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A fire
Which claimed three lives

In a south bay
Warehouse yesterday

Is believed
To have been deliberately set.

The south bay district

Has been plagued
By a series of similar fires

In the last three months,

Leading authorities
To speculate arson is involved.

They have no suspects.

Jazz composer eduardo barla
Was eulogized today

In a private ceremony
At our lady of the sea.

Barla died of leukemia
Last thursday

At the age of 56.

The murder trial of gambling
Kingpin lou janero ended today.

Samantha walker
Has that story.

After four days
Of deliberation,

The jury has found
Lou janero guilty

Of the murder
Of paul cirella.

Cirella, a member of janero's
Criminal organization,

Was to testify against janero
In an upcoming trial

On charges of bookmaking
And tax evasion.

Assistant district attorney
Thomas mcsherry

Credited inspector
Harry callahan

For his part in the successful
Prosecution of lou janero.

Much of the credit should go
To inspector callahan.

Without him, janero
Would still be in business.

The evidence
Provided by the inspector

Not only implicated janero
In cirella's murder,

But also provided
The d.A.'s office

With the means
To file additional charges

Against janero for bookmaking
And illegal gambling

Here in the bay area.

I'm samanta walker.
Back to you, pat.

[sirens]

[police dispatcher]
6624, 6624.

1628 north berry.
Investigators en route.

6624, you're clear.

Get off my ass.

[brakes squeal]

[gunfire]

Ah!

Ah!

[sirens]

He's going!

Did you recognize
Any of the attackers,
Callahan?

Does this attack
Have anything to do

With your testimony
At the janero trial?

Has janero put out
A contract on your life?

Have you received
Death threats?

Has the department
Offered you protection?

Hold it, will you?

The department will issue
A complete statement

Once we've conducted
Our own investigation.

$13,453.63.

That's how much
An unmarked squad car
Costs this department.

That's the third
God damn car

You trashed this month.

Lou janero's men
Shot up the car.

Send him the bill.

Very funny, harry.

You're off the street,
Effective immediately!

All this
For a friggin' car?

At lieutenant
Ackerman's request

With the chief's
Approval.

I won't
Shuffle papers--

Just until
We figure out
Janero.

He may be in prison,

But he's calling
The shots, literally.

And it wouldn't do
To have our hero

Turned into swiss cheese
Before his commendation.

You're getting
A commendation.

Swell.

It's time
We took advantage

Of the press
You've been getting.

How do you
Propose to do that?

It's my opinion
You should work
In public relations.

Opinions are like assholes.
Everybody has one.

I don't think you realize

What you've done
For the department's image.

You put a major
Crime figure in prison.

You've got high
Visibility right now,

And for once,
It's positive.

You know
What that means

In terms
Of recruitment?

Look at this copy.

We've never been
This swamped

With requests
For interviews.

I'm not
Some dog and pony act.

It's important we maximize
Your public relations value

While we can.

Getting personal
With reporters
Is not my job.

Your job is promoting
A positive image.

How positive
Would it be
If I resigned...

Lieutenant?

Well, don't
Misunderstand me.

All I'm asking for
Is a little cooperation.

I--
All right.

I guess
We don't have to

Pull you off
The street completely,

If you'd just cooperate
With the press!

Anything else?

Yeah.

Quan, would you
Come in here?

Quan's moving over

From youth gang task force
To homicide.

Good. Homicide can always
Use a cop with al's experience.

If you want to
Stay on the street,

You take quan
To watch your back.

That's final.

That's just swell.

Most of my partners
End up hospitalized or dead.

Ask al how he feels.

What about it, quan?

Any objections
To working with callahan?

I think
I can handle it.

Get a bulletproof
Vest, kid.

Teaming callahan
With a chinese-american

Would be good
For the department's image.

Do you
Have any kids,
Lieutenant?

No.

Lucky for them.

[heavy metal
Rock music playing]

Woooaaaaa!

* welcome to the jungle *

* we got fun and games *

* we got
Everything you want *

* we know the names *

* we are
The people that can find *

* whatever you may need *

* if you've got
The money, honey *

* we got your disease *

* in the jungle *

* welcome to the jungle *

* watch it bring you
To your *

* kn-kn-kn-knees *

* knees *

* oh! *

* ah! I want to
Watch you bleed *

* welcome to the jungle *

* we take it
Day by day *

* if you want it,
You're gonna bleed *

* but it's
The price you pay *

* and you're
A very sexy girl *

* who's
Very hard to please *

* you can chase
The bright lights... **

Cut! Cut!

You're out of sync,
Johnny.

What's the problem, luv?

Aah!

I don't believe it!
Where is that fool?

Jeff!

Jeff!

We've had
A short, peter.

