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I'll say this about the Fatman: he's a sweet guy.

Listen, creep, I'm going to take you apart like a clock.

He can be tough when he has to be.

Jake Styles?

Don't ask me how

he can live the way he does on a cop's salary.

Some people do seem to like him, however.

But he's a damn good investigator, and he's mine.

He's a good guy.

Don't you forget it.

Mrs. Gabler, now, you live

at 400 West Third Street, is that correct?

Yes, it is.

Now, according to the police report on July the 14th, 1987,

at approximately 10:15 p.m.,

a murder took place outside that very building.

Were you at home at the time?

I told the police that I saw two men fighting,

but I couldn't make them out.

Huh... but that's a very well-lit street, is it not?

I couldn't see because my eyes have gone bad.

You mean to tell me that you can't see 20 or 30 feet?

I need glasses.

Helen!

Excuse me.

What did you say?

Oh, uh, nothing.

Mrs. Gabler, you are under oath.

Who's Helen?

My sister.

I haven't seen her in years.

She lives in Ohio.

You just identified your sister

from far over 40 feet away.

Is that correct, Mrs. Gabler?

Yes.

Which means that you were perfectly capable

of seeing two men struggling

outside your building on the night of the murder.

Doesn't it, Mrs. Gabler?

Oh, well, oh...

Now, you did see the man who killed the victim,

Ward Price, outside your building, did you not?

Yes.

And do you see that man in this courtroom right now?

Yes.

Would you identify him, please?

That's him.

Thank you, Mrs. Gabler.

Thank you very much.

The people rest.

Gertrude? Gertrude? Gertrude!

What?

Where do you think you're going?

To lunch.

Who's answering my phones?

If you hurry, you can.

You know, it wouldn't hurt to skip a meal once in a while.

How would you know?

Derek?!

Derek! In your office, sir.

Oh. How did it go with MacAllister?

Well, it was worthwhile bringing in the old lady from Ohio.

We finally nailed the creep. Ah.

Derek?

Derek, where the hell...

Yes, sir?

Oh...

Well, how did it go?

Excellent.

Ta-da. Oh, no.

Shampoo, manicure, and a light trim.

Look at him.

Isn't he beautiful, huh, Max?

Yeah.

Here's the bill. Okay.

$125?!

Raoul is the best in the city.

I just wanted the damn dog cleaned, not remodeled.

This is an outrage!

There should be a law against this kind of price gouging.

Is there?

I don't know, sir.

Well, find out.

Yes, sir.

Oh, I was supposed to ask you.

You going to Jake's place?

Uh, no, somebody's got to stay here and work.

Hey, baby dog.

Come here, Max. Come here, Max.

How are you, kid, huh?

Have I got some lunch for you.

Yes, I have.

Oh, yes.

Am I glad I found you.

This guy Dinello was bad news.

Dinello?

Where's the rest of the backup?

We are the backup.

Okay, here we go.

We know you're in here.

Come on out and put your hands on top of your head.

Surprise!

Surprise!

Don't shoot!

Surprise!

Surprise!

I'm going to see to it that you get life for this.

Oh, you do that.

You don't think I was going to let you get married

without a party, did you?

So there I was, my first day in the big city,

and my car gets broken into.

Every bit of my luggage is stolen, and I am standing there.

I am trying so hard not to cry.

And this man walks up to me,

and I, of course, think that it's the thief

that's coming back to take my pocketbook.

Here she is about to bean me

and I'm trying to convince her I'm a white knight.

We were the best in the business.

You got it.

McCabe says the only reason he made Jake an investigator

was to separate you two.

You guys are really going to be happy together, you know?

She's changed my life, Jake.

Yeah? The best two months...

two months and three days I...

Hi. I love your place. Hey, babe.

Thank you. You love his place?

Yeah. Well, you should've seen his last place.

I mean, it was an old railroad station.

It was... it was incredible.

Can we go home now?

Let's go.

Hey, ho-ho. Hey, no, no-no.

You guys, don't leave now.

Oh, don't, look. Don't, please?

I mean it. I've got the champagne.

It's expensive. Oh, it was such a great party.

Thank you. Wait, why are you guys leaving?

It was the best engagement party I ever had.

"Ever had"? It's the only engagement party

you will ever have. You hear me? Uh-oh.

