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'Nice, low profile, huh?'

'Not too much drift.'

'Still too much wobble.'

Ah. Thanks.

Still having trouble with stability?

No, no, it'll be alright with Jon driving.

It's balanced for his weight.

That's good.

Why don't you try a speed run?

Uh, no, we got to, we gotta get back to the beat, thanks.

Jon, that sheriff's team is out for blood

and so are these fire department guys.

And Lewis and Murphy are practically professional riders.

I mean, we're staking our reputation on this race.

Plus money, you know, some of the guys are betting on you.

I'll be in there, alright?

Don't worry about it.

Ponch, he's got to practice sometime.

Hey, he will. I'm bringin' him along.

I just don't want him to leave his race in the gym.

Is anything wrong with him?

No, not a thing. I'm team manager, right?

Would I lie?

Hah.

Jon, you gotta practice sometime.

Yeah. I will.

Is anything wrong with you, huh?

No. I'm alright.

Huh, my legs are a little sore.

I mean, you worked me so hard in the gym last night

I had cramps all morning.

A hot tub, that's what you need, is a hot tub.

What I need is a rest.

Rover, this is Spotter.

'Got a big, brown fish zooming your way.'

'Go for it, yeah?'

10-4, big brother. Come ahead. Let's go.

Oh! Ah!

Oh! My neck, mom.

Ow! It hurts, mom! Ow!

- Mom, I'm hurt!

My boy is hurt!

Maniac, look what you done, man. You might have killed us!

Hey, mister, I didn't see you.

This fella forced us right off the road.

Look what he done to my family.

I seen it all, you driving your big

fancy boat down the highway.

He came out of that bar at that motel back yonder

right spang in front of me.

Mom, my neck hurts bad.

Somebody get a doctor!

I'll get one, lady. I'll get the highway patrol.

Wait. Wait just a minute.

I smell booze on you, mister.

Hey, sonny, where do you hurt?

It's his neck. It may be broke!

It's alright, lady. I don't think he's hurt too bad.

Why don't you all just wait

right here while I get the police?

Alright, n-now, j-j-just, just hold it, please.

I mean, the kid is movin' around alright

and you did turn out in front of me.

You're blaming me? I made my stop.

I'll sue you in every court in the land.

Alright. Alright, just hold it, please.

S-supposing that I give you, uh, $500 cash

and, uh, we just keep our insurance companies out of it?

Five hundred dollars won't hardly take care of my truck.

- I'm goin' for the law. - O-okay, here. Take it all.

Don't take it, boy. It's crooked.

Uh, hey, fellas

the, uh, the lady that I'm with is

'not exactly my, uh..'

If my wife and family find out about this..

You liked to have wiped out my family.

Here, take the money.

And this is a platinum watch.

Uh, a $400 sapphire ring.

'Okay'

Son, if you take that stuff

I wash my hands of this whole affair.

Uh. Alright, mister.

You be careful next time, you hear?

Yeah. Thanks.

I hope the boy's alright.

You alright, Jamie?

- Fine. - You done good, son.

Now go on and round up them chickens.

There's $900 in cash, plus the jewelry.

That ain't bad.

All the way we know how to make money, though

I don't see why we have to take a chance like that

especially with Jamie in the truck.

'That man could have hit us so hard.'

Not with Lonny driving.

Next to me, my brother's

just about the best there is.

Go on, hon. Help round up them chickens.

Chop chop, darling.

- 'Go on. Go on.' - I'm going.

Afternoon, folks.

Need any help?

Was there another car involved here, Mr. Smith?

Another car?

Somebody left some pretty heavy tire marks in the road.

That must have been some other time, I reckon.

It's just me today.

I seen that little dog running across the road

and I swerved and hit that ridge

and I came into this ditch here.

I was driving right behind these good folks here

and if there'd been another car, I would have seen it.

Alright. Well, I'm glad no one was hurt.

'Thanks for stopping by.'

You bet.

A reminder to motor officers

who have not filed their 184s, get 'em in.

Okay, a flier from Sacramento.

"A series of highway mishaps and accidents.."

'Not many details.'

"Uh, possibly a gang with an insurance rip-off scheme

working its way southward."

There seems to be reason to suspect that it might be

the remnants of the once-famous Wilson family.

Now, they haven't worked this area in the coast for, uh..