You said
You'd fixed the bugs.

"Trust me," you said.

That's how they say
"Fuck you" in this business.

I checked it.

I've got
A back-up head.

Just give me
20 minutes.

Do it!
And no more cock-ups!

That goes for the rest
Of you incompetent morons!

Come on!

This sucks, man.

How can I sing

With shit exploding
Everywhere?

It was just
An accident, johnny.

This movie's
An accident.

How the fuck
Did I get talked
Into this shit?

You needed
A music video,

And I needed this sequence
For the film.

We're both getting
What we want.

We're shooting
In a god damn
Meat locker.

I need it cold

So the audience
Can see your breath.

Brilliant!

We won't
Be original,

But I'll freeze
My ass off.

What's that mean?

It means
A director with talent

Would have the guts
To shoot something original

Instead of ripping off
The exorcist.

This isn't a rip-off.

It's a homage,
You stupid--

Oh, jesus.
I don't believe you.

What?

You're hurting,
Aren't you?

What are
You talking about?

You promised me,
Not during shooting.

I know what I'm doing.

I can handle it.

Don't fuck up my film!

I can handle it!

Just let me go back
To the trailer

And get it together,

And then
We'll kick some ass.

Ok?

Ok.

Can I get a coat?

Get a coat,
Please, for johnny.

Now what do we do?

Johnny's like
A trained seal.

Throw him a fish,
He'll perform.

Rise and shine, boys.

Time to get up.

* na uh uh **

Ohh...

[door closes]

Hey...

Ha ha!

What's happenin'?

Uh!

Uh!

[gasping]

Ah!

Oh, jesus!

Oh, jesus!

Oh!

Oooaaah!

[camera clicks]

I always knew
That working homicide
Would be glamorous.

Well, I mean,
Meeting celebrities and all.

Well, too bad
You can't get his autograph.

You know, harry.

They always
Die in threes.

Hmm?

When one celebrity dies,

Two more
Go in a week.

Well, it's
A fact, harry.

Celebrities
Always die in threes.

This one's
Got crystalline powder

Around
His nose and mouth,

Scabs up and down
Both arms,

Fresh puncture marks
On his left forearm.

Yeah. Homicide
Can be really glamorous.

All right.
Take the dummy out, please.

Megan?

I want a 3-inch lens,
Very tight.

Try not to drop it.

Let's hurry up
And shoot this

And wrap this up, please!

My second assistant and I
Found johnny in his trailer.

He was just lying there.

At first,
We thought it was a joke.

When was the last time
You saw him alive?

About half an hour
Before that.

He went back
To his trailer.

Was he alone?

I don't know,

But he was alone
When we found him.

Anyone on your set
Use drugs?

We don't do drugs,
Callahan.

We do film.

Uh-huh.

What people do
Is their own business.

As long as it doesn't
Interfere with my film,

I don't give a shit.

What about squares?
Was he using?

How should I know?

Look, johnny had
Agents, lawyers, friends.

If he
Had a drug problem,

It was their job
To take care of it.

That's a very
Caring attitude.

Drugs were
Johnny's trademark.

He made his career
Singing about them.

It made him
Controversial.

I can see why
You'd want him
In your flick.

It was purely
A marketing decision.

Johnny squares
Sells tickets.

You know,
Bums on seats, luv.

You know
Who supplied him?

No...But if
I hear anything,

You'll be
The first one I call.

Marvelous.

Check on anyone
Who dealt with squares,

Whether it's
His cast and crew--

Inspector callahan?

Inspector?

Ah, shit!

We've just heard
Johnny squares od'd.

Is that true?

We're conducting
An investigation now.

At this moment,
Nothing's been--

Sam.

Oh, thank you,
Inspector.

Excuse me.
Are you suzanne dayton?

What's
Going on here?

Johnny?

Johnny?

I'm sorry, miss.

Wait a minute!

No! Johnny!

Johnny!

Oh, my god!

No!

Calm down.

Everything
Will be ok.

Can we give her
A little air?

No!

Please, please.

Keep shooting her.

Knock it off
With that camera.

I can film
Whatever I want!

This is
Someone else's heartache.

Right in here!

Smart.

[television]
300 personnel
From the armed forces

Will participate.

Police arrested three people
Today in oakland.

They are believed
To have been connected

To last week's narcotics bust
In the east bay.

The drugs' street value

Was estimated
At well over a million dollars.

The suspects are also believed
To be members of a gang

Involved in a shoot-out
With police last month,

Which left
Two police officers wounded.

Information has it
The gang involved

Is just a small cog
In the wheel

Of a much larger
Crime organization.

A special crime task force

Is being organized
To carry out the investigation.

Entertainment critic
Molly fisher

Has this to say
About the latest films

Scheduled for summer release.

