned. All right, cookies and milk in the kitchen.

If any of you needs a ride home, go on out to my station wagon out front.

Duffy wouldn't talk about going back to what they did before, unless he knew it

was somebody in the club.

Norma thinks he was working in the garage, but she was away at church at

the time. If that was a jacket, it was just the right color.

And if it was meant to be hidden... Well, the point is, that happened on

Sunday. I mean, that's a thing of the past.

The whole idea is for them to develop, you know, their own sense of community

responsibility.

Maybe what I said in the meeting will do it.

Let's give them until tomorrow after school.

I'm going to go see Wayne.

Grab the microphone.

Press the thumb button.

Say who you are.

Tell them there's a car by the side of Lincoln Lake. Hurry!

Gotta get you breathing, baby. Come on.

All right.

Get away. Get away.

Get away.

Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. Can you understand me?

Get me out of here.

Get me out.

Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Calm down now. I got you. It's okay.

Just calm down.

Calm yourself, okay?

My foot is caught.

In the safety strap, I know.

Now listen.

Listen to me.

Find your leverage with your other foot.

Okay?

Get your leverage.

All right? Keep your head above water.

I'm gonna untangle you.

All right?

You got it?

All right.

All right, all right. All right, listen to me.

Just listen, honey. Listen.

All you gotta do is take a deep breath and hold it.

Deep breath and hold it. Now do the rest.

Okay? Can you do that? Can you do that?

All right. All right, now.

Just relax. Try to relax.

Let's just do it. Okay?

On three.

All right?

One, two, three.

Are you okay?

Yes.

Thanks for coming back, Wayne.

Check some guts.

You have guts last Sunday.

Leave him alone.

Well, you saved the lady's life.

She's fine. Shocked, but no injury.

Who's the kid?

Wayne Bond.

Our best driver.

Tonight, 15-7-4.

You've got one unit for traffic control in 1185.

Tow truck's on its way. I'll wait for it.

Guess I'm in a lot of trouble now, right?

Yes, you are, Wayne.

You let a lot of people down.

Yeah, I know.

Who knows?

Maybe now my mom and dad will come home.

Hey, Potts, I just find time in the afternoon to take your bath.

Hilarious, Jerry, hilarious.

Speaking of taking a bath, is that what our go-kart team is going to do without

Wayne Vaughn? Hey, come to the practice. The kids are doing fine. Yeah, terrific,

Holland. And you can put that in the bank.

Yeah, every potter praises his own pot.

Louder if it's cracked.

How's the kid? How's Wayne?

He's all right. Norman's going from here to pick him up.

I wanted you to know that I cabled his parents. His father's flying home.

Well, Norma, that's not enough.

I mean, the kid has a need.

What's his parents' address?

Hey, come on.

Don't land on Norma. We're not landing on Norma.

She's a fine, fine lady.

But it's going to go better for Wayne in court if his father and mother both care

enough to be there. And they're going to get a cable from me that says exactly

that.

Oh, look.

You know, Paul. He just ruined a $40 tailored shirt diving into that lake.

But he is dead right.

You're carrying too much. It's not your burden. It's theirs.

Can you paint that on the truck?

That ASAP?

After today, you want to try again?

After today, we've got to try again. We owe 3,000 bucks.

One good load of stereos is worth twice that much.

Mike, let him take the truck.

Let's go back to pumping gas. We were happy pumping gas.

You were happy pumping gas.

You want to go back? Go back. I'll do it with nothing painted on the truck.

All right.

I'll paint it on the side of the truck. But, Mike, this is the last time.

One good haul and we're in the business, free and clear.

This baby's ours.

Now relax.

Hey, Casper, you're early. We have the track for 20 more minutes.

You haven't got any secrets to guard. I already know I'm faster than you are.

It's not you that's faster. It's the kids.

And if they're faster, I know you're not.

Faster than who?

Uh, Ponch, it doesn't matter. Hey, wait a minute. He says he's faster.

Faster than who? Uh, Ponch, it doesn't matter.

Well, wait a minute. Yes, it does matter.

Let's find out.

You challenging me?

No. You challenged me?

No, he didn't.

Yes, he did.

Here we go.

Way to go. Get off the truck.

What are you doing out there?

Hey, I was driving for the psychological advantage.

Now they're overconfident.

Hey, punch.

Yeah. Wayne's problem is causing a little trouble. Three of the sponsors

already canceled out.

If only I had told the truth in the first place.

None of this would have happened.

Duffy left you on your lesson, Wayne, too.

But I mean, Wayne wasn't going to stop until he stopped himself.

I don't think what I told the other sponsors.

I mean, the kids have learned.

And they've worked things out.

But they said, just wait and see.

The bottom line is, the club can't even afford to pay its own share of the cost.

The cost of what? The race?

It's the episode of the lake.

Hey, I'm willing to pay it myself.

It's not the race. It's the club.

That's right. And Duffy, what is the club all about?

Well, obey the law.

Tell the truth.

Are you responsible?

Responsible? You want the race, you want the club?

Nobody's going to bail you out. You need some money? You figure out a way to

raise it.

You guys, damn fritz.

Maybe a yard sale.

Babysitter.

Motion lines?

No, no, no, no way. It's their thing. They do it on their own. No

interference. We butt out.

It's the kids' thing.

Is that agreed?

Right. Okay.

I'm supervising. You weren't supposed to come. Nobody would.

This is my neighbor, Elizabeth.

Hi. Oh, and, uh, Julie?

She's with Harlan.

of the guys were coming i said all of the guys said none of the guys are

coming all right come on

may

i remind you good people that chp's

contribution to this little enterprise is we pay for the water

Meeting dismissed.

Hey, Sarge.

How come you're the only one not covered with mud and soaked to the skin?

John, I'm the sergeant.

Off duty, of course.

for second place. That puts the fire department three match races to one. 11

points to nine for the CHP. Stay around for the main event and get your

refreshments.

Officer Baker.

This is my parents.

Officer Baker.

Hey, Wade's here.

How you doing? All right.

Pam, here's the $26 for your bike.

from my own allowance.

For now on, I work for my money. Can you drive for us? My car's qualified.

Yeah, yeah, take Jonesy's car.

No, I don't deserve to drive.

It's part of my sentence.

Besides, it's not whether you win or lose.

It's how you drive the tires off the fire department, turkey!

Yeah!

Look, my mom and dad are waiting.

Good luck, all right?

Guess I'm not too popular with Mr.

and Mrs. Barnes, huh?

Oh, truth is, Pontrell, they think you're quite a man.

If I were a few years younger, I'd be chasing you myself.

Second place for two points is Duffy Wells, CHP.

been a success you said a whole truckload of stereos knock it off will

you chub that was two days ago mike let's face it we're no good at this

there's some furniture let's get that furniture do you know what you can get

for furniture five years in prison i can't live like this get the furniture

LA-15-7, Adam.

There's a warehouse running a sale not open for business.

15-101 Budlong.

I'm gonna check it out. I'll be away from the radio for a couple.

10-4-7, Adam.

There's a cop out front. What? Out front, there's a cop. A real live cop.

Listen to what I'm telling you. There's a cop out front.

57 and the 459 suspects at brisbane in the warehouse green white five seven

asap

15-7 Adam, westbound I-10 at Arlington. How about an assist?

Mary 3 and 4 in position to back you up at Valley Overpass.

Okay,

Chubb, now say it.

I have nothing to say to you, Michael.

Anything else in there?

Yeah, a little refrigerator.