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Hey, you want a drink?

I got Scotch, Scotch on the rocks, or

Scotch and water.

Well,

it's weird.

He's clean, right?

Come on.

You know me out here.

There he is.

You've got a nice body for a guy your

age.

Come over here.

Want to undo me?

Hey!

Interesting, but not quite good enough.

So, I hear you've been for aggravated

assault, Badgley Pearl.

What fool assaulted you?

A blue-eyed, yellow-haired, white woman.

I hate blue-eyed women.

And I hate a yellow-haired woman.

When I see one with blue eyes and yellow

hair,

it aggravates me.

Then I assault her.

You know what her name is, Badgley

Pearl?

Why?

Samantha. Why?

All right, EVERYBODY GO BACK TO EATING.

THE SHOW'S OVER.

WHITE.

Samantha Ann, born Elizabeth, New

Jersey, January 15th, 1950.

Mother died in delivery, father unknown.

Raised in foster homes, lots of foster

homes.

This is her juvenile rap sheet. She was

one nasty little bundle of joy.

Hey, Rosie!

Get up.

Get your belongings together.

Gordon wants to see you.

Listen here, I won't.

17, White joined a gang called the

Diablos. You had an intimate

relationship with the leader,

Jimmy Alvarez. Him you know.

Here's their joint rap sheet. Nothing

but second-story burglaries, really. 12

arrests, no convictions until

White got sent up. Alvarez went free, as

you know.

She served 2 years of a 5-year sentence.

She hasn't seen Jimmy since.

Yeah, see? You're going to max security

for sticking Badgley Pearl.

I got 20 witnesses that swear she had

that fork in her ARM SINCE CHRISTMAS.

IT'S A GUY NAMED LANCE BRADY.

White met him when she got out. He

wanted a partner who was beautiful and

could be socially acceptable, so uh

he took off the rough edges.

Fixed her up, dressed her in style. She

started going to the right parties and

setting up classy burglaries.

She was apprehended with Brady in

February 1986.

She's now doing 10 to 15,

and not a model prisoner, so watch out

for her.

Any questions?

How you doing? All right, White.

What are you doing? This is Agent

Scofield. He's an SOB.

I can tell.

That stands for Special Operations

Bureau.

You're being released from this facility

in his custody.

Watch your table manners, Scofield. She

likes to stick people with the cutlery.

Could we please have her search for

knives? Actually, last time it happened,

she used a fork. I could handle you with

a spoon.

Can I get 32? 32 what?

Cows. Aren't you counting cows?

No, I'm not counting cows. Well, what a

bummer. I signed up for the Big Brother

program, and I thought, "Wow, they

finally sent me somebody." Now you won't

even count cows.

How about 20 questions?

Okay. How about a game of one question?

Please don't smoke in the car.

You're not my big brother.

Why am I here? You'll find out when the

time comes.

Who the hell is the SOB anyway? We're

mandated to operate in undercover areas

out of bounds to the FBI and the CIA. I

can't be any more specific than that.

Sorry I asked.

Damn.

You know this, no problem.

Just be a sec.

What's wrong with this thing? Get up

there. You having fun?

They'll just I got it under control.

Come on, Elizabeth.

Try this.

What's that? The key, stupid. It's a

locked wheel cover.

Oh.

Of course it is.

Think I didn't know that?

You were handcuffed. Hey, what are you

doing? What are you doing?

Hey, what

You dum-dum.

You sap.

Talk about a fish out of water.

Well, I guess you really got me, huh?

So, uh

can unlock it now.

Sure has been fun. Yeah, joke's on me,

huh? Okay.

So, uh give me my coat, all right?

Hey, come on.

Hey, uh

This is not funny anymore. I'd love to

see you collect a public enemy number

one. You probably shoot your foot off.

Give me my coat.

You're still a convict, you know.

All right, that that's it. You're under

arrest.

You say so. Have a good one, Dumbo. Hey,

you.

No. No. No. DON'T LET HER IN THAT CAR.

SHE'S A SHE'S A FUGITIVE. SHE'S AN

ESCAPED CONVICT. You're disobeying

orders from somebody who's mandated BY

CONGRESS.

AND UNSPECIFIED AREAS.

COME BACK HERE.

GOD DAMN IT.

I know curiosity killed the cat, but I

want to know.

Why am I here?

I told you.

You'll find out when the time comes.

You got great taste. Should write down

the name of this place in case I ever

want to commit suicide.

Wait. Wait. I love this part. This?

It's a great movie. This is horrible. I

love this movie.

I love this movie. I love this movie.

Hey, look at her.

Agent Swearingen Plot.

Hi, honey.

How's your sweet little tush, huh? A

higher off the ground than yours is,

Dumpy.

You guys want to get the hell out of my

room?

Uh we've got your clothes and things

there. We've got them out of storage.

That's something anyway. I've prepared a

door signal code for our immediate

implementation. What? It's broken down

by days. For example,

What do we need that for? Any bad guy

who doesn't have a heart condition can

blow down this door.

Who are the bad guys anyway?

Today is Tuesday. Our knock code is as

follows. I knock four times, two long

and two short. You knock two times in

response. I respond to your response by

three short knocks. Then, and only then,

do you let me in. Please memorize it.

Okey-dokey.

I don't have to eat the whole book, do

I?

Give me that. I will be in the room next

door. Agent Swearingen Plot will be on

guard in the hallway and in the lobby.

Other than that,

have a nice day. Mhm. Get out of my

room.

Son of a [ __ ]

Good evening. I'm Stephanie Ross. At the

top of the news, a brutal slaying on

Capitol Hill.

The victim, a woman in her late 20s, was

found strangled to death.

Channel 8's Taffy Hector is on the scene

live via mini cam. Taffy? Blonde,

probably once beautiful, and now dead.

Her body covered in blood. The police

are

It's still a story without an ending.

What about now?

No.

I don't know.

I know that I'll never have the strength

to leave you again.

Alonzo?