The distribution of movies
Follows a seasonal pattern,

With the more adult films

Generally held back
For fall or winter release.

Unfortunately, these are
The dog days of summer,

And I do mean dog when
It comes to this next film.

High and dry is the kind
Of mindless film comedy

That typifies summer films
Aimed at the youth market.

The humor is
Of the locker room variety,

And audiences expecting
Anything more sophisticated

Will have to look elsewhere--

Rock star johnny squares
Was found dead this afternoon.

Samantha walker
Filed this report.

The body of johnny squares
Was discovered in his trailer

At the royal meat company,

Where he was filming
The movie hotel satan.

Investigators would not
Comment on his cause of death,

But squares had
A history of drug use.

Squares was arrested last year
For heroin possession.

His songs were allegedly
Based on his drug--

[explosions]

[speaking chinese]

What's that
All about?

It's my past
Catching up with me.

When I was a kid,

I was in the gang
That hit him up
For protection money.

All my life,
I've been involved
With gangs.

I thought homicide
Would be something
Different.

It's different,
All right.

[gunshot]

Call for back-up.

Get the fuck
Out of here!

I'm coming!

Come on!

Hurry up!

Come on!

Aah!

Move it!

Put your money
On the table!

Don't move!
Don't fuck with me, lady!

Come on, you guys!

You forgot
Your fortune cookie.

What?

It says...

"You're shit
Out of luck."

Out of the way!

Ah!

Yah!

[sirens]

Well...

I think teaming up
With a chinese-american

Is good
For the department's image.

Stay behind the line here.

Who was he?

Some poor guy
In the wrong place
At the wrong time.

Dean madison
Was his name.

Does it
Ring a bell?

No, never heard of him.

He knew you, harry.

I found this list
Of celebrities
In his pocket.

Tony engedal,
The linebacker,

Michael cipriano,
The race car driver,

And, uh...
One inspector harry callahan.

Johnny squares
Is also on that list.

Do you see what's
Written beside his name?

Yeah, "R.I.P."

Rest in peace.

Do you know
What this is, callahan?

A bill for a tv camera and lens.

When I said to stop
Wrecking cars,

I didn't mean
To destroy
Something else.

They were interfering
With an investigation.

You're not cooperating
With the media.

Cooperation works
Two ways, lieutenant.

What do you have
Against reporters?

Some
Are marvelous people.

Others like to
Walk through a pile

And track it
Through an investigation.

Change
Your attitude fast.

Unless we come
To an agreement
With these people,

It's liable to cost us
$2 million and your career!

Would you
Join us, please?

This is
Samantha walker
Of station kwsf.

Captain donnelly.

Miss walker.

Captain.

And this
Is inspector--

Callahan.
Yes, we've met.

Oh, yes.
Of course.

Won't you sit down?

Thank you.

Miss walker, uh...

Lieutenant ackerman tells me
You have a proposal to make

Regarding accidental damage
To a television--

There was nothing
Accidental about it, captain.

The department might
Have something else

To say about that.

Although the camera itself
Was destroyed,

I have the
Entire incident on video.

I see.

And your proposal?

We may be willing to drop
The lawsuit against the city,

But that all depends
On inspector callahan.

I'm sure the inspector
Would cooperate--

What do you have in mind?

Dinner.

Um...I owe you
An apology.

You were right
About what I did.

I had no business

Intruding on
That girl's grief.

I get too eager.

In my rush to get
The story first,

I made an error
In judgment.

We all make those
Sometimes.

No, I should
Have known better.

I'm sorry.

Let me ask you
Something, miss walker.

Sam.

Sam, do you like cops?

As long as they're not
In my rearview mirror.

I wondered what
We're supposed to be
Talking about here,

Other than the damage
To the camera.

Oh, no, no.

I'm willing to let
The insurance company
Deal with that.

And I think
I can be persuaded

To drop the lawsuit,

But I want
Something in return.

Oh...

What would that be?

I want your story.

What do you have there?

I've been doing
My homework on you.

You've had quite
A colorful career
Over the years.

There's a lot
Of interest now

In the janero case

And in the cop
That put him in prison.

Channel eight is going
To do a series

On organized crime.

What I would
Like to do

Is an in-depth
Profile of you.

Sorry,
I'm not interested.

Why not?
This latest attempt
On your life,

Obviously by
Janero's men--

You're not interested
In doing a story on me.

All you want is blood.

Now, wait a minute--

Now, you wait a minute.

You people are interested
In death and mayhem,

But you don't care
Who you steamroll over.

That's not the kind
Of journalism I do.

You don't even know
Who I am.

I'm just a cop
With a price on my head.

