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You and Hunter are no longer partners.

Why?

Tell me why.

You and Hunter have gotten too close.

So, uh, I guess we're going to be partners?

Meet your new partner.

He was the target.

Can't you see that?

I told you that's crazy.

22 caliber pistol, silencer.

One shot in the head, one shot in the heart.

Rick, I cannot believe that you are telling me that it is

that easy just to write us off.

Some things just are.

The separation will be permanent.

Are you all right there?

Huh?

Yeah, fine.

I'll have another.

I think you had enough.

What are you, worried about a lawsuit if I drive home?

Don't worry.

I was going to call a friend anyway.

You should have gone ahead with the plan.

Instead, you doubled back behind me.

What does it matter? It didn't change anything.

You still got the guy.

That's not the point.

The point is why you doubled back behind me.

I don't know what the big deal is.

The big deal is you cared more about me than the plan.

You are supposed to care about your partner.

Hold on just a second, will you?

Look, we were very lucky last time.

When partners care too much about one another,

they put themselves in jeopardy, as well as the plan.

Hello.

Hunter.

Dan Winslow.

Dan, you all right?

No.

I, uh... I got to unload about something.

I'm too drunk to drive.

I need to talk to someone.

It's got to be somebody I can trust.

Don't let me down, please.

Where are you?

OK, now, just stay there.

I'll be there in 10 minutes.

You understand?

All right, look, so I was wrong.

So I made a mistake.

You don't have to jump all over me for it.

All you have to say is please don't do it again, and I won't.

Please don't do it again.

All right, I won't.

OK, eat all this food.

I'm not going to eat all this food.

And by the time I get back, have this all cleaned up.

Everything.

Clean everything up.

Looking for Dan Winslow. Have you seen him?

It depends.

Who's asking?

Just went out the back way.

Hey, Dan!

Dan!

Right before I got there, Winslow

walked out the back, followed by a man

who had just entered the bar.

Anybody there know this guy?

No.

And no two descriptions were alike.

First one of our guys to go this year.

First one in nine months.

Has all the ear markings of a professional hit.

Like what?

22 caliber pistol, silencer.

One shot in the head, one shot in the heart.

Wallet and watch was still on him when I found him.

Get on it.

I guess I don't have to make any motivational speeches

on this one. - This is Devane.

Get me Chief Weiler.

Three professional hits in the last 18 months

with the same MO, right down to leaving the murder weapon.

What are you two doing here so early?

Haven't left yet.

McCall had a hunch about the killing.

Seems it did follow a pattern of three

other killings in the area.

Yeah, the murderer gets close to his victim.

He pops them once in the head and once

in the heart with a 22.

He unscrews the silencer.

All the weapons were fitted with silencers.

Yeah.

He drops the weapon, and he takes off.

Well, the gun's a liability in case he gets caught with it.

And he keeps a silencer because he can't buy

one of those over the counter.

Do all the hits follow the same pattern?

Yeah. The last one was four days ago.

A girl named Sarah Cameron stepped

out of her boyfriend's car in his underground garage and...

Only Sarah was clean as a whistle.

Is there an APB out on the boyfriend?

Yeah.

Craig Borson.

What about a connection between Winslow

and your other victims?

We don't have anything yet.

This is a real tail twister.

Have you talked to Winslow's partner yet?

He's due in this morning, first thing.

OK.

Keep at it.

Have you ever thought about eating healthy?

What are you talking about, healthy?

This is very healthy.

This is a completely well-balanced meal.

That's not what I see.

No?

What do you see?

I see a lot of calories.

Calories?

I happen to love calories, Hunter.

They keep me alive, all right?

I see you've got bacon there, sausage.

Bad combinations.

I see a lot of heartburn for you.

I happen to love everything that you just said.

And as far as heartburn, I don't ever get heartburn.

At least not from my food.

Hunter, McCall.

Harry, good morning.

Sit down.

We're really sorry about Dan.

Yeah.

It took me 10 years to find a partner

that I could put up with.

Then this.

Would you like some of McCall's food?

No, no thanks.

I got no appetite.

Devane won't let me within shouting

distance of this investigation.

Too close to the guy, too emotional, all that crap.