Hey, look, really, I've got to get ready for work.

All right, okay. Thank you.

Okay. You're welcome.

We had a great time. Okay.

Bye. Bye-bye.

Drive safe.

Jake's one in a million, huh?

Yeah.

I like being around you two.

It's almost like you're the same guy.

Now what exactly do you mean by that?

I love you.

What's wrong?

I'm not sure. Sit tight.

Freeze! Police officer!

Dennis?

No!

Hello?

Jake?

Yeah?

Bad news.

Yeah, I've got it here, sir.

What have you got?

Geez, I'm sorry about this, Jake.

What have you got?

Single shot.

It was fast.

We have an eyewitness.

Apparently he saw something.

Stopped to check it out,

walked into a kid robbing the place.

Kid went over the fence.

Eyewitness describes the suspect as about six feet,

Hispanic, blue long-sleeved shirt,

jeans, black high-top basketball shoes,

tough looking. Great.

That could be one of a thousand kids.

Oh, Jake.

Oh, God...

It's okay.

I was just... I was just sitting in the car

just watching and...

and I just felt so helpless.

And then he, he shot, he shot Dennis.

Then he fell...

I swear I'm going to get whoever did this.

I promise you, okay?

Okay, all right, all right.

Take her home. Take her home.

Thank you very much.

I'm sorry, Jake.

I don't know what to say.

Me, either.

What have you got?

What is this? This is nothing.

Well, there's a thread in there.

It's silver metallic and black stretch material,

and it's fresh.

It was just hanging on the top of the fence.

A big wind could've blown it off.

And that's it.

♪ ♪

Hello, gentlemen.

I guess you're wondering why I'm here, right?

What do you want?

I saw the graffiti outside, thought I'd stop in.

By the way, I'm a cop.

Let's go.

Hold it right there.

You know, they're thinking of running a contest

down at the department.

Prize goes to the gang member

with the best colors.

The winner gets a VCR.

Take off your colors.

Hey, man.

I don't even have time.

Take 'em off.

Take 'em off and hold 'em up.

Let's go.

I don't have all day.

Get 'em up.

You.

Yeah, you.

You.

Stand right there.

Hand that to me.

Let's go.

You win.

Sit down. Sit down.

Now, we're going to do this again.

Now, we've got an eyewitness who saw you do this.

Now, what I need from you now, Richie,

is I need your side of the story.

Well, I didn't kill nobody!

Man, that was the first job I ever tried.

How am I supposed to know

some guy's gonna burn me, huh? Sit down!

Let me tell you something.

You know what I think?

I think you're pulling me around the block.

Now, I've got all day with you.

I get paid for this.

So now, what you and I are gonna do,

we're gonna start over. Got it?

He's so young.

A cop comes down the alley...

How could he have done this?

How old is he?

Seventeen.

Laura, I'm terribly sorry.

Mr. McCabe, there's a positive ID in the line up.

This is the boy in the alley.

He surprised you, right?

You saw him coming down the alley.

You got scared and you pulled out a gun.

I keep telling you, man. I got no gun.

Stop lying to me! I'm not lying to you, man!

I didn't shoot him!

Oh.

We'd better take her home.

Thank you.

I keep telling you, man. I got no...

Stop lying to me!

I know you did it, Richie.

I didn't do it. I'm taking it from here.

This one's mine.

I'm taking it.

Not this time, J.L. Jake!

That's an order.

Hold out your hand.

I said hold out your hand.

You know who I am?

Yeah.

I've seen you on TV.

You're the Fatman.

The name's McCabe.

You okay?

I know he was rough on you, but his best friend was just killed.

Hey, man, I didn't kill nobody.

I swear.

All I did was lift a video, man.

That's all that went down.

I mean, I'm the one that almost got killed, man.

The man took a shot at me!

Are you sure?

After I got over the fence, I heard it.

Did the officer just now read you your rights?

Yeah.

No.

I don't know. All right.

I'll get you a public defender,

but don't say or sign anything

until you see him.

You understand?

Hey,

what's your story?

I don't have a story.

I just work here.

Why'd you pull me out of there?

You were out of line, Jake.

That kid was five minutes away

from spilling his guts.

Look, I'm sorry about what happened to Dennis,

but I'm not sure this kid did it.