I don't like people
Threatening to kill me,

And I don't like
Journalists trying

To raise their ratings

On the fact
They might succeed.

Sorry.

You know, the coroner's
Report last night

Said that squares
Was using speedballs.

Injecting both
Cocaine and heroin?

Only that isn't
What killed him.

He was using an inhaler
With some new designer drug.

A synthetic form
Of heroin.

Something
Along the lines

Of china white.

Yeah, only about
A thousand times
More powerful.

He took one snort
And went into immediate

Respiratory failure.

Why is a guy like that
Screwing around

With synthetic junk
When he's got
The real stuff?

Maybe he didn't know
What he was using.

Uh, harry.

Uh...

Harry?

Sorry about that.

[coughs]

Get you next time.

You check the cast
And crew for prior
Drug busts.

I'll check with
Narcotics to see

If there's any dealers
Moving synthetic heroin.

Harry, there's something
Here you ought to see.

A story to be published
By the tribune

Reveals that director
Peter swan and several people

Involved in the production
Of hotel satan

Were playing a bizarre game

Called the the dead pool.

According to sources,
The object is for each player

To pick eight bay area
Celebrities who might die

By a predetermined date.

The winner was the person
Whose list contained

The most dead celebrities.

The name of rock star
Johnny squares appeared

On the list belonging
To director peter swan.

Although swan would not comment
On these developments,

We have confirmed from another
Source there was such a game.

Swan's production accountant,
Dean madison,

Was also involved.

Ironically, madison was shot
And killed yesterday

In a tragic holdup attempt
In chinatown.

"None has a mastery
Over the day of death.

"The lord of all
Shows no partiality

"Nor does he fear greatness.

"He himself made the great
As well as the small.

"He provides for all alike.

"The dust returns
To the earth as it once was.

And the life breath
Returns to god who gave it."

Thank you.

Do you mind...
Gentlemen?

I happen to be
At a funeral.

We'd like to talk to
You about your list.

It's no big secret.

Most of the cast
And crew knew about it.

The dead pool is
Just a harmless game.

Sounds pretty
Sick to me.

People are fascinated
With death and violence.

That's why my films
Make money.

They're an escape,
A vicarious release
Of fear.

Same thing
With this game.

Nobody takes my films
Or the dead pool seriously.

Well, someone gave
Squares the drugs
That killed him.

Maybe it was you.

You can't tie me
In to johnny's death

Because of
A coincidence.

My assistant
And my effects supervisor

Were playing
The game, too.

Why don't you
Talk to them?

Nobody on their
List is dead yet.

Johnny was a major
Drugs user.

I predicted he'd die
This year,

But that's all.

The idea is to pick
Celebrities who are

Old, sick, or in
A high-risk profession.

Like police work?

Nothing personal,
Luv.

I don't like
Being on your list.

If you've got
A choice...

Maybe I'll put you
On my own dead pool.

Are you
Threatening me?

If you play the game,

You better know
The rules, luv.

That's our report
For this hour.

I'm patrick snow.

I'm samantha walker.

Tune in tonight
For an exclusive report

On chemical dependency
Among celebrities.

Who they are,

Why they do it,
And the price they pay.

Tonight at 11:00.
Good night.

And we're clear.

[bell rings]

Thought I'd seen
The last of you,
Callahan.

I saw your report
Yesterday.

We confirmed it
With two people
Playing the game,

Vicky owens,
Swan's assistant,

And special effects
Supervisor, jeff howser.

I don't suppose
It occurred to you

To clear it
With us first.

The papers got the tip
The same time we did.

I had a chance to get
The story out faster.

How were you tipped?

By mail. A copy
Of the dead pool

And a letter explaining
How it worked.

It's already started,
You know.

What has?

All the media
Bullshit.

Newspapers print
The dead pool.

It doesn't help
Our investigation.

What bothers you is
We found out

About the dead pool
Before you did.

You people take
The janero trial,

The dead pool,
And add the hype,

Innocent people
Get hurt.

I don't like the hype
Any more than you do.

It happens when
Reporters compete
For a story.

Forget your competition
And think about

Your responsibility
To the public.

You can't kill
The messenger

Because of the message.

I'm sorry if we screwed
Up your investigation.

That was not
My intention.

Here's the list.

Now, excuse me.

Thanks.

Oh.

Seems to me
I owe you one.

Dinner, that is.

I was offered a job
As an anchor

At this small
Local station because...

I was first runner-up
For miss colorado.

Colorado, huh?

Right over here.

I had absolutely
No experience,

Just my bachelor's
In journalism.

But it was a way in
So, uh--thank you--

I grabbed it.

But, uh...I didn't
Just smile

At the camera
And read copy.

I did anything
And everything
At the station--

Sports, news,
Hard news, weather.

