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That could be dangerous, Angel.

That's called
influence peddling.

Go for the blades!

Go for the motor!

You want a name?

I want a name!

Cynthia. Any way you
spell it, it means trouble.

How much were
the paintings worth?

Somewhere around $2 million.

I am E. A. Martin. I'm the man!

Whatever you do,
don't let him outta there.

You just get somebody down here.

And get him down
here now, Dennis!

ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING
MACHINE: This is Jim Rockford.

At the tone, leave your
name and message.

I'll get back to you.

Jim, directions to the party.
Left on Saugus, you'll see a rock.

Left, left again,
right, another left,

there's kind of a
hill, keep going,

you'll probably
see a bunch of cars.

Go on, have your party.

Just like the pigs up on Gorky Street
before the storming of the Winter Palace.

Sixty, 70 years go by
and nothing's changed.

Champagne, caviar...

Pigs.

Let's get moving.

Carolyn, how you doing?

I'm ready, David.

Thanks. I left mine in the den.

Hi, how are you? Fine.

Oh, John?

Oh, will you excuse me? Thanks.

Thank you for rescuing
me from that broad.

What is she? Another
one of Aaron's relatives?

No, no. That's Marion
Heverly's mother, Phyllis.

You remember, you thought she had
some very nice impressionist paintings.

And I invited her because I
thought we might buy one of them.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Well, she may
have very nice art,

but her conversation
is je ne sais quoi.

John! Oh, I must say
this party, it's just...

Well, it's just lovely.
You really didn't have to.

Oh, I know I didn't
have to, Aaron,

but this is one of those special
occasions when one wants to.

Jeff, it's lovely, just lovely.

When do you start, Aaron?

Is it right away or is there
some sort of swearing in?

Oh, no, no, right away.

Apparently, they just
toss you right into the fire.

You know, you and I really ought
to talk business one of these days

before you get too involved.

John, I've sent you a
letter that I'm sending

to the stockholders
of the newspaper.

Maybe you can run through it

and, if there are any
changes you'd like to make...

Fine, fine. I'd love to see it.

Ah, but let's not
talk business now.

Let's party.

Come on, Aaron, there's
somebody you have to meet.

Somebody with loads
of police influence.

Hey, Chapman, I didn't
know you were gonna be here.

It's quite a party, isn't it?

Oh, Lieutenant Chapman, I'd
like you to meet Cynthia Daskin.

She's the assistant city
editor of Mr. Kiel's paper.

Miss Daskin is not
invited to the party.

Oh, then you're not a
guest here either, huh?

You're just here in your blue
double-knit, working the door?

Don't push it, Rockford.

Well, it's such a
festive occasion,

why don't you make
it Mr. Rockford, okay?

Let's not cause any problems,
okay, Jim? Let's just leave.

No, no, no, no, here. If you'll
get somebody to read this to you,

it says "with guest." That
means I can bring anyone I want.

Hey, Jimmy, you made it. Great.

Cynthia, darling,
I'm so glad you came.

Here you go, fella. Why don't
you run that into the closet?

Oh, there's some friends
from the paper. I'll be right back.

All right.

You got Cynthia all right.

'Cause I was kinda afraid
you'd lose the address,

I had to slide it
under the door.

I love playing the
old matchmaker.

Nice, huh?

Yeah. Chapman acted like she was

specifically not supposed
to be here, Angel.

I feel a little funny
being here myself.

I mean, this is not
exactly my kind of party.

You're here because I wanted
you here. You're my friend.

What's Chapman
doing working the door?

Chapman and a couple
other off-duty cops are here

acting as security because
there's a lot of important people.

We got four police commissioners,
we got a deputy mayor,

we got two deputy police chiefs.

This thing is bigger than Cher's
birthday! Watch this, watch this.

Lieutenant, come
over here and report.

Yeah?

You want to get us
a couple of mai tais,

maybe a little tray
of hors d'oeuvres?