Look, I came down here to tell you guys

that I want to be involved.

If there's anything that I can do to help, just let me know.

I'll do it on my free time.

Yeah, sure.

Well, do you think what happened to Dan

could have been a result of what you were working on?

No, I've gone over and over it.

I don't think so.

You know, I hate to say it, but if Winslow

was hit because of you investigation,

they could be coming after you next.

I hope they try.

I really do.

When's the last time you saw Dan alive?

We checked off duty at 6 o'clock.

He called me from the bar, drunk.

He wanted to talk.

I was busy.

You didn't go?

Look, Hunter, every time Dan poured a few cocktails,

he always started in about Janice.

Why did she divorce me?

How can I get her back?

I got to get her back.

I thought it was more of the same old...

I don't think I'll ever forgive myself.

It, uh, wasn't like we fell out of love.

It was more like we fell out of each other's lives.

Nine years.

We grew in different directions, wanted different things.

I guess I just got tired, tired of being a cop's wife.

It's not easy, you know.

Janice, did Dan mention anything

that was bothering him lately?

We haven't talked much since the divorce.

But Dan always remembered my birthday and our anniversary.

He'd send me little gifts and a note, always

asking me to come back to him.

Well, I wish I could be more help.

You've been a lot of help.

We're really sorry about Dan.

Rick, just get whoever killed him, please.

We will.

If you hear anything, you call us, huh?

Yeah, I will.

Lucy, tell McCall

I want to see her right away.

Yes, sir.

Are you sure it's Borson?

Great.

Hey, Hunter.

Hunter, hey.

Hey!

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no.

Keep him there until I get there, all right?

Yeah, and thank you.

Dee Dee, Captain Devane wants to see you.

- OK. - Dee Dee, now.

Yeah.

Captain, I can't believe this.

I can't believe what you're telling me.

I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.

You and Hunter are no longer partners.

You'll both be assigned new ones.

Why?

Tell me why.

I've been thinking about this since I took over the division.

Conversation I had with Harry Traynor about partnerships

and friendships nailed it down.

You and Hunter have gotten too close.

That's not healthy in our profession.

Captain...

Send Causland in.

Now, let's give it some time before we start

registering complaints, OK?

There will be no permanent partnerships

in this division, at least not while I'm running it.

Any questions?

No, sir.

- You two know each other? - No.

Yes, sir.

Uh, yeah. Causland, right?

Yeah, we met at the survival seminar last summer, right?

Right.

So, uh, I guess we're going to be partners?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So let's go to work.

McCall, I'm going to leave you two on the Winslow case.

I got some other plans for Hunter.

Hiya.

Hi.

Some coincidence, huh?

What, meeting here?

You know what I mean, about our being separated.

Oh, well.

Only 24 hours ago, we had this beef about who backed up who,

where, and maybe we're getting too close to each other.

And then today, Devane just pulls

the plug on us, just like that.

Rick, this partner swap is just a coincidence, isn't it?

What else could it be?

Well, I mean, you didn't go to Devane

and say that you thought maybe we were getting too close

and that you needed some kind of a change?

Dee Dee, you are the best partner I have

ever had or ever will have.

I did not want this switch.

OK, assuming that that is how it is, what do we do?

What do we do?

We do nothing.

We've got a captain with a very hard nose.

What are you saying, we don't do anything?

You're not willing to fight for this?

You're willing just to call it quits?

Call it quits?

What are you... what do you mean, call it quits?

Come on, you know Devane's reputation.

You know the way he works.

Rick, I cannot believe that you are telling me that it is

that easy just to write us off.

It's not that easy.

Nothing is that easy.

Some things just are.

It just is.

Look at me and swear to me that you did not go and ask

for this.

I did not go to Devane and ask for this.

I did not want this.

But you're not going to fight?

No.

No.

How's the hunting, Harry?

In here, great.

Out there... I've been spending a lot of time

on the way Dan got dusted.

And?

I checked every one of our files case by case.

Nothing.

Well, maybe it's not a police-related matter.

You know, I thought about that.

But Dan got along fine with his ex.

He didn't have any girlfriends or enemies.