I produced
Three documentaries.

I love san francisco,
But it isn't easy.

Big city, big news.

I had to prove myself
All over again.

Have you succeeded?

Somewhat.

But apparently
Not with you.

I guess
I shouldn't complain.

At least you stayed
For dinner this time.

You know, I'd still
Love to do your story.

No, thanks.

You're wrong
About me, callahan,

And what
I want to do.

I wish I could
Convince you of that.

I tell you what.

Let's think on it, huh?

Sounds fair.

Thank you.

Yeah, well,
It's the truth.

I don't care
What you say.

Hey, callahan.

You're callahan,
Aren't you?

That's right.
What can I do for you?

You're the cop
Who put janero away.

Hey!

Hey, all I want is
Your autograph.

Can I shake your hand?

I'd just like
To thank you, pal.

It's about time
Somebody did something

About garbage
Like janero.

C-c-could you sign it
To chester docksteder?

How about a drink?

Some other time.

We need more cops
Like you, callahan.

I gotta, I gotta
Change my shorts.

Ha ha ha!

What are you
Laughing at?

This is your
15 minutes, callahan.

What?

You know, what
Andy warhol said.

Everybody's famous
For 15 minutes.

Swell.

Was this your
First autograph?

Yeah,

And I hope my last.

Aaah!

Aaah!

Aaah!

[siren]

You know
Something, harry?

I don't think
Lou janero

Likes you very much.

She's ok, just
A little shaken up.

Well...

How're you doing,
Girl?

Whatever they're
Paying you, harry,

It couldn't
Be enough.

[distant chattering]

My colleagues.

Yeah.

I don't want
To be the news.

Let's get you
Out of here.

Are you sure you want
To see this guy?

Yeah.

Hey, watch your
Footprints, huh?

Here's your animal.

Hicks.

What the fuck
Do you want?

I brought you
Some cigarettes.

What do I have to do?

Nothing, just stand
Where I tell you.

Stay right here.

Fifth cell down.

Hey, man,
You owe me cigarettes.

That's the trouble
With this prison.

They let anybody
In here.

I don't like scum
Like you

Trying to kill me,
Janero.

Sounds to me like
This dead pool thing

Is making you
A little paranoid.

Oh, yeah.
I heard about it.

Good news travels fast.

Big fucking media hero.

Hero today
And gone tomorrow.

Call off your guns now.

I don't know what
You're talking about.

The trouble with you,
Janero, is you have

Too much time
On your hands.

You need a job.

I'm giving you a job

As being the postman,
Understand.

It's going to be
Your job

To make sure
The mail gets through.

See that gorilla
Down there?

That's butcher hicks.

He's killed three men.
Do you know how?

He tore them apart
With his teeth.

He has an unhealthy
Appetite.

So what?

So hicks is
My new pen pal.

I'm going to send him
A letter once a week,

Telling him how
I'm going to be

Looking in
On his sick mother,

And how I'm getting him
Special privileges here.

If anything happens
To me

And hicks doesn't get
His letter,

He's going
To come see you

Because you're
The mailman.

He'll probably
Come down

And cancel your ass
Like a stamp.

So you better ensure
Prompt, courteous delivery

And pray that
Nothing happens to me.

That's it?

That's it.

Do you see that dirtbag
I was talking to?

He says that smoking
Can cause cancer,

And anyone that smokes
As much as you do

Is one dumb
Son of a bitch.

Fire!

Cut! Cut!

Cut.

All right,
Save it, jimmy.

Where's that
Stupid fuck?

Howser!

Get your ass
Down here!

The dummy,
You asshole.

You're supposed
To harpoon

The god damn dummy!

The tide shifted.

The ocean's
Incompetent, not you!

This is the third
Time this week.

Peter! Peter!

What?

There's a bunch
Of reporters here.

Will you see them?

Come on, come on.
Lighten up.

Mr. Swan,
Can we ask you
Some questions?

In light
Of what's happened,

Perhaps playing
The dead pool game

Is not the smartest
Thing we ever did.

Any connection
Between the dead pool

And johnny squares' death?

None whatsoever.

Will the game continue?

No. We're filming
A nightmare sequence

Here at the shipyards.

We'd like to put
This thing behind us.

We feel johnny
Would have wanted that.

Johnny squares died
Of a drug overdose.

Dean madison was
Tragically killed.

Is your film

People can believe
Whatever they want.

Nothing is going to stop me
From making this film!

What exactly
Do you mean?

End of interview!

Mr. Swan, just
One more question!

Got that?

[muffled cries]

[crash]

Please!
Whatever you want!

Money, credit cards,
Just take it!

You ever notice how time
Slows down at night?

Just like in my films,
A dream world.

