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Next on "Hunter."

Hold it!

We found a flashlight with Kay's blood on it.

I didn't kill that lady and you know it.

Well is this the man or not?

You know that I eventually

want to hang all this up...

Tiny little McCalls hopping around...

Well yes, exactly!

Jealous partner is going to curse my case.

This is insane.

The point is Hunter's got reasonable doubts

supported by some interesting developments.

Freeze!

Don't move!

McCall, want some of this?

What is it?

Atomic California-style vegetarian deluxe ranch pizza.

You've got cheese.

We've got carrots and mushrooms, peppers, and, oh, pineapple.

And I believe we've got a little bit of kiwi in there.

That's the grossest pizza I've ever seen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm going to say no, big pass here.

I've got my own dinner date, anyway.

Again?

Then why'd you ask?

In case you had something better,

but it's obvious you don't.

Get outta here.

Bye.

I'll save you some.

It'll be in your drawer.

So, uh, what do you think?

Well I had the braised duck one time.

It was really great.

Really?

Yeah, really.

Really great.

That's great.

So how's your dinner, is great?

Great.

Great.

Is really great?

Oh, really great.

Oh, that's great.

What do you think, do you think maybe

it might be their first date?

Might be their first date?

I think it's definitely their first date.

You know what?

That guy sounds exactly the way you sounded on our first date.

Oh, wait a minute.

I wasn't quite that bad, was I?

I thought you were cute.

Well since this is not our first date.

Hmm.

Jason, I would love to, just that I

promised to go back to the office

and give Hunter a hand tonight.

Well you see, that's what I get when I proposition a cop.

I guess that's what I get for going out with a deputy DA who

is not willing to plea bargain.

Meaning?

Meaning, maybe we can compromise.

Unit seven, we've got a 459-silent

at 8053 East Edgemont.

The PD is already mobile.

Hold it!

Damn it!

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

Um, I'm Deputy DA Leffler.

Is there an incredibly good reason for this?

Sgt. Hunter's been trying to reach you.

Don't you have your beeper?

Beeper.

Uh, yeah always.

Off.

Must've been off.

Thanks, Bennett.

I'm never gonna live this down.

How was dessert?

I meant dinner.

What'd they do, put it out on the wires?

Yep, it's all over town.

Great.

What do you got, Barney?

That's Kay Dawson, owner of the house.

Blunt force trauma to the head.

Lots of contusions and abrasions.

She fell down the stairs.

She probably surprised the burglar when she

turned on the automatic alarm.

He clubbed in the head and that's

when she fell down the stairs.

It looks to me as though he might've

entered through the side patio door, here.

Any sign the murder weapon?

No not yet.

We got an eye witness, though.

A security guard almost caught him when

he came out the front door.

He also got a partial on the license plate.

Sgt. Hunter?

Mr. Dawson.

Yeah, this is Sgt. McCall.

Hi.

Sergeant.

Um, thank you for calling me.

I, I'm sorry it took s... so long to get here.

I was working and I ran into a lot of traffic

on the... you wouldn't have thought there'd been traffic.

Mr. Dawson, we need you to...

Ten years ago, you know?

There was never traffic like that...

Mr. Dawson, we need you to identify your wife, I'm sorry.

I'll try to, uh, pin down that license.

McCall, Hunter.

What's the progress on the Dawson murder?

Thomas Orlowski, prime suspect out of 9 possibles.

We also found his fingerprints on the flashlight

that killed Mrs. Dawson.

Orlowski, we've had him in here before.

Right.

Unfortunately he squirmed away.

Hi Rick.

Jason, how you been?

Looks like we nail Tommy good this time.

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Got any addresses? - Got three of 'em.

Take off, huh?

OK, we're outta here.

You take Silver Lake, I'll take Mar Vis and Venice.

All right.

See you.

All right.

Yep.

You know, I know this fantastic little Ecuadorian

restaurant down in Silver Lake.

What do you say?

Bust a punk, eat some food?

I think you're crazy.

Yep, about you, baby.

I'll see you.