In fact, the guy didn't have much life

outside the department.

I understand you went through a couple of partners

over the last couple of days.

You're not going to believe this.

They stuck me with Causland.

The guy spent the last three years in computers.

Some green kid, hadn't even been to detective school yet.

Right off the bat, we're in this situation with some crud.

And we get into a standoff with the guy, right?

We all got our weapons out.

But nobody fires a shot.

Nobody.

Then this kid turns into mush right after the guy surrenders.

Well, we've all done that, right?

Yeah, but did you ever puke in the patrol car?

The guy pukes?

The next day, they give me Weber.

Dennis Weber?

Yeah.

I swear, Hunter, I never saw a flask or a bottle,

but the guy was out of it from 9:00 to 5:00.

So I don't know.

I figure I'll burn through a dozen losers

before I can find a partner I can put up with.

Well, well... read that, Harry.

What's this?

Nah.

Yeah, meet your new partner.

Devane did this this morning.

Wants me to make a detective out of you.

Oh, wait a minute.

That means you and McCall got to split up, right?

Well, Devane doesn't believe too

much in long term partnerships.

Well, uh...

OK, partner.

First thing you got to do is learn

how to handle your weapon. - You still use that?

Yeah. Bill!

Wow, you don't believe in shooting to wound, do you?

If some sucker's dumb enough to pull a weapon on me,

I don't plan for him to get me or my partner.

Remember that.

I appreciate that.

Excuse me.

There are times when you have to take someone alive, you know.

I mean, they may have some information for you.

Or they may be a witness.

Or he just may owe you a lot of money.

But if it's very necessary...

Just so you don't think I'm one dimensional.

Wow. Now he's one dimensional.

I want to see this McCall idiot.

Now where is she?

She has to go back to school.

She has to learn she can't violate people's rights.

Now where the hell is she?

You want to see me?

- You're McCall? - Yeah.

By what rule of law did you have my client arrested?

We brought him in for questioning

as a material witness.

Material witness to what, for God's sakes?

His girlfriend was driving his car.

She took it back to his underground garage parking

area.

She had short blond hair cut very much like his.

She had on a jacket and jeans.

And when she stepped out of his car,

someone shot her once in the head

and once in the heart with a silenced 22 pistol.

And we've determined that that was

a professional hit gone wrong.

And Mr. Borson over there doesn't seem

to have any comment on that.

Mr. Borson was on a plane to Reno.

How could he make a comment?

He was the target.

Can't you see that?

I told you that's crazy.

I don't know.

Somebody must have been after Sarah.

I don't know.

I only knew her a couple of weeks.

Two days after that, the same killer

took down a police sergeant.

Now, I think that you know who that was, Mr. Borson.

And you'd be doing yourself a big favor

if you'd let us in on it.

I told her I don't know what the hell she's talking about.

All right, all right.

I just found out you used to work over at Bartholemew's.

Yeah, I used to be the Maitre d' at Bartholemew's.

So?

Bartholemew's is a known high rollers' sports book...

Oh, come on.

With heavy action from football to Formula One.

You don't have to respond to that.

If you're so damn sure the place is dirty,

why don't you close it?

We're talking about you, Mr. Borson, and our mutual interest

in who wants you dead.

I already told you.

Nobody wants me dead, OK?

You're going to keep that attitude, huh?

Till he comes after you?

It is in your interest to help us.

Oh, get off it.

Do I have to listen to this?

Sergeant, unless you have further information...

Hey, knock it off.

Now, knock it off.

Come on, people.

Well, the telephone's ringing off the hook.

Everyone with a stripe on his sleeve

has got something to say about you two.

It's not funny, Traynor.

A jewelry store full of hostages.

You two come on like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Wait a minute, Captain.

That psychopath in that store was

about to kill everybody in it.

We moved in like clockwork and closed the clown down.

I swear this guy and I can read each other's minds.

Let's get something straight!

There will be no more unauthorized

guerrilla operations.

You're not trained to diffuse a hostage situation.

You leave that to the negotiators and the SWAT teams.

And I want a full report from each of you on my desk

before you leave.

Sergeant, unless you have some information to give me,

this meeting is over.

Let's go.