We've got an eyewitness.

Why wasn't Denni" gun out?

Dennis would never have gone down that alley

with his gun in his holster.

It was after the party.

Maybe he wasn't thinking straight.

Dennis' gun wasn't fired,

and Richie Ortega says he heard a shot

after seeing Dennis

near the fence.

Yeah, I'm gonna believe him.

Come!

Oh, finally.

They made me leave my driver's license,

so we got to be real careful with this...

Come on. Come on.

Here we go.

Fresh asphalt

had been laid the day before

near the fence Richie Ortega jumped over.

These are Dennis' shoes.

That's asphalt, all right.

Meaning?

Meaning that Dennis must've gone down the alley

and gone back toward his car in order

to have been shot where he was.

Now, we both know how difficult it is

to get a perfect eyewitness ID,

and here we have a near hysterical woman

who's just seen her fiancé shot down in cold blood

and she makes a definitive ID

without even the slightest hesitation.

You're saying what?

Laura killed him?

Well,

there's one thing we know for certain.

Somebody's lying.

But $50 for a shampoo?

I get a shampoo for nothing when I get my hair cut.

Yes, I know I'm not a dog.

I don't even have as much hair as Max,

but that's not the point.

Huh?

Yeah, he looks beautiful.

Yeah, he seems very happy, really.

Ah, you got me there.

He sure does smell good.

Real natural herbs, huh?

Well, I'll be damned.

Well, how-how often should I have this done?

Oh.

Well, okay.

Thank you very much.

I'll give you a call.

Pleasure to do business with you.

Laura?

Oh.

Hello, Mr. McCabe.

I was just gathering some of Dennis' things.

You okay?

Not really.

Me, either.

Right now, the only thing

that would make me feel better is to put that kid away.

But if he gets a good public defender,

it may not be so easy.

I don't understand.

Well, the lab ran a gunshot residue test

on the boy's hands and clothes.

Yes?

They came up with nothing.

It doesn't prove he didn't fire a gun,

but with a hostile jury, you never know.

Is there anything that I can do to help?

Well, I wanted to ask you a question,

if you're up to it.

Of course.

You said in your statement

that the suspect had the VCR under his left arm,

and when you saw him in the alley,

he had the gun

in his right hand.

That's right.

Uh...

What's wrong?

The boy's left-handed.

Logic tells you

that he would hold the gun in his left hand.

I don't know.

Maybe, you know, maybe it was reversed.

I just... everything about that day was so...

difficult.

Well, that poses another problem.

If your memory is in question

about any details of the shooting,

that puts your identification of the killer in doubt.

I'm sorry

if I'm not saying everything that you want me to say.

And I'm sorry

that this is gonna be a difficult case for you.

And I'm...

I am so sorry that Dennis was killed.

Look, I...

I don't mean to upset you.

I know.

I'd appreciate it

if you'd stick around for a few days.

Of course. I was planning to.

Why?

Without you, I don't have a case.

You're my key witness.

You got it?

Of course I've got it.

You are some piece of work.

What is that supposed to mean?

I heard on the news.

The kid's gonna take the fall.

You hired me to do a job.

I saw a way to take at least two months off of this project

and I took it,

and I did it as well as anybody in the business.

I'm not complaining.

You do your job as well as I did mine

and we'll get along just fine.

Who's that?

Well, I'm not expecting anyone.

Hi, Jake. Hi. How are you?

Come on in. I, uh... I'm sorry.

I didn't know you had someone... Oh, please.

No, it's all right. Please.

I want you to meet, uh, Lawrence Summers, Jake Styles.

Lawrence is an old friend of mine. Hi.

I used to be Dennis' partner.

Nice to meet you. Yeah, I know.

Laura told me. I'm-I'm real sorry.

Thank you. It was really nice of you to come over.

Look, well, I just wanted to come by and tell you

that, uh, if you needed someone to talk to...

Oh.

Or hang out with, or go to the movies

or dinner or whatever, you can call me.

Oh, thank you. That's so sweet of you.

Well, that's okay. I... Look, I'm going to go, okay?

So, it was nice meeting you. Hey, same here.

All right, take care.

Take care of yourself, huh?

I appreciate it. Thank you.

I'll give you a call. Okay.