Bye.

Wait up!

Positively beaming today, aren't we?

Is it that obvious?

Uh-huh.

Well?

Well what?

Well is this man or not?

I don't know.

Well, maybe.

I'm about 60% sure.

60%?

Yeah.

I don't know, I'll just have to wait and see, you know?

Time will tell.

You know that I eventually want to hang all this up here,

you know?

Yeah.

I'm serious, I want to be able to have a home

that I can share with somebody.

And you know, those barbecues...

Barbeques...

on the... yeah!

On the weekends, stuff like that.

Tiny little McCalls hopping around.

Well yes, exactly.

Maybe Jason is the man that I can share that with.

I don't know, I have to wait and see.

Oh.

Of course you know that that means

that you will be losing the very best partner that you ever had.

You think you can handle that?

Yeah, I think so.

Only if I'm the bridesmaid.

Oh, I see.

So a nice little lavender chiffon

number or something like...

No, actually I was thinking of something in lime green

with a helmet, maybe a rhinoceros horn coming out

here.

Open up, police.

Uh, tell me Orlowski doesn't live here anymore, does he?

No.

Didn't think so.

Just a minute.

Who is it?

Police, open up.

Got nothing on me.

Really?

That's what they all say.

You're under arrest, get up.

16 burglary arrests.

Two convictions.

I saw that, yeah.

Thanks.

Got quite a career going here, Tommy.

Yeah, well it's nothing to be proud of,

but at least I'm not on welfare.

I really want you to reconsider.

I'm totally against this interview.

Man's talking to murder beef and I'm clean.

I wanna hear what he has to say.

You settle down, Sydney, I can deal with this.

OK, Tommy.

Where were you when Kay came out of her bedroom?

Upstairs?

I was downstairs.

I didn't know the lady was home.

I heard a noise, I...

Would you look at my rap sheet?

I'm not a hot prowl man.

I didn't know anybody was home.

I heard a noise so I split.

End of story.

I don't think so.

You see, someone had came ahead and then

pushed her down the stairs.

Well was somebody else because it wasn't me.

Really?

We found a flashlight in a neighbor's back yard

with Kay's blood on it.

So?

Also your fingerprints.

No that's impossible!

Come on, watch that.

Sit down.

Interview over.

No it's not Syd.

Tommy you're not going any place until you talk to me.

All right, I'll cop to those other jobs...

Shut up.

But I didn't kill anybody and that's the truth!

I'm wasting my time, boys.

- Will ya look at my record? - Tommy, damn it.

I have looked at your record.

I don't have assault beefs.

I'm strictly nonviolent.

That's my policy.

Should've stuck to it.

All right.

I want you to go through this whole thing again from the top.

And this time tell me everything.

I'd say it's time I hang Tommy Orlowski's

scalp on my refrigerator door.

I love it when you talk dirty to me.

Go get 'em tough guy.

Is the man you saw coming out of the house in this room?

Yes.

Would you please identify him?

That's him next to defense counsel in the plaid shirt

and gray pants.

Let the record show that the witness

identified Thomas Orlowski.

You looked at a thumb print and three fingerprints.

Did you match them to any particular individual?

The prints match those of Thomas Orlowski.

The evidence is entirely circumstantial.

Will you entertain a bail motion?

Your honor, I'd hardly call a murder weapon

covered with the defendant's fingerprints

circumstantial evidence.

This is a capital offense and I strenuously

oppose any form of bail.

Your honor...

The court agrees.

Your bail motion is denied.

Don't worry about it.

We'll cop to second degree, you'll be up for parole in 10.

Hey!

You quit...

Freeze!

Nobody move!

Nobody's gonna get hurt, I just gotta get outta here!

I didn't do it, man.

You gotta help me.

I didn't do it!

Help me!

We'll seek the strongest penalty the law provides.

The death penalty?

Members of this community

must feel safe in their own homes, women especially.

Here we go.

Mr. Leffler, can

you us some idea as to how...

You know, I tried him three years ago on a residence burg,

but he walked because of a search and seizure problem.