No, you'll help him now, Richard, won't

you?

You'll see that he gets out. Then he'll

have his work, all that he's been living

for.

All except one.

He won't have you.

Now, before we do anything, I have to

give you a background briefing.

Oh, wow. Neat stuff. Background

briefing.

Matthew Bream is a congressman. He

represents the 23rd I know Matthew

Bream. He's only in prison, not in a

coma. Why you act so pompous all the

time?

I'm not pompous. I'm uncomfortable

around criminals.

Oh, excuse me. Why do you have to be so

sarcastic all the time? Cuz I'm

uncomfortable around straights, okay?

You're gay? Oh, you jackass. I mean

people with jobs who wear wingtip shoes

and neckties.

Matthew Bream ran for Congress the first

time as a war hero. He was aboard the

USS Claremont when it was captured by

the North Koreans in 1968. Of course, he

has no hope whatsoever of getting the

nomination, but he thinks that if he

makes a good run for the vice

presidency, he'll be a star.

That was a stupid

Yeah, continue, please.

Bream has been campaigning all over the

country, but in two cities, Sacramento,

California and Springfield, Illinois to

be exact, there have been second-story

burglaries that coincide with him and

his people being there.

Our bureaus have completed dossiers on

all of them. What's that got to do with

me? Uh you'll see.

Sweet thing that we don't matter.

There's nothing we can do.

I think it's time we realize

we each have got the power.

Stand up.

Stand up.

STAND UP.

THANK YOU, ALLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FIELDS.

I'M not going to talk too long because

all the talk in the world will not bring

the American dream to the inner cities

of this nation. Yeah. Yeah.

The new frontier is a distant memory.

The great society

sank from its own weight. Okay, so if I

could vote, I'd vote for him. No what?

You're not very observant.

And all the while, the citizen of the

inner city Oh my god, it's Jimmy

Alvarez. And that's who it is. the

citizen of America

Hold on. You know him? What's he doing

up there? Now,

your former America has been inamorata

is Matthew Bream's principal advisor on

minorities. That's what.

found a way out. Yes, gang leader to

so-called community leader to so-called

political leader.

Well, so what's wrong with that? You

know, he's smarter than the rest of them

put together.

And he's still a thief.

And what?

You'll see. You, the forgotten citizens

of America,

have stepped to the head of the line.

Now,

let me introduce you to our friend,

Jimmy Alvarez.

LISTEN TO THIS MAN. He's going to do it

for all of us. Matthew Bream is going to

build monuments OUT OF YOUR DREAMS. AND

THAT, brothers and sisters, IS

RIGHTEOUS.

RIGHT ON, JIMMY.

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. YOU

WOULDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JIMMY

Alvarez if you lived to be 100. We know

he's committed second-story burglaries

in Sacramento, California and

Springfield, Illinois. We also know that

he'd like to negotiate some really

ambitious steps in Washington uh if he

had the right kind of help. Oh, no. The

scenario is to put the two of you

together and allow you to do for him

what you did for Lance Brady. And then

what? I set him up so you can take him

down? Not in your life, you SOB. In

return for your services,

uh you'll be granted a

to hear what immediate parole. You're

not hearing me, are you? Uh this is your

arrest record from 9 years ago.

What? That's a statement by Jimmy? He

wasn't even there when I was busted.

It's got to be a fake. Why would he do

that? He

I never would have implicated him. I

didn't. They tried. Jimmy Alvarez signed

it. He was granted immunity from

prosecution.

There goes another myth shot to hell,

huh?

Honor among thieves.

All right, I'll do it.

What? I said I'd do it. You will?

Well, that's great. Well, that's

terrific. That's fantastic. I'm really

pleased. I'm

sorry.

Well, now, the first is for you to call

Mr. Alvarez. Just like that out of the

blue? Yes, that's the plan, so that's

what you'll do. You'll call him and say,

"Jimmy, I'm out of the slammer and I'm

interested in pulling second story jobs

with you again." I have to use those

exact words?

Oh, no, not those exact words. I can't

begin to tell you how stupid they sound

coming from you.

Well, fine, fine. Use your own words.

Add some natural touches.

ask you something. Have you had

experience in this area? Cuz I got to

tell you, so far you haven't shown me

much.

Well, up until this assignment I

was a personnel specialist. A what?

Personnel specialist. Interrelating with

people.

Oh, wow, that'll come in handy in a

gunfight. Gunfight?

Maybe we should come back another time.

Are you serious? I'm real tired.

I am serious. I mean it. I'm

I'm not sure I can protect you.

Oh, and I really had my hopes up.

There's a policeman around.

Where are you going? Inside.

Inside?

So, if you wouldn't mind letting us by,

we would Oh, ain't that cute.

I have never heard garbage talk before.

That's good. That's pretty funny, wasn't

it?

Hey, sweet thing.

You ever been a biker's mama? No, your

mama. What? Ah, she didn't mean that.

Really, honest to god, she didn't

Shut up.

My mama what?

Runs naked through prisons, judging from

you.

Excuse me.

[ __ ] man.

Come in.

Uh, wouldn't you use the knocker? Go,

please. I don't feel like it.

Well, god damn it, the door's not even

locked.

Didn't mean to get you all flustered.

I'm uh I'm not flustered. Yeah, I can

tell.

Well, uh

it's almost time.

Are you a little nervous about seeing

your former um

but Amador is here?

What do you think?

Can I ask you a question? Go ahead.

Have you ever thought of doing something

with your life?

Sure, I'd like to be a movie star.

I'm serious.

It's important to achieve your

potential. Take me for instance. I come

from three generations of actuaries. My

grandfather and father still practice in

the same office in East Lansing,

Michigan. You can't imagine how much I

want to hear this. Just let me make my

point.

I was really a a lackluster student,

failing to live up to my potential until

I discovered the piccolo.