Please!

Shut up!

I've got to hear
The colors.

That's the mark
Of a good director.

You've got to hear
The colors.

You've got to taste
The sounds.

I have
A heart condition.

A critic with a heart?
That's a laugh.

Uhh!

Do you like
My films?

What?

Do you like
My films?

Who are you?

[slap]

Aah!

You know who I am.

I don't. I don't.

Oh, god.

What kind of
A film critic
Are you?

Shadows
Of the dead!

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Hell without
The devil!

Night
Of the slasher!

Uhh!

Pete...Peter swan.

Brilliant, luv.

What do you think
Of my films?

Give me your...

Honest opinion.

I l--like them.

Liar!

Aah!

The entrance was probably
Through the glass door.

It doesn't look like
She's been sexually assaulted.

Killed sometime last night.

The maid found her
This morning.

You recognize her?

No.

Molly fisher,
Famous movie critic.

On a scale of 1 to 10,

I'd have to rate
This one an 8.

Harry,
We found this.

Thanks.

Dead pool.

Molly fisher's also
On peter swan's list.

Aah!

[dogs growl]

Aah! Aah!

[bark bark]

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Oh, god,
It's coming!

Oh, shit!

Those are just
Some highlights

Of peter swan's films.

The typeface
On this list

Matches those sent

To papers
And tv stations.

The neighbor saw
A dark-haired man

Exiting molly fisher's
Condo last night.

Mid-30s,
Wearing a black jacket.

I want swan in custody now.

It doesn't feel right.

Doesn't feel right?

Every celebrity on this list
Must have called.

They're all screaming
For police protection.

They don't understand
We don't have the manpower

To be baby sitters
For 24 hours.

Ackerman's whining
About the negative impact

This whole case
Is giving our public image.

Callahan, your name
Is on this list, too.

My gut feeling tells me
Swan is our best suspect.

Get his butt in here!

[telephone rings]

Donnelly.

What?

Yeah.

It's for you,
Callahan.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Ok.
We'll be right there.

Where do you think
You're going?

To do my job.
I think we've got our man.

You all stay back!

Everyone!

I'm going to go up!

Where's the news crew?

[sirens]

You better get them here!

I mean it! Now!

What's up?

His name's gus wheeler.

Said he was
The dead pool killer.

Wanted to
Give himself up.

He soaked himself
In gasoline.

Can't somebody
Hose him down?

He says if he even
Sees a garden hose,

He'll torch himself.

What does he want?

To be on television.

He wants a cameraman
And a reporter

To interview him.

Al and I will pose--

It has to be someone
He recognizes.

Stay back!
Stay back from me!

I'm going to go up.
You hear me?

Better keep
Those people back!

Are you all right?

Not really.

Stop right there!

That's far enough!

Mr. Wheeler,
I'm samantha walker--

I know who you are!

What do you want?

Is that camera on?

Yeah.

You want to know
Why I'm doing this?

It's because nobody cares!

We care,
Mr. Wheeler--

No!

Nobody paid attention
To me before!

In order to get attention,
You got to do something!

I'm really going
To do something.

I'm really going
To do something!

Did you have
Anything to do
With the deaths

Of johnny squares
And molly fisher?

I just said that
So you'd listen to me!

I want everyone
To see this!

I want everyone
To remember me,

To remember
What I did here!

Oh, jesus, harry.

He's really
Going to do it.

That's right, lady,
I'm going to do it.

I'm really going
To set myself on fire.

And it's going
To be on the news!

And then, finally,

Everybody
Will know about me!

About me, gus wheeler!

No one's going
To see you die,
Mr. Wheeler.

What?

I said no one's
Going to see you die,

Not if we stop filming.

No!

You can't!
This is news!

You can tell me
Your story,

But we're not filming
Your suicide.

What are you doing?

Turn that camera
Back on!

We're not filming!

We're not!

You can set yourself
Into a bonfire,

And we'll break out
The marshmallows.

But you won't be
On news at 11.

You--you've
Ruined everything!

Come on,
Give me the flare.

You got plenty
Of coverage already.

You think so?

Trust me.

Ok.

Ohh!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Oh! Aah! Aah!

Get out of the way!

Harry, are you ok?

You hurt?

No, I'm fine.

You all right?

Oh, god, harry.

This man sets
Himself on fire.

And it's my fault.

It was an accident.

Thanks.

Maybe if we had
Kept filming...

That's exactly
What he wanted.

What you did
In there took guts.

Most everyone else

Would have gone
For the exclusive.

Reel three, george.

Oh, just a moment.

What is this?

Why the fuck
Are you people
Harassing me?

I was at a party
When fisher was killed.

I was there
Until 2:30.

We know.
We checked.