You know Syd Dombrower.

He's a damn sharp defender.

He he and Orlowski go way back, but this time around

I'm not going anywhere.

Jason, are you talking about revenge, here?

I thought you were trying to make

the community safer for women.

I think I'm going to have to reconsider about you.

Is that what you think?

Yeah.

Like maybe I should do something to, uh, possibly

redeem my good name, don't you?

Yes, I think you should.

Ow!

Oh, honey.

Oh, gosh.

I'm sorry. Hurts, huh?

Oh boy.

Could you be careful?

You're dealing with a very delicate instrument, here.

I know.

Here, I'll make it feel better.

I see.

Oh.

Oh that feels better.

Does it feel better?

Mm-hmm, do that again.

Mmm, that's...

Make it feel a little bit better?

It's feeling... feeling a lot better, do it again.

I know how to make it feel a whole lot better.

You do? I do too.

Mmm.

I'm feeling great now.

Get him outta here, I'm not talking to him.

Not talking to you!

Me?

Not you, him!

Tommy!

Don't Tommy me, you Judas bastard.

Get him out of here, I don't wanna talk to him.

I don't wanna look at him.

You sure inspire your clients, don't you?

I ought to object to this.

Look, you can object all you want, OK?

I'm talking to him and I'm talking to him alone!

You need me, I'll be right outside.

Yeah right.

He thinks I did it.

That seems to be the general consensus, doesn't it?

Look, I'll admit to every job I've

done since junior high school.

I'll admit to every job I've done since junior high school,

I'll take you on the grand tour, I...

There must be 2000 of 'em.

But I never laid a finger on anybody.

You proved that in court, didn't you?

I freaked out in there.

OK?

And they're only trying to bury me in there.

I'll take a polygraph.

I'll take it right now.

I didn't murder that woman.

I didn't even know she was home.

Well even if I did give you a polygraph, Tommy,

it's not admissible in court.

I'm doing it for you.

I didn't kill that lady.

And you know it.

In your gut.

Boy, I thought I was early.

Whatcha got?

Oh, nothing.

I'm going to go talk to, uh, James Dawson.

Why?

We've got a lot of work to do on this drive-by.

No, I know, we'll get it done.

I just want to go see him.

He's called, said something about some property missing

from his house, or something.

I'll see you later.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Dawson took the day

off to make the funeral arrangements for his wife.

I thought I told you when you called?

No, no you did, Caroline.

It's just that I thought I might come by and see if I could talk

to somebody about Mrs. Dawson.

Couple of questions.

Well, there's Susan Stevens, our manager.

She worked a lot with Mrs. Dawson.

I think she's in Mr. Dawson's office right now.

Great, sure.

Thanks.

Ms. Stevens?

Sgt. Hunter.

Sergeant.

Susan, I'm the manager here.

Uh, I was kind of expecting to talk to James Dawson

today, if I could.

I'm afraid he's not in today, but I'm

sure he'll be here tomorrow.

Hm, OK.

Um, just out of curiosity, what is

it you people do, here, anyway?

Well, we develop software for industrial robotics.

About five years ago, we opened up the entire Asian market.

We now sell systems to both Chinas, Korea, even Japan.

Pacific Rim is the future, you know.

Really.

And we'll be there.

Good.

I sound like a bad corporate phone, don't I?

No, not at all.

I, uh, I assume James Dawson owns the company.

He does now.

Kay was always the heart of the operation.

She created the company about 15 years ago.

James came on shortly after they were

married, about five years ago.

I came on board a few months after that.

Kay Dawson a nice woman?

A strong woman.

If you haven't already heard, Kay and James

did have their differences about running the company.

I think it is just awful what happened.

I miss her already.

I can understand that.

Well I'll come back another time.

Thanks. - Thank you.

See ya, Susan, good luck.

How's it going?

Great.

- Hunter. - Yeah, it's Barney.

Finished with the Dawson murder.

Got some interesting news.

Great, be right over.

I could use a little bit help here, you know.