Piccolo? You kidding me? I love that

doggone piccolo. I got in the school

band and that's where I learned

self-discipline, good work habits,

interrelating with others. From there it

was ninth in my class at Michigan State,

and then two invaluable years of

experience in the insurance business,

and then the special operations bureau

with a special mandate to operate in

unspecified areas, etc., etc. You see,

it's all in finding the key to your

potential. Hey, it's quite a story. You

could sell it to the movies, you know.

Well, yeah.

I think if you put your mind to it, you

could have a real career.

No, no, I can't, not anymore. After

listening to your life story, I'm too

old.

Okay, out of here, Harry. Let me finish

getting dressed.

Wait.

You called me Harry. It will never

happen again. You know, I think we could

be embarking on a great adventure here.

This could be the the best days of our

lives. I think that maybe

Hey, Jimmy.

You sounded different on the phone, and

I knew that pretty guy had done you

over, but

hey, I never expected this.

Going to invite me in?

I'll do better than that.

It's good to see you, baby.

You don't know how good.

Hey, what's the matter? You getting too

classy to give an old friend a real

kiss, huh?

No, not me, Jimmy.

Mhm.

How about a drink, huh?

Sure.

I can't believe how much you've changed,

baby. You are so different, so smooth. I

like it.

You haven't done so bad, Jimmy.

Well, I scoped it out for myself.

All you got to do is step forward and

say, "I represent my people." And they

believe you, man.

They give you federal funds, and they

don't even ask what you're going to do

with them.

They think they did their thing for the

poor. And you know what? They did.

I used to be poor.

Now I drive a Continental. Well, here's

to you.

You made it out of the bad times. You

will, too, Sammy.

What's the matter?

I'm just remembering some sweet times.

That's all.

Yeah, they were sweet times, huh?

Hi. I'm back.

Well, how did it go?

Um tell her to go.

Come on, open the door. Use the door

knocker. Will you open the door? How do

I know it's you?

For Pete's sake.

Look, if you're not going to do the

knocker, I can't be responsible. What

are you doing?

You want a full report? Well, yeah, I

want a full Well, not a full report in

case you uh

Well, what is it to you if I did?

Nothing, nothing at all. Well, I didn't.

Good, good.

What are you doing? You're packing.

Yeah, changed my mind.

Hell with you. I'm not going to do this.

No, no. Come on, you said you'd do it.

You can't Yeah, I'm going to put the

rest of myself in a storage. Wait, but

you just can't. Yes, I can.

No, you can't because you're still in my

custody.

I'm not escaping, you [ __ ] I'm going

back to prison. Well, why? What

happened? What did I do?

Wait, did Jimmy Alvarez try something?

Oh, you wouldn't understand in a million

years. Look, you just can't. You can't

do this to me because if you do, they'll

they'll send me back to personnel.

Well, what the hell do I care? Look,

you. Every month of the last 5 years

I've put in for field duty. I've wanted

it so badly I couldn't see straight.

Then this happened. They said my

organizational abilities, my talent for

interrelating with people was just what

they needed. That's what they said.

I never even took a sick day off.

You know what they could do?

They could fire me.

I have to go back to actuary work. Do

you have any idea how dull that is?

Please,

don't do this to me.

You're laughing. Why are you laughing?

You are such a simp, you're almost cute.

I am?

Jimmy's going to put me on the payroll

as a research assistant.

That's great.

He says that when Matthew Breen realizes

what a class act I am, he'll invite me

to all the fancy Washington parties he

can't get invited to. Yeah, yeah.

Well, I'll case the houses, I'll rob

them, I'll deliver the stuff to Jimmy,

and you can take him down. Is how's that

for a scenario? Did I do my job? Oh,

it's perfect. It's perfect.

Yeah.

Now, get out of my face.

Give me a chance to hate myself for what

I'm about to do.

Okay, she was here.

You weren't wrong, man. She looked good,

real good. Even I wouldn't have known

her.

Just answer me one question.

How do you know the man will go for her?

I mean, those hookers were one thing,

but this is a classy lady.

He ought to go for her, but how can you

be so sure?

I'm sure.

What are you after, anyway?

You're a smart man. Don't overdo it.

I'm sorry, Sammy.

Not sorry enough to stop but

I'm real sorry, baby.

Good morning, Martha.

Messages? Thank you.

Come on, this way.

Hey, Bernardo, how you doing?

Hi, Jessie. Come on, this way over here.

Here you go.

I'll be right back, okay?

These boxes have a thousand letters in

them. Our letter machine is broken down,

so we have to seal them and stamp them

ourselves.

You want me to lick a thousand stamps?

I'll get you a sponge.

Morning, Monica. These are the messages?

Good. I'll call him right away.

Uh excuse me, Congressman Brink.

Uh terrific. Great.

All right.

Who is that, Jimmy?

Oh, I hired her. She's doing research

for me.

I'd like to meet her after I got a few

phone calls to make, and then bring her

in. Sure.

The only time I even saw him was when I

was sworn in.

There's nothing to be nervous about,

Harry. The Deputy Director puts his

pants on both legs at a time, like God

is supposed to.

Now, unclench your teeth.

That's right.

Good morning, Ivan. Morning, Gordon.

Ah, Harry. I'm Ivan Fletcher. Nice to

meet you, sir. Uh sit down, sit. Thank

you, sir.

I've uh read your interim report on the

Alvarez case, Harry. It's going very

well, sir. I gathered that. Well done.

Gordon, authorize Harry 15 days leave

starting tomorrow. He's earned it. Sure,

Ivan, if you say so. But sir, why would

I want to take leave? Uh

the assignment isn't finished yet.

I thank you for your time, Ivan. Mhm.

But sir, Special Operations Bureau

policy is always continuity on a case. I

want to be there to arrest Alvarez. Sir,

I've been working at personal for 6

years waiting for this chance. Well, I'm

I'm sorry, Harry.

But why? Because he said so. Now, shut

up, Harry.

Sir, this may be the Special Operations

Bureau, but it still falls under civil

service regulations. I have a right to a

review board if my competence is being

questioned. I hereby request such a

board, sir.