Somebody's trying
To make us think

That you killed
Squares and fisher.

Any idea who?

Are you kidding?
It could be anyone.

They all hate me.

My former agent,
Producers of my last film,

My crew, the public.

They envy
My talent so much,

They wish
To destroy it.

Oh, you
Don't believe me?

Well, you talk
To my secretary.

She'll show you
The letters I get.

Warnings,
Death threats.

I get so many,

I don't even
Pay attention
To them anymore.

I'll check on it.

Anyone else
Have a jacket
Like this one?

Most of my crew.
Why?

Maybe it was
Someone in your crew.

At any rate,

Whoever's pulling off
These murders

Is using your films
And you as inspiration.

Welcome to
The nolan kennard show.

Sex, violence,
Pornography.

Isn't it time
We had guidelines

As to what
We read or watch?

I don't want big brother

Telling me
What to read or watch.

[applause]

What's your opinion?

Anybody's entitled to read
Or watch anything they want

As long as it
Doesn't hurt somebody else.

[cheering]

Take it easy.

Give me a chance here.

The problem is,
Who decides what's harmful?

Isn't that what
We're talking about?

First johnny squares,
Then molly fisher,

Now nolan kennard.

Like I was saying,

Celebrities,
They always die--

In threes, yeah.

At least the guy
Went out with--

A bang. Yeah, I know.

What do you have, russ?

From the residue
On the frags,

I'd say we're
Looking at plastic.

We'll do a mass
Spectrographic analysis

Back at the lab.

Let me know
What you find out.

Well,
What's that?

I don't know.

It looks like the wheel
From a toy or something.

Have police
Questioned you
About kennard?

Yes.

Is there a connection
With the dead pool?

Not that I know of.

In your film
Hell without the devil,

Your major character
Is poisoned.

We can only guess
What hotel satan--

Get to the point!

Is there
Any parallel

Between deaths
In hotel satan

And squares
And molly--

That's
A stupid question!

Do you feel responsible
For their deaths?

You're blowing this
Out of proportion!

You want to
Speak to somebody?

Talk to inspector callahan.

He'll tell you.
I'm not a suspect!

I've nothing to do
With these deaths.

That's all I'll say.
Now, sod off!

Callahan!

Uh!

Ah!

Ah!

[glass breaking]

Ah!

Oh!

You...

Uh, harry!

Uh!

I think that's
About it for me.

Oh.

What's that tattoo
You got there?

Oh, it's one
Of my grandfather's
Superstitions.

See, uh...
He painted these words
On my back and chest.

They're supposed to
Ward off

Anything that's
Harmful or evil.

When he heard
I was going to
Be your partner,

He figured
I could use help.

I didn't
Think it could hurt.

Listen, I think
I'm going to go home.

I'll catch you later
For a beer.

See him?

Yeah.

He can't
Be over there.

How y'all doing?

Ah!

You're the last asshole
Janero sends after me.

You got it wrong!

I'll kick
Your ass so hard,

You'll have to unbutton
Your collar to shit!

Janero did hire us,

But this
Ain't a hit.

Janero doesn't want
Anything to happen to you.

We're your...

Bodyguards.

Yeah.

Those letters all came
From your files.

Harlan rook.

God...

Yes,
I remember him.

Every time I appeared
At a film festival,

He was there.

Mr. Know-it-all,
I used to call him.

He knew everything
About me and my films.

To tell you the truth,
I found it unnerving.

What did he want?

Well, he had
This screenplay

For a low-budget horror film
He wanted me to direct.

He was crazy.
I couldn't get rid of him.

I had my attorney put
A restraining order on him.

Then what?

I didn't see or hear
From him again.

That must have been
Over a year ago.

Is he the one?

The typewriter used here

Is the same one that
Tipped us off to the dead pool.

Call swan's attorney

And see what else
You can find out
About rook.

Run a dmv check
On an address.

Harry, it might not
Be a bad idea

To start playing it
A little safe.

Maybe your granddaddy
Can paint me up.

Don't go anywhere
You normally go.

Don't even go home.
You can stay with me.

Thanks, but I think
I can do better.

Price of fame.

I told you.

Is this what ackerman meant
By cooperating with the press?

It must have been one of those,
Uh...In-depth interviews.

Yeah.

I think
I got a lead on rook.

A psychiatrist
Who treated him.

Give it a try.

What's wrong with it?

It won't respond.
Someone's on my frequency.

Try now.

Ah, forget it.
It's just not working.

[horn honks]

Now, what
The hell is that?

Uh...Harry.

Oh!

Whoa!

Hey, watch it!

[honking]

Whoa!

Watch out!

Ah!

Wait, wait!

Watch out!

Whoaaaaaa!