Can it wait?

It can.

See you later, thanks.

Bruises under both arms, huh Barney?

Yeah, kind of hard to do falling down stairs.

Yeah.

How would somebody get bruises like that?

That is consistent with somebody

dragging her a short distance.

Like from her bedroom to the top of the stairs?

That would do it.

She also had an awful lot of tranquilizers in her blood,

enough to sleep through an earthquake.

Or a burglary.

Look, it was no secret the Dawson's fought

like cats and dogs, Charlie.

James Dawson was having an affair with Susan Stevens,

a manager of his company.

That's completely irrelevant.

Yeah, Kay Dawson's body had bruises all

over it indicating that she could have

been dragged from her room.

She was also loaded with tranquilizers.

Orlowski killed Kate Dawson, it's as clear as a bell to me.

I gave Tommy a polygraph.

The examiner feels that Tommy's innocent.

A polygraph, that's 20th century witchcraft!

I've got a murder weapon with Orlowski's fingerprints

all over it.

Maybe it was a frame, who knows?

Wait a minute.

Now this is crazy.

You realize this will ruin us in court?

If Dombrower tells a jury about your damn polygraph,

it doesn't matter what the judge will say,

they'll never forget it!

Who the hell are you working for, the public defender?

You think Dawson killed his wife?

It's a strong possibility, Charlie.

Look, individually, what Hunter has isn't much,

but collectively, I think it makes

for kind of a weird wrinkle.

Let's continue this investigation.

Captain, this is insane.

We... we finally this guy.

What... what... what is the point?

The point is, Hunter's got reasonable doubts

supported by some interesting developments.

I think that's good enough for me.

Charlie, I can't count the times

that I have built probable cause to keep those creeps

you send me off your streets.

Jason, I don't owe you anything for doing

the job you're paid for.

We're going to follow this one out.

What's going on, here? Why did you keep me in the dark?

Because it's Jason's case and I

felt as though you were too close to it.

We have worked on other cases before.

It's never been a problem.

No, I know, but I think Jason's

making a personal vendetta out of this thing.

He just doesn't want to compromise.

He's seen enough killers get off with just a slap on the wrist

and then go out and murder somebody else.

And you've seen it too.

I know that.

And both of us have seen innocent people suffer because

of an over-aggressive DA.

Now, I think we should follow the leads

and see where it takes us.

Yeah, you have a point.

OK, you said that the Dawson's fought a lot, right?

Right.

Well, I'll talk with their attorneys

and see if I can find out what the stakes were.

OK, I'll reexamine the murder scene

and go by Tommy's to see if I missed anything.

Listen, just one thing.

If all we come up with are dead ends,

let's just be real careful along the way, just for Jason sake,

OK?

Sure, absolutely.

See you later, partner.

Did he?

Devane didn't budge.

Your jealous partner is going to curse my case.

Jason, that's not it at all.

It's just that we have to follow through on the leads, you know?

I'm... we have to.

We're talking about a man's life, here.

Jason?

I've got to go.

I couldn't believe you, either.

It's really starting to look like Dawson had a strong motive

for killing his wife.

Will be real interesting to see what Hunter comes up with.

Jason, you listening to me?

Yeah I'm listening, Dee Dee, it's just that every time I

see you it gets a little worse.

Well yeah, worse from your point of view in the case,

but you know, the bottom line here is I'm just

trying to get at the truth.

And I'm trying to maintain it.

Maintain the fact that Orlowski is

the one that killed Kay Dawson.

That is my job.

And I'm just trying to do my job.

Jason, can't you just at least be open to the possibility,

here, of an alternative?

Listen, it's getting late and I'm really swamped.

We'll get together tomorrow.

Trouble on the home front?

I'd rather not talk about it.

You know, if you call one of those 976 party lines,

they'll help you.

I expect that from you.

What'd you find?

Well I talked to Kay's attorney who

said that Kay and James Dawson were at each other's throats

continuously.

Said they had a prenuptial agreement

that cut Dawson out of everything in case a divorce.