If you feel that strongly about it,

Harry, stay on the case.

Why?

Thank you, sir.

It's going to go like clockwork, I

promise. Nice meeting you, Harry.

Thank you, sir.

He's not such a bad guy.

Ooh, look who's here. Matt, you sweet

thing.

What fun. And you know I'd never miss

one of your parties. Kiki Watwood meets

Samantha White. I saw you coming, and I

said, "Grace Kelly is alive and young

again."

That's sweet of you to say. How lovely

it is to know you.

Who are you?

I'm here to steal your jewels.

Oh, Matt, you sly boots.

Henry, darling, how nice to

Wonderful. Kiki hasn't been impressed

since she met Dolly Madison.

I thought she was Dolly Madison.

Come on, I want to show you off. You

see, Mr. Secretary, my life was handed

to me in a way. There was always love

and expectation. But what if you're born

in the ghetto?

And you grow to adulthood without one

soul ever caring if you live or die. You

need rescuing from all this man talk.

Come on, I'll show you where the powder

room is. Come on.

Kiki.

Back in a moment, Audrey.

I'll be waiting, dear.

Kiki, I'm waiting, dear.

Coming, coming.

Piece of cake.

Well, this has been wonderful.

I'm sorry it's ending so soon.

So am I.

Samantha,

uh

I'm not a man who's easily smitten.

But I'd really like to see you again.

You will, I promise.

Oh, look at you.

Typical. Probably ironed all that stuff

in there, too, didn't you? Buster, I

What's the matter?

You ironed your socks, too? Only the one

I needed.

Angry at me again? What did I do this

time? Oh, you egotist. Why are you so

mad?

First Jimmy, now Matt you're bringing

up. What about Matt you're bringing up?

I like him, that's what.

You sure are easy. What?

And anybody who spent 10 minutes with

you are attracted to. Not quite

everybody, Buster. Anyway, what's it to

you? Nothing's nothing to me.

So maybe you think you're jealous or

something. Tess and I have no reason to

be jealous. I'll say you don't.

Uh-oh.

You think perhaps we should go the other

way? Good idea.

How about me? How about you?

Uh

I need my bullets.

HARRY!

DROP YOUR HANDS!

OW!

I'LL REEL BACK.

YOU ALL HAVE STUFF ON THE GUN.

Dark bullets fell out.

I have about 50 grains IN THE JOINT. YOU

CAN BLOW ALL THOSE GUYS AWAY. AND

THEY'RE REAL.

OH, shut up.

HARRY!

DID IT DO THE JOB?

HEY, OVER HERE! GET ME OUT OF HERE!

AH!

GET ME OUT OF HERE! I'M RIGHT HERE!

NO!

OKAY, PLAN B. RIGHT OVER THERE. RIGHT

OVER THERE. WHAT WHAT PLAN B? WHAT?

LOOK AT THAT GUY.

COME ON.

AH!

HARRY!

HARRY, come on!

Oh! Harry!

Harry, you okay? I'm fine, Tess.

Where are my clothes? Okay, it's okay.

It's okay. You can wear mine.

HARRY! HARRY!

I'M ALL SET FOR A PRISON. THIS DOESN'T

make any sense.

I mean, who would be trying to kill us?

You think they could have been muggers?

Oh, yeah, sure, Harry. Muggers with

machine guns and silencers. Yeah.

Now, this is the floor plan of the

second story of Kiki Wawat's house. Now,

at 0200 hours, the alarm systems Uh

translate, please. Translate what? 0200

hours. I hate to screw up, you know.

Fine. Fine. At 2:00 a.m., the alarm

systems having been previously

deactivated by

Well, of course by you. Well, you make

it sound like you sent in a crew of

frogmen or something.

Ms. White will open the safe here,

remove the contents, and effect a

surreptitious exit. Say what? You'll

sneak out. Oh, really? I'll sneak out

after the burglary. Wow. Do you mind?

Well, usually I jump up and down and

say, "Got you. Stop." In your face.

Things like that, you know.

This broad's more fun than a barrel of

monkeys. Keep your family out of this,

beanpole.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

Now, as specified by Alvarez to Ms.

White, the rendezvous point will be

here.

The operation will commence at 2400

hours.

That's when it's very dark outside and

both the big hand and the little hand

are pointing straight up.

At which time Ms. White will be wired

with a body microphone.

And then when she turns the stolen goods

over to Alvarez, we will move in and

effect arrest. Any questions? Yeah.

Who gets to put the wire on her?

Don't get your hopes up, Stumpy. You

couldn't reach high enough.

Okay. I think she must have got the safe

open.

Wait, do you think I'm lying to you?

Get do a strip search right now. Get get

a matron in here, okay?

Well, you have to admit it would be to

your advantage to

to hide the stuff and say there wasn't

anything.

You blockhead. In the first place, if I

was going to do that, wouldn't I at

least take part of the money to Jimmy?

Would I be so stupid as to say there was

nothing there?

Well, uh

And in the second place, do you really

think I'd cheat you?

I'm sorry.

You should be.

I assume you're not going to arrest

Jimmy since there was no evidence.

Oh, please give me some credit for a

little intelligence.

You haven't given me any reason to so

far.

In case you haven't noticed, I'm a very

honest person.

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

I see you're empty-handed, baby. There

was nothing in the safe, Jimmy. I mean,

really nothing.

I know.

No.

That wasn't the big one anyway, Sammy.

Hey. Hey. Hey. I wanted to see if you

still had the touch.

If I could really trust you.

What's going on?

Sounds like groping to me.

I don't care what she does.

Think I care what she does?

You hurt me, Jimmy.

The big score, okay?

I got a guy lined up with real big

bucks. Who?

Haven't you figured it out yet?

Matthew Breen.

Well, Senator, I'm I'm sorry to

disagree.

But indeterminate sentencing was never

the answer. That was just one flew over

the cuckoo's nest in a prison setting.