You pick it out, something nice.

But don't take all
night getting it, all right?

I'm not a waiter, buddy.

Buddy?

Is that how you address the
brother-in-law of Aaron Kiel,

the guest of honor
of the party, "buddy"?

Aaron is the new police
commissioner, you know what I mean?

I could have you up leading
first graders at a crosswalk,

so I'd get the plate and
I'd bring it as fast as I could

like a good little flatfoot.

I'll call your waiter.

Sir! Why don't you
call me "sir," Chapman?

You know, Chapman, that's my
brother-in-law, Aaron, over there

with his wife, AKA my sister.

Aaron,

I'd like you to see one of your
police lieutenants in action,

or should I say "inaction"?

Sir.

Ain't that wonderful, Jimmy?

I'd like to plow him
up like that all day long.

What I'm trying to demonstrate to
you is what true influence is worth.

I'm not talking small-time, I'm
talking the big bag job in the sky.

Any time Chapman starts to
bother you or any of your friends,

you call Angel Martin.

I'll have him crated and shipped
to the apple orchard indefinitely,

for which I will pick up
a little money or a favor.

Oh, no, that could
be dangerous, Angel.

That's called
influence peddling.

Peddling? I ain't a peddler.

Peddler guy stands on the street
corner and eats exhaust fumes.

I got a penthouse in
the Brentwood Hotel.

Half the floor, my own pool.

I'm telling you, this thing runs
smoother than a Mattel truck.

You go ahead, Jimmy. Have a
good time, eat all you want to eat

and make sure that Cynthia
gets a chance to see Aaron.

Drop it! Shut up!

All law enforcement officers,
put your guns on the floor!

Tell them!

Do as he says.

Everybody, outside.

A young lady will pass
among you to take a collection.

If we find one gun,
you've all had it.

Move!

Your capitalist booty is
being liberated by the people!

Everyone, face-down
on the ground!

One false move from
anyone and I'll waste 50.

Now! All the men
take off your pants.

Right now!

Okay, little brother, do it!

You are the cancers
that feed on the people.

You are the swine of the earth.

Realize your errors before
the people rise and crush you!

We need a boat.

There's a speedboat
next door. Use that.

Lieutenant, Lieutenant, I
found a shark gun. She's loaded.

Get a light out there!

I think we got them,
they're slowing down.

Let them hear about it, Finta.

Watch it! Watch it!

Keep firing.

What the hell?

Cover me.

Go for the blades!
Go for the blades!

Go for the motor!

Go for anything!

Adios. Enjoy Mexico!

I want the names and the
addresses of the three people

who held up this party,
and I want them now!

What do you
think, I set this up?

Look, you just write
down their names.

I'll do my best to help
you with the police.

Now write down their names!

Now I want a name
and I want it now!

You want a name?

I want a name!

All righty, I'm gonna
give you a name.

C, that's for the community
property that you'll be splitting.

Y, that's for the
youngish look she has.

N, that's for the nights
you spent in Newport.

T, that's for the
telling of the wife.

Look, knock it off.

H, that's for the home
you're gonna lose in Bel-Air.

I, is for the interest
for my silence,

and A, is for the alimony
you're gonna be stuck with.

You want a name, Aaron?

There's a name for you. Cynthia.
Any way you spell it, it means trouble.

What do you want?

You know, Aaron, our game
just went into extra innings.

Time to time, I'm gonna want
you to lean on somebody for me,

things like that.

And if you do what you're told,

I'll protect my dear
sister from this scandal.

Look, Angel.

Look, this is ridiculous.

Another thing I
want to clear up.

I didn't set up this
rip-off, you know.

Last thing in the world I want
to do is make you look bad,

because that ruins my game plan.

So if Chapman comes
here pointing the finger at me,

I know you're gonna
wanna clean my windshield.

You're gonna blackmail me?

No, no, no, no.

After all the things
I did for you?

Aaron, when it's in the immediate
family, it's not called blackmail,

it's called family spirit.