You're making a stupid mistake by not cooperating.

We're trying to keep your client alive.

Hi.

Congratulations.

Oh, thank you.

Was that Borson?

Yeah.

Can you tie him in with my partner's death?

I think so.

Winslow was killed exactly the same way

Borson was supposed to be killed, only they screwed up.

What did he give you?

Stone wall.

I'd like to have a couple of minutes with him.

I really would.

Yeah, well, we can take care of it, Harry.

Come on, Harry.

Hey, Causland, hold onto your lunch today, pal?

Good morning, James Enterprises.

Yeah, is Sporty there?

He ain't here just now.

But if you want to leave a message...

Listen, Kirby, this is Sergeant McCall.

I got to talk to him. Do you know where he is?

I don't know.

But for his special friends, I can always find him.

OK, do me a big favor.

You find him, you tell him I want to see him.

I have a real important job for him.

OK.

Thanks.

Do you have a reservation, sir?

Just tell Mr. Bartholemew that Sporty James is here.

Sporty James?

Yeah, man.

Just go and mention my name, Sporty James, OK?

I know he's going to be happy to see me.

As a matter of fact, he might even give you a raise.

Well, well, Sporty.

Been a long time.

I liked it that way.

Now, now, now, Mr. Bartholemew, don't be so hasty,

OK?

Just hear me out.

I've got some upper crust information,

some of the prime rib of gossip, you might say.

Oh, and I'm not going to bargain with you beforehand

about the price, because I know that what I've got here

is such hot info that you are bound

to be extraordinarily generous.

Not here.

Not here.

Last table.

Last table?

You have two minutes, Sporty.

I suggest you omit the big words.

Like I said, you will not be disappointed.

Now listen to this.

I was down to police headquarters today...

You know, just clearing up a little misunderstanding...

When I look across the room, and who do I see?

None other than Craig Borson himself.

Well, I know he used to work here, right?

And word has it that, you know, he didn't exactly quit

because he was upwardly mobile.

Am I right about that?

Well, OK.

Listen.

He had a lawyer with him, and he was talking

to two homicide detectives.

It's not for me, Sporty.

It's nickel and dime stuff.

Now, Mr. Bartholemew, Henry, you see, I provide a commodity

that has value, see, a highly specialized

service that you will surely need sometime in the future.

And I can't be running my business

on goodwill alone, you dig?

Thank you very much, Mr. Bartholemew.

You have made a very wise business decision.

And you know, if you want to talk further,

you just call me, OK?

Ciao, now.

L-42, this is L-57.

We're rolling.

Did he use the phone?

Negative, McCall.

No calls in or out.

He is turning north on Whitworth.

I'm going to have to fall off.

Taking over.

All right, look,

I'll catch up with you just past Wilshire, if he goes that far.

Nice house, huh?

Anthony Scarlet.

There's a scalp I'd love to hang on my belt.

Yeah, you and every other cop on the block.

17 gambling and racketeering arrests.

No convictions.

His known associates read like a who's who

in West Coast gambling.

Yeah, I know.

Why don't you go get us a search warrant?

Looking for what?

Betting cards??

Are you kidding?

He's not going to have anything incriminating there.

We're just going to rattle his cage and see what shakes loose,

Causland.

I'm sorry.

Get, uh, any kind of search warrant you want.

Dan and I not only worked together, we partied together.

After the guy got divorced, we took a trip to Hawaii that you

wouldn't have believed.

They will be making a movie about this one.

You like the islands, huh?

Oh, yeah.

All right, man, I'm out of here.

Thanks for dinner. - Hey, my pleasure.

It's customary for the senior member of the firm

to pick up the tab.

I'll get the next one.

OK.

Hey, listen, Rick, tomorrow you drive, OK?

Got it.

Agh!

What the hell's going on?

I wanted to do this ever since you called

me to tell me that you blew it.

Now I find out you didn't just give me a bummer,

you scared Borson so damn bad that you

got his lawyer talking to the cops,

probably trying to cut a deal.

Just remember this.

If I go down, you land under me.

Borson didn't give them anything.

If he had, you'd have heard from me.

Really?

Then, uh, what's this broad named McCall going to serve

the warrant in my home today?