No, the answer to recidivism is finding

programs

that give prisoners a sense of

self-worth.

Give them a stake in themselves.

That's the only way the problem's ever

going to be solved. Right on.

Thank you.

Hi, uh do do you really know all these

people?

Yeah.

Most of them.

Who was this?

That's my mother. She's gorgeous.

She sure was.

Is that you with the Pope?

Yes. Yeah.

You smell good.

Um what is ARG 92?

My name.

What do you mean your

That's the USS Claremont.

I sure got it.

Sure you did. I know that. Everybody

knows that.

I can capture this

nightmare for someone like you.

Yes, it was.

Well, if you don't want to talk about

it, just just forget I asked. Well, I

don't much enjoy talking about it.

But there is one thing you can say about

the North Koreans.

They let you find out how strong you

are.

Or how weak.

I like you, Samantha.

I really do.

I like you, too.

Good. Uh

come on. Let's join the party.

Okay.

There may be a break in the strangler

killing of a local prostitute here last

month, Diane. District police think

they've connected the local slaying with

identical murders in two other US

cities, Springfield, Illinois, and

Sacramento, California.

Police are looking at it as the first in

the killing in Sacramento.

On the lighter side of the news,

I guess it didn't liven things up so

much. Good night, Matthew. Good night.

You can do better than that.

Listen, Samantha.

I lost my chance to kiss you a while

ago, so

Thanks.

Pick up two fares at 7th and

Come on.

Come on.

I just found out something terrible. Oh,

what is it? The FBI never investigated

burglaries in Sacramento and

Springfield. What?

They gave me files, dossiers that said

were prepared by our bureaus. I just

talked to our bureau in Sacramento. They

never prepared any dossier. What they

gave me were were fakes. I don't know

what the hell you're talking about.

Murder, that's what I'm talking about.

There were murders in Sacramento and

Springfield right when the Bream

campaign was there. Murders and not

robberies. Now do you see?

I think it's the SOB connected to me

with the killings and

and then invented the burglaries as an

excuse to involve you. Well, what for?

So Jimmy could murder me and then they

catch him at it? I don't know. We had

plenty of chances. Why didn't he do it?

Grace.

What's wrong with the brakes? What? The

brakes, is something wrong with the

brakes? Oh.

Hang on.

No!

Grace!

I can't stop. I can't stop. What are we

going to

We're going to go through that light.

No!

What What did you do, Harry?

It's stuck. Yeah, turn off the ignition.

It won't turn off.

See, I I don't know I'm not doing

anything.

Look at that little wheel.

What in the sweet Jesus

Somebody tampered with my car.

Oh, no kidding. Watch out!

Jeez.

How much gas is in it? It's full.

We're going to keep going like this for

300 miles. Pop the hood. WHAT? POP THE

HOOD NOW.

And you took the Are you nuts? You're

not supposed to take the top down when

you're driving?

The bombs are off.

What are you doing?

Watch the traffic.

You're going to get a ticket for that.

You'll kill yourself. What are you

doing?

Hold on.

Stay in your own lane.

I took the car.

I took the car.

I took the pilot car.

I'll tell you one thing, Harry.

If you had a decent car, we'd be dead.

All right, gender arrest pal.

Matthew Bream is addressing the Urban

League at 10:00 tomorrow morning at

Constitution Hall and Jimmy Alvarez will

be with him. So I thought I would take

this opportunity to search Jimmy's hotel

room.

Maybe I'll find something. I'm coming

with you. You are not. If you don't let

me come

I'll call the National Organization of

Women and tell them you forced me to

have sex with you.

Screw your name, we'll take yours.

Well, play me or trade me. That's all I

got to say. What are you talking about?

Well, doesn't it strike you as kind of

dumb that a professional burglar is

standing here like a jerk while a

personnel specialist is picking a lock?

I almost had it. I'm sure you did.

Leave everything just the way you found

it.

I'll check the bed.

Hey Hey, I I know where we can look.

Jimmy always used to hide money and

stuff like that in the in the float in

the toilet.

Great.

No, no, Samantha, you don't want to go

in there. Please don't go in.

Oh.

Can I call the police?

Not till I call Gordon.

Let's ask him what to do.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Check the toilet float.

You were right.

There's something here.

Mr. Fletcher would like to talk to you.

Good, cuz I would like to talk to him.

Ah, Samantha. I'm Ivan Fletcher.

Do you want to tell me what you were

doing up there, Harry? I certainly do,

sir. I figured out this whole thing is

not about burglaries, it's about some

prostitutes being killed. Oh, by who?

Probably said Jimmy Alvarez, but he's

dead, so uh Well, who killed Jimmy?

That's what I want to know. Oh, Harry,

you're smarter than I thought.

Well, thank you. But you're wrong.

The fact is we had uh two task forces

out here.

You see, Jimmy Alvarez was controlling

you.

Jimmy Alvarez was a SOB agent?

Not an agent, he was an undercover

informer. Who was he informing on?

The congressman, of course. Congressman,

why? Well, who cares about that? Hey

you, who killed Jimmy? Now tell me,

Harry, who do you think Jimmy murdered?

Our three prostitutes, one in

Sacramento, California, one in

Springfield, Illinois, and one right

here in Washington. Am I TALKING TO A

SACK? Who killed Jimmy? I'm about to

tell you.

Now you've got the right victims, but

the wrong strangler.

Those three prostitutes were killed by

Matthew Bream. He also killed Jimmy

Alvarez. Sir,

he's a congressman. There's no way

Matthew Bream is a murderer. I'm afraid

he is.

Although he was supposed to murder you.

What? Well, there were no burglaries, my

dear.

I mean, that was just an exercise to get

you involved. That's right.

The plan was to put a dozen agents on

Matt Bream's roof, at his windows in his

house.

Well, there would have been television

cameras hidden in every room. Your

chances would have been well, fair to

good.

You're crazy.