How do you like it?

Black, please.

Do you have a little brandy?

Oh, I'm all out of brandy.

Cointreau? Cream?

I'll skip it. Thanks, anyway.

Those paintings were like
children to us, Mr. Rockford.

Mr. Rockford, what
Jeffrey really means

is that we take our art
collecting very seriously.

We don't buy pictures
for their particular value.

We buy them because...

Well, they mean something
to us, they make us feel things,

emotions.

A good painting can
do that, you know.

Yeah, that was in
a friend's garage

and he was going to throw them
away and they were free, so...

Mr. Rockford,

I really don't know how
to tell you this because...

Well, it seems so foolish now...

I'll tell, Juanito.

You see, Mr. Rockford,

we were so confident
of our alarm system,

and the fact that we were on a peninsula
with only one road in and one out,

that we never had
our paintings insured.

You see, the way
Johnny figured it

was that if somebody did
break in and set the alarm off,

by the time they got
everything loaded,

the police would
set up a road block

and catch them trying
to get off the peninsula.

You never figured a boat?

Okay, there's no insurance.

How much were
the paintings worth?

Somewhere around $2 million.

Mr. Rockford, what we'd
like to do is to hire you

to find our paintings for us.

Oh, with two deputy
chiefs, a deputy mayor,

two police commissioners,
and half of the LA social registry

stripped down to their skivvies,

I feel safe in saying
the police are on top of it.

The fact is, Mr. Rockford,
that Johnny and I are afraid

that maybe because the police
are so embarrassed by this,

they may just try to bury it.

We'll pay anything.

I charge $200 a
day, plus expenses,

and those paintings
are probably in Mexico,

along with the
people who stole them.

It could take quite
some time to place them.

Well, this should
handle the first week.

All right, I'll get in
touch with the police.

In the meantime, I'd like it if
both of you could make up a list

of anyone who's been in the house
for the last two or three months.

None of our friends
would have done this to us.

Oh, no, no, no, no. I mean, cleaning
people, meter readers, workmen...

Anyone who's been in the
house long enough to case it.

You could make a
list of your friends

just to see if there's a clinker
in among the blue bloods.

Right!

Now, come on, come on,

will you send me the
stationery supply bills, please,

and while you're at it,

would you break out the entire
departmental parking blueprint?

Yes, that's right, I'm
reassigning parking places.

What do you want?

Relax, Lieutenant. I'm happy
with my parking assignment.

Hardy-har-har.

No, I just dropped in

to let you know I'm working for
John St. Clair and Jeff LeVane.

I know it's your hot potato, and I
thought you ought to know I'm on it.

No. It was my hot potato.

It's Captain Salducci's
problem now.

As of 10:00 this morning, I'm
frying a whole nother string of fish.

You want a box of paper
clips? Call Chapman.

You want your phone
fixed? Call Chapman.

Is Becker around?

How the hell should I know?

Jim, Jim, just a minute. Jimmy!

Jim, look... Can I see you
in the office for a minute?

You see, what I was wondering...

How does it work
with you and Becker?

I mean...

You give him info, he
runs plates for you? Right?

What is this, Lieutenant?

Well, what I was
thinking is this.

You see, you don't carry any
extra weight in your saddle.

I mean, you can run roughshod
right through a guy's rights.

I mean, pick up
whatever you can,

and then you hand him
to us, we Mirandize him,

give him the old honest injun
and we drop him in Leavenworth.

Is that how it works?

Okay, so what's the story?

Does Becker have the exclusive
dealership in the Rockford department?

That's right.

Okay. Okay.

I'm not going to mince
words with you, Jim.

You see, they're rotating
me over a big fire here

and it's not just because
Chief Gorman is on me,

or the police commission
is in an uproar.

You see, I figure over the years

an average honest cop is gonna run
his share of departmental gauntlets.

Begging your pardon, Lieutenant,

but isn't what we're talking about
here a departmental lynching?

