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I don't have a word for it, but whatever it is,

you really do it to me, baby.

Let's just call it "it".

Do you have to?

It might be business.

Hold those lips right where they were.

Walker.

Yeah.

I'll be right out.

I gotta meet somebody.

It better be important.

Baby, you know only a matter of life and death

could pull me away from you even for a second.

Don't forget. We have to run through that new number

before the show tonight.

♪ My mind's in such a state... ♪

What's up, Brownie?

Better question, what's goin' down?

Answer, you.

Damn.

What got into you? You almost missed the slide.

Well, I was just saying goodbye.

Well, that girl's kiss almost cost you 29 years.

That girl's kiss might've been worth it.

Men are pathetic.

Amen.

Are we gonna have this men are from Mars,

women are from the Moon business again?

Venus.

We're here for 18 hours.

That's plenty of time to fight.

I give up.

Yeah. We'd better get jobs.

The bank account is just about dry.

What kind of jobs?

Maybe there's a circus in town.

Listen, he's gone.

No! No, no.

What if you found a portal to a parallel universe?

What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds

where it's the same year and you're the same person,

but everything else is different?

And what if you can't find your way home?

Sliders.

I can't understand it.

Everybody loved him.

Not everybody.

Hey, hey. Let's get you inside.

Come on.

What do we do now?

Well, we don't have time to get tied up in a murder investigation.

Hang loose. I'll handle this.

Wells, LAPD.

I understand you people found the body.

Well, not exactly.

We heard a woman scream, and we ran to see if we could help her.

But, uh, we didn't actually see anybody get shot.

You two see anything?

No. We, uh, all got here about the same time.

No.

Who was the woman who screamed?

We didn't catch her name,

but apparently she's a singer at this nightclub.

Angie Morgan. She's pretty big around here.

Yeah, the guy that was shot was her piano player.

Yeah. Where is she now?

She's inside lying down. She's pretty upset.

Well, I won't bother her now.

If you remember anything else, call me.

Sure thing.

Well, that was pretty casual.

Yeah. Almost like he already knew everything.

Or didn't want to know.

Let's see how Remmy's doing.

He was, well, so different.

It was hard to believe he was a musician, if you know what I mean.

That musicians are usually unreliable,

bad about money, whisky, women?

How did you know?

I'm a musician.

Really?

Yeah. Vocals. A little keyboards.

Cut a couple of records.

What name do you work under? Would I know it?

Have you heard of Nat King Cole?

No.

Well, then you wouldn't know me.

Angie, we know this is a bad time

and we're sorry about Harrell and all,

but things are just getting too hot around here.

What? You're quitting?

We're sorry.

Oh, I can't think about this right now.

Listen, what did they mean by,

"Things are getting too hot around here"?

You got other troubles?

There's always some kind of trouble in this business.

Why don't you show me what you can do?

Look, it's been a while.

Come on.

Maybe you can sit in with the band a couple of days.

Uh-oh.

What's wrong?

Well, while we were out talking to that cop,

it looks like Angie hooked Rembrandt but good.

I'm paying the equivalent of a college chemistry department,

and nobody can come up with the right formula?

Customers are goin' crazy!

Two people died on the Southside.

Now, how hard can it be to mix a little synthetic caffeine?

Drop him, Dropper Daddy, like a bad habit.

I may do that,

but how does it solve the problem?

I need safe caf.

So, Officer Brown,

I heard you lost your temper.

Better than losing your life.

Did he have it on him?

So, you drop the guy, and he doesn't even have the contact?

I had to do him.

He was going to my boss about our arrangement.

And you think your boss doesn't know?

He may suspect, but he's not sure.

Harrell was gonna blow our whole deal.

Well, I guess I deserve what I get, huh?

When I send a dirty cop to do a man's job.

Please tell me you tossed his digs.

Well, I thought I'd come by here and check with you first.

Toss the place.

Evenin'.

Hey, barkeep, scotch and soda.

Stop sampling the merchandise, Alfalfa.

I would if I could.

There's not much hootch to speak of back here.

Just about 300 different kinds of coffee.

Okay, it makes sense why you would make a few bucks here,

but why do we have to?

Why can't we just hit the ATM machines like we always do?

I mean, I'm a PhD, for cryin' out loud.

Come on, guys, it's just for tonight.

Look, Angie just lost her boyfriend,

her people are walking out on her.

I mean, haven't you heard, "The show must go on"?