Would you like to hear the psychological

profile of a systematic killer? Yes,

sir. Well,

Matthew Bream had his what is called an

Oedipus complex. Now, that

I know what that is. It's It's a man

who's in love with his mother. Correct.

Ah, but in Matt Bream's case, he'd found

out at some point that his mother had

been promiscuous all her life.

So he started gravitating to women who

resembled her. He couldn't punish his

mother, so he punished them. Simple as

that.

Uh-huh, okay.

Well, why me? Well, nothing personal?

No, no, no, no, no. You just fit the

profile. You knew Jimmy Alvarez and you

were expendable.

Why? Because I'm a convict?

That is cold. Harry, uh you didn't find

anything in Jimmy's room, did you? No,

we didn't find anything.

Well,

whether you believe it or not, I'm

really sorry that you had to go through

all this, Samantha.

My problem now, of course, is that I

have no way of stopping Matthew Bream.

Listen, you wouldn't consider

No, I don't suppose you would.

I couldn't appeal to your patriotic

spirit, perhaps.

And strike that. Uh sorry again.

Well, I suppose the Republic will

flounder on somehow, eh?

You have a good day.

Nice car, Harry.

Forget it, it isn't true.

You heard what Mr. Fletcher said.

I heard what he said, but dammit, Harry.

Matthew Bream is is the nicest, most

decent guy I've ever met in my life. No

offense. He cares about people, you

know? If he were crazy, don't you think

I'd be able to tell? Listen to this. We

were looking at a picture of his mother,

and I said, "She's real good-looking."

And all he said was, "You bet."

I do not believe that he killed all

those prostitutes. I sure as hell don't

believe he killed Jimmy.

You know, about a million years ago, I

asked you who the bad guys were. Yeah.

I think we were just talking to him.

So, what happens now?

I don't know. I got to think.

We go our separate ways?

You go back to personnel, I go back to

the joint?

I don't want us to go our separate ways.

You don't?

I thought you hated me. That's

ridiculous.

I don't hate you.

As a matter of fact, I

like you.

You kidding me? No, I'm I'm serious. I'm

quite serious. We have a lot of the same

things.

Self-discipline,

good interrelating skills,

you're attractive.

I mean, you're attractive, not that I'm

attracted.

And I also think you're quite

intelligent.

Is that why? Yes.

And

and I

I would

um would um

um

This was in the floating in Jimmy's

toilet.

Robert Kubiak, 4:00, whoever he is, at

the Admiralty Club.

I want you to come with me.

You mean you're on the case, even though

you're not on the case anymore?

Yes, yes, doggone it.

And you and me are partners? Well, I

wouldn't say we were partners.

Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Okay, give me a

hand.

Not that. I'm not checking your

fingernails, stupid. Oh.

All right.

You see, when they took Agent Alvarez

off the case, um

they didn't have time to brief us. So,

we thought you could tell us what the

substance of this meeting is to be.

I couldn't say.

Oh.

Come on, Captain.

Can I call you Bob? Uniforms kind of bum

me out, you know?

Okay, Bob.

I happen to know that Jimmy Alvarez was

not interested in a career in the Navy.

So, what the hell kind of question did

he say he wanted to ask you about, huh?

Be a good guy. This is really important.

The USS Claremont. You were aboard the

USS Claremont?

That's right. ARG 92 was painted on the

side of that, wasn't it?

That's right. What huh? What

if I said, "What is ARG 92?" and someone

said, "My name." Would that mean

anything to you? How do you know about

that? What's ARG You just now

It didn't work on me.

You can be damn sure of that.

Oh, yeah? Why not? Because I'm one of a

small percentage of people who can't be

hypnotized, ever, by anyone. Hypnotized

by the North Koreans.

I was supposed it must have worked on

some of the others.

Who did you find? Tell me.

Oh, sorry, but can't.

Um was ARG 92 some some kind of

posthypnotic suggestion?

A

a trigger.

Yes. Was that the whole thing? Was there

more? Do you remember? I'll never forget

as long as I live.

It's a

it's a series of unlikely questions and

answers.

Obviously designed to keep anyone from

being put under accidentally.

It goes,

"What is ARG 92?"

"My name."

"What is your name?"

"ARG 92."

"Are you a human being?"

"Yes."

"Who is your master?"

"You are."

It's like the tumblers in a lock.

Once they're all in place, the lock

opens.

You do anything you're told.

There's a There's a word that brings you

out of the trance, but

that wasn't drummed into my head. I

think

I think it was a girl's name.

Or

or flower.

Hey, Harry, she she'll kept on Bob

Jimmy's list.

It's right here.

It's right here.

These are the names of five officers who

served on the Claremont.

Including me, of course.

There were seven of us.

Matthew Bream isn't on here.

Neither is Ivan Fletcher.

Ivan Fletcher?

Was on the Claremont? He was the exec.

What was there

some problem between Matthew Bream and

Fletcher, some old grudge, maybe?

Nothing.

They They were friends.

I I shouldn't say anymore.

I have to go. Oh, please, but one more

question.

Why would they do it? The North Koreans,

I mean, try to put you in a deep

hypnosis like that.

A gamble on the future, I guess.

I'm just a paper shuffler.

But Matt Bream is a congressman.

If you were

God knows what country out there, and

you owned a few people with power,

people who knew things,

and all you had to do was call them on

the phone.

Take care.

My head is

spinning.

Ivan Fletcher, I can't believe this.

And you, where did you come up with all

that stuff about ARG 92?

Hey, look. Hey, check.

Matt was one of them. He was programmed.

It's all falling into place. Except I

haven't the faintest idea what it is

that's falling into place.

A Harry, a a guy that you can hypnotize

and order to do anything you wanted in

the world. He'd be worth a lot of money,

wouldn't he?

I suppose. Captain Bob used the word

own. Now, if you own something, you can

sell it, can't you?