Time's up, callahan.

[gasping]

You all right, al?

Oh, shit.

Oh, fuck.

Two fractured ribs.

He bled some
Into the chest.

We drained it,
Set up an I.V.

The bulletproof vest
Probably saved his life.

Another one
Of my grandfather's
Superstitions, harry.

When your partner
Gives you advice, take it.

Harry?

Room 22, code blue.

Room 22, code blue.

This is dr. Friedman,

Chief psychiatrist
At the hospital.

I'm sorry
About what happened.

I feel
Somewhat responsible.

Your partner
Contacted me

About a former
Patient.

Harlan rook?

Yes. It took me
Until today

To find the file.

He was evaluated here
About a year ago.

The diagnosis was
Process schizophrenia.

Multiple personality.

Not exactly. His sense
Of self-hate was so strong

That he no longer had

Any personality
Of his own.

Consequently,
He substituted
Identities

From books, films,
Fan magazines--

Identities with which
He often had

A love-hate relationship.

And you didn't hold him?

By law, a person
Who poses no danger

To himself or others

Can only be held
72 hours.

I'm sorry. This is
One instance

Where
The system failed.

This address--
Is this recent?

As far as I know,
It's still the same.

[telephone rings]

Samantha walker.

This is peter swan.

Your coverage
Of my predicament

Has been
Quite thorough,

But my side of the story
Hasn't been told

As well as
It might have been.

I'll grant you
An exclusive interview.

Are you interested?

No doubt about it.

He's our boy, harry.

Explosive,

Caps,

Detonator.

It all connects.

Harry, you got to
See this.

Talk about obsession.

Looks like he had

A real peter swan
Shrine going.

I'm not sure.

I could've sworn
I put it in in my bag,

But I'm not sure.

Do you have
My little mike?

It's in your bag.

Ok. Thank you.

Uh!

Oh!

Oh!

Look at this.

I'll call
The tv station.

Samantha's producer
Said she went
To the shipyard

And interviewed
Peter swan.

I checked.
Swan doesn't know
Anything about it.

What's this?

It's
A payroll stub.

Sundown security company.
Made out to ed butler.

That company
Provides security

For all
Of swan's locations.

Ed butler may be
An alias for rook.

Harry,
Where are you going?

Harry!

That's my car!

Yes. That's the shot
I'm looking for.

What is it
You want from me?

Oh, you've
Got it wrong, luv.

This is
What you wanted--

An exclusive
Interview.

But you're not
Peter swan.

Shut up!

You don't know!

You don't know!

I know who I am.

Do you know
Who you are?
Do you?

Yes.

All those films
He made...

Those are my nightmares,
Not his!

Every night I dream,

And somehow,
Somehow he reads my mind.

He put my thoughts
On film

For everyone to see,

And he takes
All the credit.

He can't
Get away with it.

He has to pay.

[music plays]

He stole my nightmares
And made them real,

So I stole
His dead pool.

I'll play his game
And make it real.

Let him take
The credit for that.

You...

Uh!

Yah!

* welcome to the jungle *

* we got fun and games *

* we got anything
You want *

* we know the names *

* we are
The people that can find... *

Uh!

[music playing]

* ...In the jungle *

* welcome to the jungle *

* my, my,
My serpentine *

* oowah! *

* I wanna
Hear you scream... **

Drop it, rook.

You didn't die,
Callahan,

So I had to find
Another celebrity.

You're next.

Shoot me, callahan.

Maybe you'll get lucky.

Maybe my muscles
Won't contract

And drive this knife
Into her throat.

Let her go.

First, the gun.

Drop it and kick it
Over to me.

What's it going to be?

Aah!

What the fuck?

Now you've locked
Yourself in, asshole.

Yeah.

Just you and me,
Asshole.

The gun, callahan.

Now!

No! He'll
Kill us both.

Oh, god!

[drops gun]

You let me down,
Mr. Famous fucking cop.

You let swan
Get away.

You're the killer.

I should've
Killed you first.

That was
My big mistake.

Kick it over here.

Harry, don't.

Aah!

Oh...

You think
You're smart, don't you?

Oh, god!

You son of a bitch!

I'm gonna kill you slow!

Shh.

Give it up, callahan!

[crash]

[gunshot]

[bell rings]

[footsteps]

[gunshot]

Stay in there.

[gunshot]

Callahan!

Come on out, callahan.

Nowhere left
To run, callahan.

Don't make me come in
And get you.

The game's over!

You're out
Of bullets.

You know
What that means.

You're shit
Out of luck.

Aah!

[sirens]

Where's rook?

He's hangin' out
Back there.

Was this another
Hit attempt by janero?

Does it have
Anything to do

With the dead pool
Case?

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