It's a typical cop ploy to shake you up, and it did!

Talking about cop ploys, what the hell

happened to your partner?

He went soft.

Suddenly, he develops a conscience because we blew away

Borson's girlfriend by mistake.

I had to take him out. He would've rolled over.

Don't you see?

And you whack out a cop, just like that?

I was covering your butt and mine too!

Listen, my friend.

We both got one foot in the gas chamber

because you turned out to be a screwup.

I'll take care of Borson.

You do that.

And you get it right this time.

You got 36 hours.

Start counting.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You just don't walk into a bowling alley

and blow a guy away.

These things take time.

You've got to plan them. - You've had the time.

I don't care how you do it, just do it.

36 hours.

Or you can say hello to your dead partner for me.

Good morning.

Morning.

Nuts?

No, thanks.

Good for your feet.

Thanks, no.

You know, I don't think we'll ever get

used to walking by this desk.

I know what you mean.

Causland, you know, Traynor has a tendency

to push a little bit.

I wouldn't let that bother me.

I don't.

I wasn't scared that night.

I had the stomach flu.

Sergeant McCall, may I have a word with you?

I'm looking for Mr. Borson.

Now, you haven't found another unconstitutional way

to lock him up, have you?

Oh, get off it, counselor.

We're trying to keep your client alive.

Yeah, well, obviously, neither of us appreciate your interest.

Are you saying that you don't know where he is?

No, I don't know where he is.

And if you do, I'd suggest you let

him know that I have some very valuable information

that he would find real interesting.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

And what might that be?

Word on the street is that Borson is in deep trouble.

Sergeant, you and I have been around the block

enough to know how reliable "the street" is.

Yeah, well, we have a Captain Frazzi up in Vice,

and he tells us exactly the same thing.

Let me run something by you, counselor.

Do you know that in top level gambling,

money hardly ever changes hands?

They play with credit.

Win or lose, their position is just

a line in the bookie's ledger.

Now, the only time that the high rollers ever flash the cash

is when they want out of the game.

If they're down, they pay off the balance.

If they're up, they collect.

What's your point?

My point is a few weeks ago, somebody laid a long odds bet

at Bartholemew's, and they won.

They won real big...

$400,000.

Now the guy wants his winnings, right?

So they send a messenger over with the money.

The only thing is, the messenger doesn't arrive because somebody

kicked him over for 400 G's.

Now, the boys at Bartholemew know it was an inside job,

and they have narrowed it down to Mr. Borson, your client.

Sergeant, if you ran that by Mr. Borson, even if it's true,

which...

Do you think he's going to admit to any of it?

No.

But you and I both know that his next move will

supply us with that answer.

Detective Causland.

Another thing.

You better hope we find him before they do.

Thanks, Sergeant.

That was Dan Winslow's ex-wife.

She wants to see us.

Let's go.

What the hell happened to you?

Don't ask.

I'm asking.

Mistaken identity.

After you left the parking lot last night, these two guys...

They picked me up, take me to the top of Mulholland

to meet their boss.

And?

The idiots actually hit the wrong guy.

They apologized to me after they let me go.

Can you believe this?

Did you file a report on this?

There's two guys that actually look worse than me today.

Hi.

You know, if what McCall told me was true,

I shouldn't even be sitting here.

They might miss you and hit me.

What am I supposed to do about it?

I can only give legal advice.

But it seems to me you either disappear or you make

it right with Anthony Scarlet.

Now, I know him.

I got him off on a double homicide charge scot-free.

He was guilty as hell.

I'm sorry.

I'm just very confused.

And I want to do the right thing.

Well, you're not.

Sergeant McCall, the reason I called you is

because I have information that may help

you find my husband's killer.

He made me his sole beneficiary.

And among other things that his lawyer gave

me was a safe deposit key.

I got a court order to open it this morning.

There were $220,000 worth of treasury bonds inside.

How could he have accumulated that much money

on a detective's salary, unless he was...

Unless he was what?

Unless he was doing something not right.

Like what?

Whatever Dan was, whatever he did,

he did for what he thought were good reasons.

I have to believe that.

I have no idea what it was.