Hey, hey, hey, where the heck are you

going? That's fantastic. Bream doesn't

know he's open to posthypnotic

suggestion, so he isn't loyal to

anybody. I mean, anybody who had those

questions could

God brief, what if he actually got to be

president? He'd be worth billions. Well,

I just had another thought.

What if these murders were just to show

off the goods? You know, Fletcher must

be a a go-between or or a a broker or

something. He He lined up the Chinese or

the Russians or whoever. And to prove

that Matt's really under his control, he

makes him commit a murder. And Matt

never knows he's done it. That's what

makes him so valuable.

You're fantastic. Yeah, I am.

What I can't figure out though is why

Fletcher went to all that trouble with

Jimmy and me. Why didn't he have Matt

kill some other hooker? I don't know.

Ask Fletcher. Boy, wouldn't I love to.

Hey. Hey, I just figured out what we're

going to do. What? I'm going to call

Fletcher, tell him I changed my mind. I

want to go through with the original

plan, you know, where where Matt tries

to kill me and Fletcher's outside with

the cable. What?

The beauty is that the while I'm in

there with Matt, you'll be in there with

Fletcher.

lost your marbles? Bream will kill you,

and Fletcher will kill me. You still

don't get it, do you? Get what?

You You did tape Captain Bob, right? Of

course. Correct. It's right here in my

pocket, the tape.

Okay. You have it yet?

Fletcher's not the only one who knows

the trigger questions.

Hey, pull over to that pay phone, okay?

I want to call Fletcher right now.

Hey.

All right.

He goes, "Nothing."

Hello.

Hello, Matt.

I've missed you. It's a Matt. Hello.

I've missed you, too.

Yeah. Um

What is ARG 92?

My name.

What is your name?

ARG 92. Um Are you a human being? Yes.

Um who is your master?

You are. Okay. Now, Matt, um, whenever

anyone asks you again the question,

"What is ARG92?" the question will mean

nothing to you. Got that? Um,

you would just say the the USS

Claremont.

Um, this whole series of questions will

never mean anything to you again. Do you

understand? Yes.

Matthew Prewitt's unhypnotized forever.

No, you did it. You're wonderful.

No, you know something? You're

wonderful. We're both wonderful. We have

Ivan RIGHT WHERE WE WANT HIM. I'M SO

EXCITED.

OH, SORRY. SORRY. OH, the heck with it.

That was good, man.

That was very

very good.

Now, Matt.

Violent.

Oh, Ivan.

It was good to see you again. The

Claremont reunion's a wonderful idea.

Right, then I'll be in touch soon. It's

a deal.

Wow.

Why don't we just drive to Rock Creek

Park and make out?

Keep going.

And be careful.

Yeah.

Ow.

Darn.

Ah, come on. Thanks, see you, Matt. No,

you look terrific.

Where can I take you now?

Hello, Barry. Good evening, sir.

Fruitful day?

I'm not sure I know what you mean by

fruitful, sir.

Oh, you know, rendezvousing with our

boys in uniform, that sort of thing.

Boys in uniform? This is an interesting

situation. See, you know about me,

but I know you know, and now, of course,

you know I know you know.

But what's even more interesting is you

think you know something I don't know.

But not only do I know what you think I

don't know,

I know something you don't know.

You do?

That's right. My god, you are going to

kill me. You let the surveillance van,

you twit.

Uh, your gun, Harry. My gun? Ever so

gently.

It's right over there.

That's the good boy.

Now, kindly oblige me by handcuffing

yourself to that rack over there.

Okay.

Here's to

quiet evenings at home with someone like

you.

I'll drink to that.

Drink's too strong? No, it's fine. Ah,

it's time.

It's not going to work. He's

unprogrammed, and she's going to tell

him everything. And even though you've

got me, they'll get you.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry about this.

Hello, this is Matthew Brain. I'm

telling you it's not going to work.

Matt, what is ARG92?

My name.

God, it's working. What is your name?

ARG92. Matt, Matt, what are you doing?

Are you a human being? Yes. Matt!

Who is your master? You are. Matt,

WHAT'S GOING ON? HARRY, WHAT'S GOING ON

HERE? This can't be happening. Matt, you

are as strong as you need to be.

no. Don't listen to him. Samantha is not

to leave. Secure her and return to the

farm.

No!

No, no, no!

No, no!

Matt, let me go!

Samantha, no!

Matt, let me

Let me go!

Matt, Matt!

Let me go!

Good man. Stay there. Don't move.

You're not going to get away with this.

You can come in now.

Matt, let me up, huh? Let me up, please.

There's not even anyone home. Matt, LET

ME UP, PLEASE!

MATT, LET ME UP. LET ME UP.

WE were right.

You are selling him.

Here we go, gentlemen.

Matt,

kill Samantha.

Matt, what

Oh!

No!

No!

No!

Leave her alone, YOU BASTARD! YOU JUST

LEAVE HER ALONE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET

away with this.

You can't get away with this.

Harry, sit still. You're making me

nervous.

Any minute now.

Matt, don't!

Ow.

Matt!

Please don't do this. They'll get you.

They'll You don't have to do this.

You don't really You don't really want

to kill me. It's It's Fletcher who wants

you to do this.

Um,

don't worry. I'm I'm trying to think of

words now.

Hey, um,

Mary. Huh? Jane.

Um,

Esther.

Daffodil. Daffodil.

Henry. Henry.

Um, Go, Samantha, go! Shut up. Get on

with it, Matt.

Rose. Um,

um,

camellia. Camellia.

Chry- uh, chrys- CHRYSANTHEMUM. OH GOD,

MATT, NO.

UM,

UM, WISTERIA.

PANSY. PANSY.

UM,

UM, Just girls' names that are flowers.

Shut up.

Cinnamon. Tomato. No, flowers. Flowers.

Bluebell. Bluebell. Bluebell. Tulip.

Tulip. Tulip, please. Rose.

Lily. Rose.

Thanks. Rose.

Lily. Lily. Um, um,

daisy. Daisy. Lily.

IRIS.

VIOLET.

YES. YES.