Well, I don't know how many years

but they're experts in bunko and fraud.

When they hit a town, they hit it like Halley's comet.

And if they're doing it on wheels, be advised

the Wilsons can be dangerous.

Sarge, the makeup of this gang, do we know?

Uh, nobody's really known. It's very sketchy. Why?

Well, Ponch and I ran into something kind of strange, uh..

...a family by the name of Smith.

Country folk, hillbilly type.

Well, if I remember correctly

the Wilsons are from the Ozarks.

Yeah, well, we didn't have any real evidence of a violation.

Unless they gave us some false IDs.

Which the Wilsons would do.

Why don't you draw up descriptions

for circulation, alright?

'Okay, anything else?'

Alright, that's it.

I'll do the report.

Is he gonna practice today?

- The speedmobile race.

What am I? The only one who takes that seriously?

I mean, you were elected team manager.

I know I'm managing. I'm gonna find us a pit crew.

Swell, but it's much more important

that you get our rider to practice.

Grossie, if I didn't know how tight you were with a buck

I'd swear you got your whole life savings in this race.

Wrong, not that much

but I did bet.

- Two dollars.

Whoa.

'Yeah, we were really something in those days, Jamie.'

'All us Wilsons together.'

That's before your granny died.

My mama, your daddy's mama.

We was something.

I remember going to Grandma Wilson's house one day.

Me and your daddy made her a promise when she died.

Last two brothers..

...we'd stay together no matter what.

Raise our young'uns up to be Wilsons.

Of course, I never had any young'uns

but you're my brother's boy. You're a Wilson.

Oh, look at that, Jamie.

'Look at that. What do I see up there?'

Here, you better tell your daddy about that.

Rover, this is Little Scout. We got a pigeon.

We're pullin' over.

10-4, Little Scout.

Hey, let's go.

Hey!

Hey! What are you doin'?

Hey!

Suspects fled in an old gray Ford sedan

and a black truck, white camper.

NFI on the vehicles

last seen westbound Mulholland.

'10-4, LA 7-Charles.'

Look, I spent a week in Las Vegas

I can't do anything wrong.

I come back home, my car conks out and I'm ripped off.

'They took everything, my luggage was in the front seat.'

They took it all.

You sure there were only two guys?

Hey, I didn't say, "only two," I said, "at least two."

Well, we may know who these people are.

At least, we've seen the vehicles before.

You alright?

I saw the whole thing, mister.

It was the limo driver's fault.

- He ran right into you. He pulled right o--

Hey, I don't care whose fault it was.

I mean, I've got a plane to catch.

That's it. Let's have a look.

Hey, look-a-here.

'Look at the loot.'

Cameras, tape recorders, furs..

- Jackpot! - This guy was no amateur.

'He must have cleaned out every car and hotel room in Vegas.'

'Look at this, he even ripped off ashtrays, silverware.'

What's the matter, hon?

Oh, Lonny, where are we going with all this?

Where's it all taking us?

You starting that again, Claire?

Lonny, I can't stand living this kind of life anymore.

I'm afraid for Jamie. I'm afraid for us.

We're the last of the Wilsons, Claire.

It's our way of life.

You knew that when you married me.

Lonny, I married you 'cause I loved you.

Lonny...we were so young then and...the Wilson clan seemed

like a fun way to live, but we're older now.

And we're going nowhere. Can't you see that?

But this is the only life I've ever known.

Lonny, you don't need it. You're a genius with cars.

You could get a good job anywhere.

You know I love you and Jamie..

...but when ma died, me and Daws, we promised--

Daws made that promise, and he tied you to it.

'Now, ma is dead. She's gone.'

That whole running, thieving way of life could go with her

if you'd just let it go.

- 'Lonny, you could be free.'

- He's my brother.

What about me? What about us?

'You want your son to grow up and be ignorant, be a thief?'

'Maybe in prison somewhere, maybe dead on a highway?'

- No. - Then, you gotta tell Daws.

You gotta talk to him right now

before it's too late for all of us.

He blew it. I felt this was coming.

I mean, he needs more practice.

It's only a trial run, Grossie.

On race day, he'll do better. That I promise.

Promises, promises.

Okay, ladies. Let's get him out, alright?

Come on, partner. I promised you a pit crew.

- There you go. - Yeah.

Come on. Come on out.