But I want you to find whoever killed him, whatever it takes.

Mrs. Winslow, we'd like to get a look at those bonds

as soon as possible.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Relax.

Who is it?

It's McCall.

Open up the door.

Hey, it's a quarter to one already.

I know what time it is.

I've been up all night, and I'm mad as hell

because I finally figured this whole thing out.

You know what?

I can't believe that the really sad thing

here is that you lied to me.

You said you didn't have anything

to do with this breakup.

No, no, no, no, no.

No, you see, what I said was is I didn't go to Devane

and ask for the separation.

Oh, oh.

I see now we're going to have word games here, huh?

This whole thing was a setup so that you could

be partnered with Traynor.

What are you talking about?

What do you mean, what am I talking about?

Cut the party line, Hunter.

I know what's going on. I figured it out.

Traynor's dirty.

He's a wise guy with a badge, and your job is to nail him.

Well, aren't you going to ask me how I figured it out?

How'd you figure that out?

I put two and two together, and I get four.

It's called brilliant police work.

Would you like a standing ovation now?

How about apologizing to me for not telling me what

was going down here?

Well, in the words of our brand new captain, he said,

Hunter, if you let McCall in on this,

the separation will be permanent.

Oh, that's great.

Oh, I see.

OK.

So I have to suffer so that the game plan isn't blown,

is that it?

I also found out that Dan Winslow was dirty.

Yeah, well, I... I figured that.

He left his wife a whole batch of treasury bonds,

quarter of a million bucks worth.

Well, now what we have to do now is get

some solid evidence on Traynor.

Pretty hard to be dirty and not have your partner

know about it, you know.

He purchased the treasury bonds in six installments,

and it coincided with six head and heart silencer hits.

The first three we knew about from LA.

The other three I got off a CIA computer run.

One was in Reno, one was in Vegas...

And one in Hawaii.

You see, Traynor and Winslow went to Hawaii.

Two years ago, right?

Two years ago.

That's correct.

I can't believe they were hit men on retainer.

They sure were.

Well, we have a lot to work on now, don't we, partner?

Want some coffee?

No, I don't want any coffee.

Oh, good.

There is something I want, though.

What do you want?

I want to know that if...

When and if... our partnership ever does come to an end

here, that we are going to sit, and we're

going to talk about it like normal people,

and we'll part as friends.

That's a good idea, partner.

All right.

OK.

And if you ever pull another stunt like that again,

I may not take you back. - Want to bet?

Give me your arm.

Mr. Scarlet.

Mr. Scarlet, ow! Ow!

I have... I have to talk to you, Mr. Scarlet.

What do you want?

I know I don't need to say this,

that I ripped off the 400 grand.

I... I did.

And, uh, I want to make it right.

Cut me some slack, Tony.

Give me a little time, and I'll hand every last cent of it

back to you.

I still got $360,000 that I'll give you right now.

I'll work off the other $40,000.

Anything you say... anything.

Come on, wouldn't you rather have

the money than my dead body?

Tony, I made a dumb mistake.

Believe me.

I won't ever make another one.

You got it with you?

No, but I can get it.

All I have to...

By... by this evening.

You bring it to the Secret Harbor

restaurant in the marina.

Right, I know that place.

And you be there at six o'clock sharp.

OK.

Thanks, Tony... Mr. Scarlet.

Thanks a lot.

Find Traynor.

You Mr. Borson?

Yeah.

You get a call on the pay phone back there.

Hello?

Mr. Scarlet?

Mr. Scarlet?

Freeze, Traynor.

Drop it, Traynor.

Right now!

- Dee Dee, get the back door! - Get Borson!

You can't arrest me!

I gave the hit man to you guys. I responded.

I ain't doing that! - Hey!

You got the right to shut up.

If you give up that right, I will personally kick your butt.

Come on, man!

Traynor, drop the gun!

Come on, Hunter!

You and me!

Come on!

Where did you learn to shoot like that, McCall?

Same place you did.

We wanted you alive.

You'd have shot to kill, huh, Hunter?

You'd kill me, wouldn't you?

You'll never know, will you?

Better this way, though.

You're going to take Scarlet to the penitentiary with me.