Yeah, it's pretty much the
same thing, isn't it, Jimbo?

Well, no, not really.

You see, with a gauntlet there's
a light at the end of the tunnel.

But with a lynching, there's just that
old rope up there, swinging in the wind.

Whatever.

Now listen now.

Now if you were to
continue with this case

and you were to come
up with some evidence

that led to the arrest
of the malefactors,

I would be disposed
in ways, I mean subtle

but important ways,
to return the favor.

Well, that'd be
nice, Lieutenant,

but I figure I got some
juice in the department now.

Oh, oh, you figure Becker
can cover for you, right?

Well, I can cover better.

No, I was thinking more
in terms of Angel Martin.

Angel?

You think he's
gonna have influence

with his brother-in-law,
Aaron, huh?

You never know now, do you?

Oh, listen. Don't forget now,

I mean, you got an important
friend here, a real pal.

I mean, hell's bells,
I'd even be, you know,

interested in running a plate
or two for you myself, you know.

Just remember, if you need
something, I'm right here.

Yeah, well, if I ever
need a box of paper clips,

I'll look you up, Chappy.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I
was taking a shower.

How's it going?

Well, it's not much
of a list, Mr. St. Clair.

You had a TV cable installed.
Did you see the man who did it?

No, no. Jeffrey and I were in
Mazatlán when that was done.

I put it down because
you said, anyone.

It's all so hopeless.

There was a police captain
out here, Captain Salducci.

He's looking
into that list, too.

He didn't seem very encouraging.

Anybody for a Bloody?

Oh, yes, please.

Mr. Rockford?

No, it's a little early
for me. Soft drink?

Grapefruit juice?

Orange?

How about a soda?

No, I'll just skip it.
Nothing for me, thank you.

Mr. St. Clair, I mentioned
something about cleaning people.

I don't see any
on the list here.

Oh, well, we've had the
same man for five years.

Robert. He would
never touch a thing.

Never!

Oh, Jeffrey.

What happened to that couple that came
here three months ago to clean the carpets?

You remember, it was just
before we went to China.

They were a strange
sort of couple.

I remember, the man had long
black hair. He was very well built.

The woman... Well, she was
young and rather pretty, really.

A blonde. A certain elegance.

I remember wondering
why she was cleaning house.

You know, Johnny... Thank you.

You might be right about them.

Do you remember a name?

No.

Anything unusual?

Well... Yes, they did have
rather a strange sort of truck.

Do you remember?

Yes, we had to
ask them to move it

when I brought Mr. Benz
back from the garage.

Mr. Benz?

It's my little Mercedes.

Yeah, about the truck.
What was so strange about it?

Well, it was really one of those
old cars that nobody ever bought.

What did they call
them? A Clipper?

Oh, a Packard?
Yes, that's right.

And it wasn't really a truck.

Somebody had
cut the back off it.

You mean a conversion?

Yes, it was a
conversion. Ugly beast.

It was full of
carpet-cleaning things.

What was the name
of the company?

I don't remember.

Jeffrey, where did you get them?

I got them off the bulletin
board at the market.

I don't suppose that was very
smart, was it, Mr. Rockford?

Look, can we get out
of here now, please?

You aren't ashamed to be seen
with me, are you, Chapman?

Look, Rockford, this
is very hard for me.

I'm a cop. A good cop.

I don't like private snoopers.

It's a long-time thing with me.

And here I am in front of
the PD, talking with you,

talking about the
toughest case on the board.

So, look, do me
a favor, will you?

Put this thing in
gear and... Okay?

Okay.

Did you get the
address on that Packard?

I reconsidered.

Come on, Chapman,
don't deflate on me now

or we're through with
our little arrangement.

How can I do this? I'm a cop!

I got certain responsibilities!

I can't go running
around ringing doorbells

with some guy in
a checkered coat!

Then why did you
agree to the meeting?