Bye. Bye.

What was a cop doing here?

Trying to be nice.

Who is he?

I don't know.

She says his name is Summers.

Look, there he is.

♪ ♪

Oh. Oh, that's somebody. Who's that?

This is D.J. Gerard.

Top wheelman on the West Coast.

Looks like Gregory Pate.

Looks like someone's organizing a caper.

This is the can man.

Can?

Safecracker.

This is the guy I'm interested in.

He calls himself Summers.

Oh, Robert, will you tell Ollie

that I'd like to see him, please? When he has time.

Let me see this.

Look at this.

He came out of Laura's with an envelope

that he didn't have when he went in.

Who is he?

I wish to hell I knew.

Is there a problem?

Oh, Ollie.

I ordered a New York strip steak

charred and medium rare, did I not?

That is a New York strip steak

charred and medium rare.

This is not a New York strip steak charred and medium rare.

It is a sample of a New York strip steak

charred and medium rare.

Oh, this restaurant of yours

is going to hell again.

Fine.

I'll get you another one.

And don't burn it!

We've got these wise guys

meeting in a warehouse, right?

Mm-hmm.

That means they're up to something.

Something that was connected

to what Mr. Six Million Dollar Suit got from Laura.

Yeah.

Something that, ten to one, Laura took from Dennis' office.

Something that, ten to one,

was connected with Dennis' consulting.

Dennis worked as a security consultant

with the department,

and he also worked

with some of the most sophisticated

security systems in the city.

Laura got his consulting files,

and now Summers has one of them.

It's high security stuff.

Industrial plants, banks,

diamond exchange.

I want a list of the places

Dennis did his consulting for.

Well,

at least now we have a motive.

She spends two months

getting Dennis to fall in love with her.

She's willing to marry him, and then she kills him.

It must be one hell of a score.

I don't know. He said he'd be here.

Yeah?

Where is he?

How you doing?

All right.

I'm Lieutenant Jake Styles.

This is Detective Grant.

Chuck Dover.

What can I do for you?

Have you, um... have you ever seen this man before?

Yeah. Why?

When did you see him?

Well, he rented this place from me.

Paid me in cash in advance.

It was great.

Did he tell you what he was going to be using it for?

No, he didn't.

Well, look, we'd like

to take a look inside.

We've got a warrant.

I feel kind of funny about that.

I don't care if you feel like a laugh riot.

We're going inside.

Come on.

Empty.

Empty?

Like a lawyer's heart.

Oh, damn it.

We're back at square one again.

Not exactly.

You walk like that,

you better have solved this case.

Well, I haven't solved it exactly,

but I did find out who this guy is.

Lawrence Summers, would you

sign in, please? Get on with it!

This is Lawrence Summers.

Hogan in Burglary made a positive ID.

He described him as,

quote, "Brain," unquote, from Philadelphia.

Go on.

Well, he organizes big-time burglaries.

Do you have the places Dennis did consultations for?

Right here, sir.

Is it possible

that you're actually getting good at your job?

Well, actually, I'll tell you how I found this...

There's got to be 50 places on this list.

What are we supposed to do now?

We don't know which one they're going to hit.

We don't even know where they are.

Which leaves Laura.

Hold it.

You work for me, remember?

I'd like to know where you're going.

I thought I'd go and see

how our grieving fiancée is getting along.

Don't worry.

I always worry.

About you.

Be careful, kid.

I will.

Hello.

Oh.

Hi. You scared me.

I didn't hear you knock.

I'll knock a little louder next time.

Okay.

Going someplace?

Yeah. Yeah?

Yeah. Denni" sister's coming down

to clear the place out.

I thought it was a lot better if I just wasn't here.

You okay?

Come on. I want to show you something.

What?

What? What are you doing?

Jake, st... You're hurting me!

Stop it! Not yet.

Come on. I want you to get in the car.

Get in the car.

Watch your toes.

What time is it?

4:00.

It's 4:00.

That's when Dennis was killed.

It's also the time that you saw Richie Ortega, right?

That's right.

Right down there, is that right?

Yeah.

There's no way in the world you could ID someone from here

inside the car in this sunlight.

Jake, you're right.

You know, I must have been outside the car.

Oh, it's just such a blur,

but it only makes sense.