You're a nice guy, Baker

but you know where nice guys finish.

Yeah, well, I was saving myself.

Saturday, you'll see some speed.

Didn't see much today, that's for sure.

But you gotta admit, Murph, they've got the pit crew.

Yeah, hey, why don't you ladies

'come on over and root for a winner?'

Yeah, the sheriff's department inter-service champions--

Until the fire department takes the trophy on Saturday.

Aw, close.

You weren't doing your best, were you, Jon?

Yeah, I was. The gears need adjusting.

Harlan, the gears.

Okay, okay.

Hey there. How you doing?

- Uh, it's a speedmobile.

It's a race vehicle, pedal power.

Like a bike?

- Well, yes and no. - It's a hybrid.

You see, it's a high-speed bicycle frame

redesigned with a shell to cut down on wind resistance.

- That's really neat. - Yeah.

What's your name? My name is Jon.

This is Harlan, Grossie, Ponch.

Jamie? - I'm Jamie.

You live around here, Jamie?

Uh, just over on the other side of the hills.

Haven't I seen you here before?

Nope, not me.

'Hey, what do you say?'

Hey, speed demons, how goes the practice?

Could be a lot better.

We're rounding into shape.

Yeah, well, maybe Jamie can give it a better ride than..

Hey, it's time for your workout, man.

What are you doing here?

Working on that disappearing act.

Working on a what?

That boy Jamie, the one that you thought

you'd seen before, and so did I.

Hey, remember the kid that was chasing the chickens?

Yeah, I remember there was one. Why?

Yeah, in this file over here

I remember reading a report

about a boy and a woman

who happened to be at the scene

of one of the Wilson family capers.

Just a woman and a boy?

Yeah, who disappeared the same way Jamie did today.

Hey, partner, he could have gone over to one of the other bikes

got lost in the crowd.

Yeah, could be.

The sooner you find what you're looking for..

...the sooner you'll get to your workout.

Dad, you think someday we can get a bike with a hood

like a speedmobile?

Sure, Jamie.

I bet you can make one.

You bet.

You should have seen them go.

They went a 100 miles an hour.

That fast, huh?

Well, mighty fast, I guarantee.

Jamie, don't never guarantee unless you're sure.

A man's gotta back up his guarantees

'and you're gonna be 13 tomorrow.'

Yeah and I can do a man's work.

No more easy stuff with ma, right?

'That's right, Jamie, and I'll start'

'teaching you everything I know.'

Partner, that's plenty.

Alright, she's ready.

Let's get practicing done before Claire comes back.

Alright, Jamie, your daddy's gonna be doing the driving.

He's going to be driving slow the first few times.

Now, I want you to come in at this angle

right here, like this.

When you get about right here..

...shove off..

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, sir. No, sir!

You don't go over.

Lonny, he's done that a dozen times.

Yeah, with me or you driving.

Some pigeon at the wheel, half scared to death

there's no telling what might happen.

I can do it, dad.

No. You don't go over. Fall away.

' - It's alright, Jamie.

We don't want you getting hurt, go ahead and do it

like your daddy says.

Okay.

'I'm sorry.'

I'm sorry.

Lordy, Lordy, this boy's hurt bad.

Now don't move him. I'm a doctor.

I'll take over here.

Alright, now, that's fine. That's all we need.

That's good, Jamie. Try it one more time.

Jamie?

- Jamie! - Jamie.

- Boo! - Sheesh.

You rascal, I thought you was really out.

Jamie, don't tell your mother about the bicycle stunt.

You know how women worry.

Yeah, I reckon.

- Yes, sir, I am.

Alright, find yourself a pigeon.

If he's moving too fast

you peel off and look for another one.

- Yes, sir, I do.

Give the car a good, hard slap, and fall away.

Anything goes wrong, I'll meet you at the bus stop

in half an hour, okay?

I got it, pa.

Good luck, son.

Jamie, you're a Wilson. You're a man.

A boy would slap the car and fall away, like your daddy says.

A man would go over the hood, the way I taught you.

Make a lot more money, huh?

That's right, boy. Go to it.

I-I didn't see him.

I-I didn't see him. He-he just came out of nowhere.

- You told him to do that. - Get hold of yourself.

He's fine. Alright, step back.

Step back, please. I'm a doctor.