Here's the key to the sugar box.

I don't lock it up I get stolen blind.

Bring me ten packets.

Um, right.

I have never seen people who love coffee so much.

Oh, this is nothing.

You should go to Seattle sometime.

Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Be careful with these.

I only give you 10 at a time. You owe me 50.

Fifty cents for sugar?

$50.

Must be really good sugar.

The best in town.

$5 a packet. Ten packets, $50.

What's in the stuff? Heroin?

Uh, caffeine! Boy, you are out of touch.

Haven't you heard of the Gephardt Act?

Now, you did know you're working in a speakeasy, didn't you?

We've been out of the country lately.

Canada.

That explains it.

They're still drinking booze up there.

Here... they took it away,

then our smokes, then our beef, our caffeinated coffee,

all in the interest of the public health.

As if we couldn't make those decisions ourselves.

You have no idea how much I miss bacon.

So the caffeine is mixed with sugar?

Then the customer does the rest.

Oh, I gotta get moving. I'm on in a minute.

Break a leg.

It's a living.

It's illegal.

Ladies and gentlemen,

The Hippo Club is pleased to present,

our very own Angie Morgan.

This is dedicated to my man.

♪ My mind's in such a state ♪

♪ My man has gone away ♪

♪ Oh, Lord, what a mess ♪

♪ I need some tenderness ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ Well, I've been down before ♪

♪ And each time he'd love me more ♪

♪ Now I feel so alone ♪

♪ Tryin' to make it on my own ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ Where can... ♪

♪ We've all been down before ♪

♪ You need love that much more ♪

♪ And you're never so alone ♪

♪ As tryin' to make it on your own, little girl ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Nice and easy ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ Where can my baby ♪

♪ Be ♪

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Angie Morgan!

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

♪ He must be sleepin' ♪

♪ Could he be dreamin' ♪

♪ Where can my baby be? ♪

You realize he's not going to want to leave here.

Yeah.

Well, I'm not so sure it's such a good idea to stay.

Trust me, you do not want to go to jail on one of these worlds.

Maybe we should just finish out the night and move on.

Hmm.

But who wants to tell him?

I will.

What is it?

What's happening to her?

Bad dose. She got some tainted caf.

Let's get her outta here.

We can take her to Harrell's place.

Rem, somebody get this door.

I think it's down on the left.

Okay. Wait a minute.

We really appreciate this.

Whoa.

No offense, but your boyfriend wasn't much of a housekeeper.

I don't understand this.

Harrell was neat as a pin.

We used to call him Seinfeld.

That's right, you're from Canada.

Guess you didn't get that show.

Well, where we come from, we'd say this place has been searched.

Probably by a pro.

Harrell have anything of value in here?

Anything that would be important enough

to warrant somebody escaping out a fourth floor window?

Not that I know of.

Oh, I'm so sorry about this.

Sometimes we get a bad batch.

I'm trying to get a better source.

A good night's rest, you'll be fine.

You can stay here as long as you'd like.

It's the least I owe you.

Um, if you need to go out and get anything,

you can use my car. It's behind the club.

Will you be back for the late show?

Look, we were glad to do what we did

until we found out what you were selling there.

We don't want any harm to come to you.

But we don't want any part of that.

If I could compete without it...

You really should have some aspirin.

Good luck finding any here.

There's a drug store on the next block.

I'll be right back.

She's burning up.

Let me see if I can find some ice.

This guy must have ate out a lot.

Oh, here we go.

Hello.

What is it?

Looks like the piano man was a cop.

"The Colombian Connection is a guy called Medellin Max.

"He'll make the drop at the club at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday.

"Do I let Wells in on this, or make the bust myself?

"And what about Brownie?"

4:00 a.m. Wednesday.

That's tomorrow.

Medellin Max? Medellin Max?

Wait a minute.

That's the name that was on that note

that fell out of Harrell's music book at the piano.

"And what about Brownie?"

You think Angie knew her guy was a cop?

Well, if she did, she didn't say anything about it.

This Wells guy... Wait a minute.

Wasn't he the cop that we talked to on the street?

I think so.

Hmm.

It's not safe for a woman to be out at night alone.

What do you want?

Just a moment of your time.

Hey, somebody just grabbed Angie.

Should we call the police?

Angie said a lot of the cops here are on the take.

It's probably why she was able to operate so openly.

That Wells guy looked okay to me.