Because I want to find out
who this Yossi Hendel is.

What's he up to?

I need the background
to establish a PC,

so I can bust the guy.
Come on, give me.

Nothing doing! Now you deal
with me or you don't get anything.

All right, okay, okay, you got it,
come on, how did you get this?

Three months ago, the guy
that owns that truck, and a girl,

they cleaned the carpets
at St. Clair's house.

Three months ago? That's
it? That's the big clue?

And then they waited for these
guys to come back from China to hit it?

I love it. That's great.

I find myself sneaking around in a
computer room, running these plates,

feeling like a Russian spy and
that's the big wow? Three months ago?

Carpet cleaners?

Have you got the address?

1658 Meadowlark Lane, Agoura.

You know, once, five years
ago, I almost quit the department

and went into the liquor
business with my brother-in-law?

I almost did it, too, because I
was stuck down in Parker Center

as administrative assistant
to the Deputy Chief.

Why did you change your mind?

I got transferred to vice.

I used to love vice.

Well, Lieutenant, I think we
ought to sit on it for a while.

It's no big deal.

I mean, just a bunch
of carpet cleaners.

Even if they did use the house,

everybody saw the
helicopter take off.

Listen, the department's position
is they're long gone, Mexico.

Besides, I gotta get
back for roll call in an hour.

Come on, let's go on up there.

Lieutenant, there's
a light on, there's a...

Rockford, we're
playing hard ball here.

You wanna watch the ball game

or do you wanna get on in it?

I know what I'm doing.
Come on, let's go.

Open up, police!

Yeah, well, what do I know?

I'm just a guy in
a checkered coat.

You got any idea what kind of
trouble I'm in, all because of you?

Because of me? I
better get my ears fixed.

What was it you said?

You wanted a dealership
in the Rockford department.

Isn't that the way you put it?

I think you'd better phone downtown
and tell them about this place.

I'm sure there'll be
some good prints around.

Oh, oh, yeah.

I can just hear Captain
Salducci saying right now,

"What are you doing
out there with Rockford?"

Now he's gonna say,

"How come you didn't bring
a team in there with you?

"Why didn't you call in SWAT?"

I'm gonna look like
some kind of jerk!

Hey, hey, look at this. Do
you believe these guys?

They make their revolutionary
speeches about capitalist booty,

then they buy their magazines
in the lobby of the Bel-Air Hotel.

They've got Vogue, Harper's,
all kinds of foreign car manuals.

They left in a Mercedes.

I wonder where the
current issue of Free Press

or the newspaper for the
Chinese People's Republic is, huh?

Don't ask me, I'm not
on this case, Rockford.

I mean, the only reason I
came up here in the first place

was you made it
sound sort of incidental.

Hey, if I'd thought this had
anything to do with the terrorists

who ripped off
the St. Clair place,

I would've turned it all
over to Captain Salducci.

Hey, I know departmental
procedure, you see,

but sometimes these things
are hard to differentiate.

So believe me, the only reason I
came by here at all, was because it was...

It was on your way home?

I wouldn't try it,
Chapman, we're in Agoura.

I'll call it in.

Like, who should I
be saying is calling?

Like, who are you here to see?

Like, Angel Martin, like.

Hey, hey, Jimmy! How's
the boy, how's the boy?

Angel, could I talk to you?

Don't call me Angel anymore.

Like Bugsy Siegel, he didn't
like people to call him Bugsy,

unless it was behind his
back, which I don't mind either,

as long as it's got a certain
affectionate quality to the moniker.

Yeah, am I gonna have to
write all this down, or is that it?

No, no. Come on in. Look
around, Jimmy, look around.

Hey, boss, what should I
do about the City Hall deal?

If the Mayor calls, you
don't put him through

unless he's ready to talk
turkey on the amusement park.

What are we asking, huh?

Move a little off-ramp, make
my park more accessible.

My clients are big taxpayers,

topsy-turvy world. Be a big
park, generate a lot of debts!