Yeah, but would that be cause enough for him

to kill his wife?

Oh, I don't know.

With Kay out of the picture, Dawson

would take control the company.

It's worth millions.

Miss anything at the crime scene?

You know, I think it's highly improbable that Tommy could

have flown out the front door, like the security guard said,

unless had a key to the front door of the house.

Thought you said he went in and out

through the side windows.

I think that was just to mask his MO.

Here you go.

Thanks.

I think Tommy somehow gets keys to these houses.

I also think he has an accomplice.

- Really? - Yeah.

Well I went to Tommy's house to check

to see if he might have any type of machinery to duplicate keys.

I ran into a blonde woman.

Now she took off before I could grab her,

but I got her license plate and I ran it.

Car belonged to Tommy.

Guy's facing the gas chambers, no time

to try to hide an accomplice.

Unless he cared a great deal about her.

One hell of a lot.

How do you think James Dawson fits into this?

Well let's see, if James Dawson want to kill his wife,

he'd have to figure up a way to frame Tommy for it.

Yeah, but to do that, he had to know exactly when and where

Tommy was going to break in, I mean basically

had to be able to predict it.

Mhm, that's exactly what we have to.

Well, we can start by, uh, going to the six burglaries

that Tommy admitted to in the neighborhood.

Begin by interviewing the housewives,

see if there's some way we can connect what they were

doing with Tommy breaking in and having

access to the house keys.

OK, I'll round them up, you talk to 'em.

On the day of the break in, can you tell me where you were

and what you were doing?

I had breakfast at the Bel Air Hotel

and spent the rest of the morning with Sam.

My personal trainer.

I see.

Then it was lunch at the Ivy.

And well, it was Wednesday, so I had

a facial at the Beverly West.

Then I went to Trump's for high tea.

That's, that's nice.

You ought to go there sometime.

Yeah, maybe I will one day.

Brunch at the Polo Lounge and then

I did some shopping on Canon.

I bought a new skirt for next season.

Then I went to the salon, Beverly West.

Then I'm pretty sure I took Maurice four shots.

Maurice your son?

No, my dog.

Say hello to the policeman, Maurice.

That's your dog in your purse.

I had lunch at the Four Seasons

and then I took a walk along Rodeo.

I might have picked a little something up, I'm not sure.

And then I went to Beverly West for a facial.

Of course.

All six of the victims had an appointment

at the same facial salon the day that Tommy

broke into their homes.

That sounds promising.

Grab Hunter and get yourselves a mud pack.

Could we please speak with Tommy Orlowski's girlfriend?

Christy?

Uh, blond hair, drives a white Nissan?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, is she here?

Yeah, she's in the back.

Yeah, that's her, thanks.

Hi, Christy.

We finally meet, huh?

I'm Sgt. Hunter, this is Sgt. McCall.

I saw you yesterday at Tommy's.

You were going out as I was going in.

I- I don't know a Tommy.

Well that's funny, the car you were driving

was registered to him.

Tommy must care for you an awful lot.

He's willing to be put away forever to keep you out of it.

If you feel the same, it's time to talk the truth.

He told me not to say anything.

He doesn't want anything bad to happen to me.

I'm so worried about him.

Things have changed now, Christy.

You might be able to help him with this case.

We think Tommy may have been framed for the murder.

The ladies always tell me what they're doing that night.

If they're going to a party or something.

So Tommy had this idea.

I- I-I made an impression of the keys

while the, while the ladies were soaking.

And Tommy made the keys from that.

Then he went over to their houses at night.

He broke the window so the police

wouldn't know how he got in.

And that's where you got Kay Dawson's key

when he broke into her house.

But that's what was so weird.

The picture in the paper of Mrs. Dawson, the lady who got

killed, that wasn't the Mrs. Dawson I took the keys from.

Hi Caroline, it's me again.

Mr. Dawson in?

In his office with Miss Stevens.

I'll just tell him that you're...

Oh, so this is what you guys were

doing the night of the murder.

What are you talking about?