Maybe that's why Harrell left the note for him.

Can't take the chance.

Looks to me like Harrell was onto Angie,

she was trying to set up a connection to get pure caffeine.

So she's been buying the synthetic stuff from gangsters.

Yeah.

Maggie, keep an eye on Diana.

We're going to find this caffeine gangster.

Such a pretty face.

Such a pretty voice.

Let's play it this way.

Your voice for that info.

I told you, I don't know about any contact.

You know how this stuff cleans pipes?

It burns everything away,

and it'll do the same for your vocal chords.

Harrell Walker was an undercover cop.

And you were with him all the time.

You had to know.

I tell you, I didn't know.

Trust me, sister,

he was about to bring you and me both down.

Now give me that information.

Or I'm gonna rip your club apart

and I'm gonna burn it down!

I swear to you, I don't know.

If I had it, I'd give it to you. Why would I hold out?

I've got a meeting downtown.

We'll finish this off later.

But you remember what I said...

Your voice for that info.

Oh.

Are you sure that's the car you saw?

Yeah.

And that's the guy.

They may be the bad guys,

but they got some cool cars.

This could be tricky.

You stay here and watch my back.

If I don't come out in a few minutes, then we'll go to plan B.

What's that?

Sometimes you've got to trust the cops.

I could use a ten of hearts.

Hey, Brownie, is that you?

Uh, yeah.

What're you doing back there?

Get your butt over here, man!

You owe me some money.

Three kings!

- Damn! - I'm out.

Well, I gotta be going.

You're not still on the clock dressed like that, are you?

Yep. Doing a little undercover work.

So I gotta punch out.

Can't you get that skirt down there to talk?

I'm sure Daddy would appreciate it.

Yeah, what kind of cop are you?

Yeah, what kind of cop am I?

All right. I'll get her to talk.

I'll get her to sing.

You're the man, Brownie. You are the man.

Remmy!

Are you all right?

They didn't hurt you, did they?

Get me outta here.

A coupla goons out there...

They think I'm this cop.

Look, I've got an idea.

Just play along with me, okay?

Okay. But why are you sticking your neck out for me like this?

Both of our necks are out there.

Besides, a voice like yours is a terrible thing to waste.

Come on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What are you doing?

You be cool.

She agreed to get Harrell's notes.

I hope you know what you're doing,

'cause if Daddy comes back and she's not here...

Will you relax? I know what I'm doing.

Just tell Daddy that Brownie's on the case.

Look what I found watching the place.

What's this?

Who are you?

Rembrandt Brown.

Cut the crap. I'm Rembrandt Brown.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

They've been gone way too long.

Well, what do we do?

Well, you have to stay here and rest.

You've had a pretty good shock to your system.

I feel fine.

Where are you going?

Time for reinforcements.

I just hope Mallory's instinct about that cop is right

and that he's a good guy.

What are you doing here?

Are we allowed to ask you the same thing?

If I get an answer I like, you might get one.

Angie gave us temporary jobs at the club.

She said since he wouldn't be needing it anymore,

we could stay at Harrell's for a few days.

Nice of her.

You didn't do this, did you?

It was like this when we got here.

Well, whoever did this,

I wonder if they found what they were looking for.

No, but we did.

Sit tight now till Dropper Daddy gets back.

I always had a feeling there was something

Harrell wanted to tell me.

He never could do it.

Yeah. Well, I figure he was there

to investigate the caffeine traffic.

Hadn't counted on falling in love with you.

He was going to bust me.

I think he was beginning to have second thoughts about that.

He left a note.

Had the name of your connection, time of delivery, everything.

He put it in his music book.

Obviously he was trying to figure out a way

to make that bust without hurting you.

And somebody killed him for it.

Yeah.

I can't prove it, but I'd bet money

that the shooter was a bad apple in my barrel.

A cop named Rembrandt Brown.

You have an officer named Rembrandt Brown?

Yeah. We think he was on the take

from a big timer named Dropper Daddy.

Harrell found out about it

and that's why you think Brown killed him.

That's how I add it up.

But convincing a D.A.?

Well...

We think our friends might be in trouble.

They went looking for this Dropper Daddy,

and they've been gone a long time.

If that's where they went, they might not come back at all.

Oh, now wait.

That's not something we accept without a fight.

So you say Brown works for this guy?

That's my guess.

Then why don't you give him a call,

set up a meeting and tell him you've got the word

on the Colombian Connection.