SAMANTHA, WHAT IN God's name was I

doing?

Samantha.

I'm I'm timing. I'm timing. In God's

name.

What's wrong? What's happening? What is

What? WHAT? WHAT IS WHAT IS ARG92?

HELLO?

NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

DON'T BE A TWIT, YOU TWIT.

COME ON, GET A MOVE ON.

UH,

are you a human being? Yes.

Um, who is your master?

You. You are. What is he doing?

Deprogramming your secret weapon.

Forever.

Botless.

Okay. Now, if anyone ASKS YOU THE

QUESTION, "WHAT IS ARG92?" THE QUESTION

WILL MEAN NOTHING TO YOU ANYMORE. You

got that?

YES. NO, MATT. VIOLENT!

WHAT?

IVAN.

What's going on?

Somebody tell me what's happening.

Samantha. Bradley, take her in.

You leave me alone!

FLETCHER, THE TRAITOR. YOU WERE

HYPNOTIZED IN NORTH KOREA. NOW, SHE'S

TRYING TO SAY IN THE HIGHEST FIDELITY.

IVAN,

IS ALL this true? I'm afraid it is,

Matt.

STOP HER!

GET HER AWAY FROM THE DOOR!

KILL HER.

FREEZE! HARRY!

GET UP.

I WISH YOU HADN'T FOUND OUT, MAN.

I truly regret this.

Randy?

Come on out.

Give me that.

Fletcher.

Wallet, can you get it? They're in my

pocket.

Give me one.

Okay.

Here's the plan.

I think we should stay here. No, no, no.

I'm going to make a dash for it. Hit the

floor rolling, and you're going to cover

me.

How do you know it was like the block?

You had a coat hanging and a gun to

cover something. HERE WE GO.

HE'S DEAD.

HE'S DEAD.

OH, MAN.

OH, MAN.

OH, MAN.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah.

Where's Fletcher?

He must still be alive. Well, where'd he

go?

Upstairs. I'll check upstairs. You stay

here. Not in your life.

Check over there.

Harry.

Is

Harry.

Harry.

Harry.

I'm up here.

Come on.

There was a window open. He got away.

Come on, boys.

Any window?

Put it down.

And you two ruined everything.

No.

I I don't believe this.

LET'S GET THE BASTARD. YOU CAN TELL ME

THE TRUTH.

YOU KILLED MATT, did you kill Jimmy?

Not personally. You didn't have the

guts, did you?

Okay, now this is the biggie. Why me?

Huh? WHY WHY'D YOU HAVE MATT JUST KILL

ANY OTHER HOOKER? WHY'D YOU NEED ME?

Because he

they wouldn't buy them unless they

saw him kill somebody he cares about.

Well, how the hell did YOU KNOW HE'D

EVEN GO FOR ME?

He told him to.

I went to so much trouble. You know,

this was

this was really a

and a lot of work, too. If I hadn't done

it, I might have been

uh

I would

I would

All right.

Rich.

Well, it has certainly been bizarre.

And I have just

made a decision. Yes.

All of this

never happened. I don't understand.

Well, the deputy director and the

congressman were slain by armed

intruders who burst into a party that

you two just were incidentally

attending, and you survived. Police will

search diligently for the perpetrators.

See? Aren't I smart?

Gordon, you're talking about a cover-up

here. Harry, do you believe everything

that you say happened happened?

Well, I I I I know it sounds bizarre,

but Yeah, see, if it sounds bizarre to

you, and I think it's bizarre, how are

we going to make Congress believe it?

Or worse yet, Harry, 60 minutes.

Now, take a second and mull that over.

That long enough?

Harry, I want you to take the rest of

the week off, and then report Monday to

permanent field operations duty. That's

a promotion. More money.

Isn't that nice? Well, uh

I don't know. Can I think about it?

Sorry. Orders.

Whose? Mine.

Oh.

Samantha, you were just resourceful and

altogether terrific. I wish you were an

SOB agent.

But since you aren't, it was nice

ever meeting you.

I've got work to do, if you'd Excuse me.

Gordon, what am I supposed to do with

her?

What?

She was released in my custody.

Well then, I hope you'll be very happy

together.

No, Gordon, you don't understand. I

mean, she was released in my custody.

Have a nice day.

Uh

Listen.

So, uh

think you'll be sticking around for a

while?

I have to stick around, stupid. I'm in

your custody. I'm your ward.

I'll probably get a job, you know,

something real

Well, look, I was thinking that uh

maybe we could

maybe we could uh um

Well, you know, uh

Well, you did say I was almost cute.

Harry, I'm

I'm kind of traumatized, you know? A guy

I used to be in love with just died. A

guy I really admired died.

Anyway, I'm a criminal. You don't like

criminals.

You're not a criminal anymore.

How do you know? I'll be anything I want

to be. Maybe I'll be a criminal, maybe I

won't.

Oh, and then there's you. You You are

without doubt the straightest, most

uptight citizen I have ever met.

Do you know what it really is about you?

It just hit me.

Not once since I met you, not one lousy

time has your necktie been untied. It's

always neat. That's why you and I have

no future. That's the dumbest thing I

ever heard.

I don't care.

Well, can't we at least try?

Try what? I don't know.

My necktie just stays up there like that

by itself. I can't help it.

Dog gone it.

You know what really gets me sore? What?

You never even got to hear me play the

piccolo.

Well, there are a lot of things I didn't

get to do, either. Like what? I didn't

get to go out to Rock Creek Park and

make out with you.

I I never got to do a real good doorknob

code with you. Never got to have you

make mad, passionate love to me.

But if you're in a guy's custody, and he

wants to play the piccolo,

you got to listen.

First thing you're doing is taking off

that tie. I can't. It's sewn to my

shirt.

Not tied.

And my shirt's sewn onto my

Well,

jeez.

No.

As I was saying, my shirt's sewn to my

jacket and pants.

It's all with these. If I can open the

safe up, I can get that suit off of you.