Well after you figured out Tommy's MO,

you sent Susan, here, to the salon as your wife

with your keys in her purse.

Uh, that's just not true.

Uh-huh.

You drugged your wife so she couldn't hear Tommy come in.

Then you smacked her in the head and pushed her down the stairs.

- I was here. - James...

No.

You turn the alarm on and then you came here.

Excuse me, what about the flashlight?

James, don't say anything else...

You could have taken the flashlight out

of Tommy's truck at any time.

You know something?

You're crazy.

Yeah, I am.

And you both have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Number five, step back, please.

All of you, please, remain facing forward.

Please remain facing forward.

I'm sorry.

What do you mean, you're sorry?

I don't recognize anyone.

What'd you expect?

Jason.

Christy, just take one more look.

Are you absolutely sure that the woman

who made the appointment as Mrs. Dawson isn't in the room?

No.

I did look three times.

She isn't in there.

Release Mr. Dawson and Miss Stevens, please.

Of course it was a real Mrs. Dawson that came to see you.

You just didn't recognize her from the newspaper, that's all.

Let's just consider this case officially closed, shall we?

And get onto the more important issues, like solving crimes.

Maybe we missed something here.

Maybe Jason's been right the whole time.

We have missed something.

Would you look at one more thing for us?

It's her.

That's who I got the keys from.

That's who said she was Mrs. Dawson.

You have something to tell me, Caroline?

About?

Beverly West facial salon.

Oh.

I am so sorry.

I did not mean to...

Miss Stevens told me to...

I'll pay them back!

Susan set up the appointments, didn't she?

A bunch of them.

They were a present from Mrs. Dawson.

Susan paid for them in advance.

She told you Kay couldn't go, is that right?

Uh-huh.

And then she sent you instead.

That's right.

And to tell them that I was Mrs. Dawson

and so they wouldn't go to waste.

And then I was supposed to tell them that I was going out

of town that day and I needed a refund on the rest

of the appointments.

Now did anybody give you any house keys?

Whose car did you take?

Mr. Dawson's.

She told me to get it washed.

Is Mr. Dawson or Susan in the building?

They were.

They left together.

Thank you.

You cannot deny that you wanted to kill her,

that's all you talked about for the last five years...

Talked about, yes!

But you actually did it!

I get things done!

You just whine about them you.

Don't you understand?

You're going to get caught.

No James, we are gonna get caught.

You see, it's only a matter of time

before they figure this whole thing out.

And when they do, nobody will believe that you were

not in this up to your neck.

I'm not going to let you treat me this way.

We don't have time to go searching for your manhood.

Why should I give up a fortune?

The company's mine, now.

Huh, and where will you take it without me or your wife?

Hey, I didn't need her, I don't need you!

Somebody has to yank your chain.

Don't talk to me that way!

Let go of me!

You're not leaving here...

No!

No!

No fancy moves, Dawson.

No... this is...

It's not what it looks like.

Really?

Looks like a dead body to me.

Susan Stevens saw Mr. Orlowski's

girlfriend lift the keys from my client's purse.

We believe that she and James Dawson

conspired against Dawson's wife.

What's the charge?

First degree murder.

What do you think will happen to Mr. Orlowski?

Well as you know, he's going to be held for burglary

and hand me over...

The perfect frame.

Good enough to fool me.

Do you think the judge will be tough on...

Jason, I think that you let a personal grudge

get the best of you.

Oh, I got taken in.

It was not the perfect frame.

I tried to show you that, you refused even look at it.

Do you understand that my career demands

that I have to prosecute criminals

to the full extent of the law?

You blinded yourself to the truth.

You refused to listen to anyone or anything

that threatened your possibility of moving up the ladder.

You wouldn't even listen to me.

What does that say?

I was just doing my job.

Yeah, but think we're talking about choices here.

Dee Dee, I don't want to lose you.

But I think we operate from different places.

Maybe.

Maybe we're just different kinds of people.

I guess so.

Take care.

I guess it's good to find these kind of things

out now instead of later.

It's just... ouch, you know?