I-I seen the whole thing. It was all his fault.

This boy is badly hurt.

We're gonna have to get him to the hospital.

Well, that's going to take money.

This-this boy don't look like he's got any money.

Listen, I think you ought to pay for it.

How about it You got any money?

Well, I-I-I'll do whatever I-I can, of course.

Come on.

Hey...there's a couple of motorcycle cops coming this way.

I'll go flag them down.

Wait a minute. What we need is an ambulance.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Run to the bus stop.

Hey, call an ambulance.

'Everyone, stand back. Let him get some air.'

I got your call. The ambulance is on the way.

- He's drifting in and out.

We've met him before. His name is Jamie.

There were two guys here that did a vanishing act.

The Wilson clan?

Yeah, maybe. Ponch is out looking for 'em.

I'll stand by here.

- Thank you.

That, those, that might be for Jamie.

- I think he was really hurt. - He wasn't hurt.

Now, just relax.

You told him to come to the bus stop, he's coming..

'Did you see that? Was he looking at us?'

- 'Yeah. Oh, let's go' - 'Oh, he is turning around.'

You okay?

Don't ask, man.

- Bonnie. - Oh, hi.

He's got a couple bad bruises and a mild concussion

but you can talk to him, I just did.

Okay, has anybody made any inquiries about him?

Nope or notified either.

He won't tell me or the doctor anything.

Alright, Ponch is contacting county welfare.

Tell him where I'm at, alright?

- Okay - Thank you.

Hey. How you feeling, Jamie?

Doctor says, you had a close call.

- I'm okay. - Yeah, that's good.

- I never said that.

- No, your father said that.

Yeah, my partner and I were the highway patrolmen

that stopped out there when your camper truck ran off the road.

Remember, you and your mom were chasing the chickens, huh?

Oh, I don't remember nothin'.

Well, the man said he was your father

and said your name was Smith.

It is Smith, right?

Or is it Wilson?

Just leave me alone.

Alright, Jamie.

I don't need to put you through this routine.

But I know you were with two men today

and they were using the same car that I saw

out there with that camper truck.

Now, I don't think they would've gone off and left you if they

would've thought you were hurt, so you wanna tell me

where I can find them so I can let them know?

You wanna tell me where I can find your mother?

I mean, she's probably worried sick about you.

I'm not going to tell you nothing!

I never did you no harm!

Just get out of here. Just go!

Alright, Jamie. You think about it, now.

Oh, uh, by the way, I forgot to tell you.

In a case like this, we have to contact

the county welfare department.

And I just thought you would much rather be with your family

you know what I mean?

Hey, look, Jamie.

Believe it or not, we really wanna help, alright?

Think about it.

Well, he said he lived over the hill somewhere

'but I don't know what hill he meant.'

'He can't be too far away.'

You take the high road and I'll take the low road.

Yeah, sounds like a plan.

Officer, I don't know what you're talking about.

My wife and my boy are visiting relations.

I told you before, my name's Smith.

Smith, huh?

Well, that's what I'm gonna put on the warrant, Mr. Smith.

What warrant?

I'm gonna come out here and search, Mr. Smith

after I file on you for endangering the health

and welfare of that boy.

Now, hold on here. I love my son.

You don't even care what hospital he's in.

You know, you're not only an unfit parent

you're the most cold-blooded unfit parent

I've ever ran into in my life.

'Hey, wait!'

Daws!

Glad we got rid of that guy.

Did you hear what he said about me?

Lonny, just calm down.

Calm down nothing. Daws, it's over.

It is notover. It wasn't my fault.

And it wasn't Lonny's fault. It wasn't nobody's fault.

You just left him there. You run off.

Claire, we did notrun off.

We thought he was doing his part of the scam

playing hurt like, wasn't he?

Daws, it don't make no difference.

We left him.

Now we gotta go find where he's at

and get him out, pack up camp, and git.

Lonny, I'm the head of the family

and I'll make the decisions.

- Jamie! - Jamie!

Jamie! Oh, God.

You're okay. Where have you been?

What happened to you? Where were you?

'I was on the ground and then I woke up'

'and I was in the hospital..'

Alright, the car you chased was not there and you suspect

the man gave you false identification.

Now, no judge is gonna issue a search warrant

on that kind of complaint.

Suspicion of stolen goods.

Suspicion of contraband.