I mean, you're absolutely right.

That's the only explanation.

Is it?

Sit down!

Why don't you tell me what it's like?

How do you do what you do?

How do you sleep with a man

knowing you're going to kill him?

How much did they pay you for that?

I have the right to a lawyer.

You don't have any rights.

Not with me, you don't.

You killed my friend.

And when that happens, I don't have any rules.

Look at me.

One way or another...

And I don't give a damn

how long it takes... I'm going to get you.

One day, you'll look up,

and you'll see this.

You're not even making any sense.

I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything.

I want you to tell me... You just made it all up.

Tell me what it's like.

Tell me what it's like to stand there

and pull the trigger on a man who loves you.

Tell me what that's about!

All right, Jake, knock it off.

That's enough.

I want her.

I'll take it from here.

You remember what I said, hmm?

'Cause I meant it.

Why don't you sit down?

Come on.

You all right?

No, I don't think so. No.

Let me tell you something.

You kill a cop, another cop's not exactly rational.

If you kill a cop's partner,

he's going to hound you to the grave.

Laura, I'm going to make it easy for you.

We know you did it.

Face facts.

We have you.

So why don't you come clean?

I want a lawyer.

Laura, I'm going to tell you the truth.

Off the record.

Jake is out of control,

and I can't guarantee your safety.

Don't misunderstand me... I couldn't care less about you.

It's Jake.

He's special, like Dennis.

I don't want him blowing it

by killing you.

I saw the boy shoot Dennis in cold blood.

I want to go home now.

Well, that's as good as we can do that.

I don't know.

Good cop, bad cop never really works

when I'm the good cop.

And I don't understand that.

♪ ♪

You really think it was wise for you to come here?

Well, I'm not exactly an amateur.

I don't get followed. Neither am I.

That's why I rented the second warehouse.

I wouldn't have come if it wasn't important.

I came to say good-bye.

How do you like my new toy?

I'm sure it's brilliant.

Oh, it is. It's so obvious, it's invisible.

I really don't have time to chat.

Yeah, well, neither do I.

So let me be real direct.

You're not finished yet.

I want you at the funeral on Saturday.

People are going to think

something's wrong if you're not there.

The D.A. is sniffing a little close.

You mean you're actually going to leave town without your cut?

Well, I am rather stunning in black.

That's what I thought.

♪ ♪

All right, we got 18 minutes

till the guards come back through; let's go.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Honor Guard, up and hut.

Forward arms!

About right face!

Ready!

Aim!

Fire!

Ready!

Aim!

Fire!

Ready!

Aim!

Fire!

All right, let's go.

Let's go!

Hit the lights.

Freeze!

All right, hold it right there!

Come out with your hands in the air!

Let's go! You, come on, move!

All right, come on. Move, move! Let's go!

All in all, it was pretty ingenious.

You kill a police officer to get

all the metro cops at his funeral.

Makes the getaway a lot safer.

Look, I'm not saying a word

until I get a chance to talk to my attorney.

It took a while to figure your scheme out,

but it just so happens that a bank in the metro district

got a delivery of $20 million in cash yesterday,

and that same bank used Dennis Maclntyre

as a security consultant.

Either read me my rights or I'm going to walk.

Don't be so official, Mr. Summers.

You're not going anywhere...

for a very long time.

Unless you want to cut a deal.

Maybe cop a plea to a lesser charge, huh?

What do you think?

Worth thinking about it, huh?

What have I got to trade?

Her.

Disappointed?

I hope this breaks your heart.

I won't lie to you, Jake.

You don't have to.

Summers gave us everything.

He even gave us you.

Did he tell you the really funny part?

About the joke on me?

I mean, this was the smartest job in the world,

but I got double-crossed.

I fell in love with Dennis.

I don't really want to hear it.

No, please, just listen to me.

I killed him.

I'm a professional.

I didn't have any other choice.

I want you to know how difficult it was for me.

I don't want you to think that it was easy.

I want you to know how much it hurt me,

because he was the only man that ever...

I'm only going to tell you this.

I don't... I don't want to tell anybody else,

because I don't think they'll understand.

The look in his eye when he knew that I...

In that instant,

Jake, I wanted to die.

And you know what he said to me, Jake?

He said...

♪ ♪