How is that gonna help your friends,

assuming that Brown's got them?

When we get your Brown,

that gives us something to trade for our friends.

Well, well, well, my main man Brown.

Guess you dropped by to watch me

turn off the lights on that song bird, huh?

Yeah. Well, there's a little complication.

Complication?

Am I going to like it?

Some men were watching the place.

And one of them looks just like Brownie.

In fact, when he came in through the back

we both thought he was Brownie.

From the back?

Yeah. He must have jimmied the back door.

We didn't think of that at the time.

Obviously.

Yeah. Anyway, he played a couple of hands of poker with us

and then he tried to take Angie out of here.

Yeah. He said you would like it.

And where were you when all this fancy melodrama was playing out?

Look, I come up, there's a car in the street,

so I bust the guy inside.

There was another guy?

Yeah, then this other guy...

He says his name is Rembrandt Brown, too, by the way.

Anyway, he's coming out with Angie, they try to get away.

So, naturally I stop 'em.

Naturally.

We got 'em all locked up.

This may come as a surprise to you,

but I followed that whole thing.

All right. So, what do we do now?

Stick 'em with the steaks.

The freezer?

Why don't we just cap 'em?

Too much of that going on lately.

Besides, I want Angie to think about dying before she does.

Maybe then she'll tell me about that connection she has.

I knew I should have brought my winter coat.

Would you quit with the jokes, I'm trying to think.

That wasn't a joke.

Oh, is he just gonna let us freeze to death?

From the way he laughed when he slammed and locked that door,

that would be my guess.

Maggie and Diana must be going nuts right about now.

Think they'll call the cops?

They're not one to do nothing.

All this because some folks want a real caffeine buzz?

And if we ever get out of this,

I want you to carefully think about that.

Remmy, can I have your coat?

Maybe I should go back to that apartment.

Maybe these people we've got,

they were the ones that were there.

Something always interrupts you, doesn't it?

See what I mean?

Brown.

It's Wells.

Yeah.

He knows about the Colombian Connection. He's got a name.

Uh-huh.

There's gonna be a meet at the club after closing.

He's gonna make a bust.

Uh-huh.

He wants me to meet him there.

Okay, I'll meet you there.

Fine.

Now what?

Is Wells gonna be there alone?

Hey, that's his style.

No ambush?

No SWAT team putting down their trombones, picking up tommies, huh?

The Connection's only one guy.

Wells is gonna make the collar alone.

Besides, there's no one he can trust on the force.

Well, who can blame him?

Well, then, let's do what he says.

Make the contact?

Sure, two cops in the room,

one of them works for me?

I love those odds.

We might need to take Angie along. It's her connection.

Thaw her out, throw her in the car.

Oh, oh, oh.

Well, I'm glad you changed your mind...

Or have you?

Just the girl. Not you.

Come on.

Thank you.

What has she got that we don't?

I've got an idea.

Give me a hand over here.

The Freon in these tubes...

Under pretty heavy pressure...

We can freeze the lock, maybe it'll shatter.

Yeah.

You ever break out of a meat locker before?

I broke into one once.

Medellin Max?

Hmm.

You know the drill.

All right! Let's go!

Hey, can't you get it to stop this?

I don't know!

Max?

Yeah.

You Dropper Daddy?

Yeah.

Didn't expect a woman.

A lot of things I do are unexpected.

Like this. Freeze!

Angie, run for it!

You! Drop the chopper!

Damn!

She's out!

Uh, yeah. They're on their way.

Yeah. Come on. Let's go.

Got him.

Come on. You know the routine.

I guess you knew what you were talking about

when you said your people could handle this.

That was a trip.

I just want to say thank you.

Anytime we're in town.

All right.

That goes double for me.

Are you okay?

Never better.

Gonna have to plug up a few holes,

but you shouldn't be closed for long.

No, I'm closing down for good.

Besides, raging gun battles are never good for business.

Word gets around.

Yeah. Well, maybe you should stick to de-caf.

I know I will.

I think I'm gonna try the music business again.

Let somebody else worry about payrolls,

and musicians who don't show up.

What about you guys?

Well, we always have some place interesting to go.

Uh, about 30 seconds.

Whoa, time escapes me when I'm shooting up the bad guys.

Let's go, guys.

Thank you.

Hey, it was a definite kick.

Thank you.

Maybe we could work together again some time.

Yeah. Maybe.