Suspicion of fraud.

On what grounds?

Suspicion of child neglect.

That's not our ball of wax.

Look, Joe, the kid's already left the hospital.

I mean, it's gonna be duck soup for him to hitch a ride.

Now, if we don't go out there with something

they're gonna be gone.

Yeah, but if you go out there with nothing

they're gonna beat the rap.

Yeah.

I guess we go back out there and observe.

They're gonna construe that as invasion of privacy

unless Ponch comes up with a search warrant

and I don't think he will.

Got one.

Well...what are you waiting for?

I reckon she'll work as good as any $200 clunker.

Well, that's just about everything.

Do we have to go? I feel good now, honest.

Jamie, I didn't know you was really hurt.

I am plum ashamed that we went off and left you.

'Next time could be worse.'

Except there ain't gonna be no next time.

Next time, I'll be more careful.

Jamie, you're sounding like a full-blooded Wilson. Yes, sir.

- Now, Daws-- - 'Wait a minute.'

I'm not saying you and Claire are wrong.

I'm saying you're right. We gotta get out of here.

But...I think we should pull one big Wilson caper along the way.

Where in heck did you get that thing?

Out of that bag from that sports car.

I figure a bank.

We hit the right one, we can take in enough money

to lay low for a good, long time.

- Now, think about it.

- No. No. - No, Jamie.

Don't say no to me, little brother.

We're the last of the Wilsons, you and me and Jamie!

No! No!

You do what you want to, Daws.

Me, Claire and Jamie we're gonna find ourselves a decent life

because I ain't no unfit parent, I promise you that.

Get ready to leave, honey.

You done this to us, Claire. Blood's thicker than water.

Jamie, you say goodbye to your Uncle Daws.

The station wagon's yours.

I'm sorry, Uncle Daws.

It's alright, Jamie.

Family ain't gonna die.

You're a game boy, I seen that in you a long time ago.

Me, I'm more a father to you than your own pa is.

Me and you, Jamie

we're going to put the Wilsons on the map.

What are you doing, Uncle Daws?

'Hey, pa! Pa!'

- Daws! - 'Wait up, Uncle Daws!'

Ma!

Wait here. I'll get him.

No.

Is your name Wilson?

Mrs. Wilson, has Jamie come back here?

Yes. There.

'No, wait.'

My husband's in the camper

and his brother Daws is

in the station wagon and Daws has got Jamie

and he's got a gun.

Slow up, Uncle Daws. Slow up.

That's pa back there. Slow up.

Stop! It's just pa. Stop!

Pa! Pa went off the road.

'Pa!'

'Pa! My pa!'

Stay on the ground, Jamie.

Okay, Wilson, if you have a gun, throw it out the window.

Okay, come out with your hands on your head.

My pa!

I won't run off. He's my brother.

Pa!

- Hold it. - That's my kid.

Jamie.

'Ten, nine, eight'

'seven, six, five, four'

three, two, one, start!

'Go! Go!'

Alright, good clean start.

'Looks like the fire department is pulling ahead.'

'CHP and sheriff's department.'

'Sheriff's department making a good, clean move up.'

'And sheriff's department pulling in again.'

'Sheriff's department coming up fast.'

'CHP beginning to make a move.'

- Go! - Go!

'CHP, fire department, and sheriff's department.'

'CHP..'

'CHP pulling ahead.'

CHP!

Good going, gang.

Hey, Jon, I knew you could do it.

Boy, am I glad I upped the bet to 12 bucks.

12 bucks?

Well, I have great faith in Jon

never a moment of doubt.

Alright, girls, let's get him out.

- Alright! - Yeah.

Hey, Jamie.

I promised you a ride in the speedmobile.

It's out in the parking lot. You ready?

Well, uh, do I get a pit crew?

I'll see what I can do, alright?

You know, you did the right thing cooperating

helping us recover all that stolen property.

It won't hurt when your trial comes up in court.

I sure hope it helps my brother some.

Yeah, but the main thing is..

...we're gonna have us a home.

Yeah, and you get to go to regular school.

' - Uh-huh.

'Alright.'

Okay, Jamie, let's go.

Uh, where's the pit crew?

- We're it. - I built the machine.

Hey, we're good. Believe me.

Well, okay, but the pit crew you had at the track

was a lot better-lookin'.