Topsy-turvy world?

Pritz, you call the DA.

You tell him if he
wants a satisfactory vote

on the police
commission crime program

that he better get real tender
on the Detonis prosecution.

Yeah, boss.

Come on, Jim. I'm telling
you, the pressure is killing me.

If it isn't 20 phone
calls a day, it's 400 guys

wanting favors from me,
you know what I mean?

They say, "Can you do
this, can you talk to Jerry..."

Why don't you stand right there?

I mean, what are you gonna say
to a guy who's been canceled out

by a county ordinance and
he's looking for a power base?

You know, there's
only so much I can do.

I don't know what
to say to the guy.

I mean, breaks my heart to
say no, but I am in business.

Angel, is this for real?

Can you believe this, Jimmy?

Aaron gets appointed to the
commission and the next thing you know,

I'm kinda boasting about
it, nothing too big, you know,

a little bitty boast and then suddenly
guys are coming out of the woodwork at me.

Big guys, they want me to
enter in to stuff with them.

Push a button or two. And
before you know it, I'm moving stuff.

I mean big stuff,
important stuff.

Freeway off-ramps?

I've spent too much
time with you, already.

Time is my only commodity. Time
and my ability to make things happen.

Okay, Angel, I need a favor.

Favors are my business.

I thought that the
paintings that were stolen

from the St. Clair house were
going to get flown right out to Mexico,

but, last night, I got shot at
by the guys who stole 'em.

At least, I think
they're the same ones.

If they are, there's a chance that
the paintings are still in the city.

So, I don't know why they'd go to
all the trouble of getting a helicopter

and not leave the country.

Smoke screen, maybe?

Where do I fit into
this and at what price?

Hey, look, I said, I'm
in the favor business,

but if I have to do a favor
for a nickel plate like you,

what can I possibly
get out of it?

You know, you can't turn
no tricks for me, Jimmy.

I'm afraid it's going to have to
be cash on the old kazoosky.

I need someone
to sniff the streets,

to see whether anybody's
tried to deal off those paintings.

Why should I do that?

What kind of favor
you're gonna do me back?

I could promise not
to knock your head off!

It's not much of a favor, since it's
never been screwed on straight, anyway.

Okay, we'll work something out.

You want me to sniff around, see if
anybody's trying to sell any paintings.

Right.

Okay. We'll work it out.

I thought we could.

I've been trying to
find you all morning.

I've been out pounding the pavement,
trying to get a line on those paintings.

Jim, I'm very, very worried
about Jeff. He's gone.

Gone, or just overdue?

No, no, no. Yesterday, after you
left, Jeffrey became very upset.

Then he went to
the Berkeley Club.

That's where Jeffrey goes
when he wants to be by himself.

But this morning, we had a very
important meeting with our accountants,

and he never showed up.

He never came home.

Do you mind if I ask you
a few personal questions?

No, I guess not.

The money, the house, everything,
who pays for that? You or Jeff?

I don't see that, that...

It's you, isn't it?

I don't think that's a deep,
dark secret. So what?

Well, Jeff hired those cleaners.

Now, I think it's possible

that he could have arranged
for the theft of the paintings.

If he was planning
on moving out,

two million in paintings
could be a nice place to start.

That could explain why the
paintings never left the country.

I think we ought to
bring the police in on it.

What kind of car does he drive?

Well, he didn't drive
his car last night.

He took Mr. Benz.

Is Mr. Benz a maroon 220S?

Yes. Burgundy. Why?
How did you know?

Well, I think I know where we might
find Jeff, but you're not going to like it.

Somebody's been
digging here before us.

It's Jeffrey.

Rockford, you stop by in an
hour or so and fill out a statement.

Everything's secured, Captain.

Okay, good.

You don't pay much attention
to signs, do you, Rockford?

I beg your pardon?

This place was posted
and you walked right in here

and started digging
up the ground.

Now, when we post a location,
Rockford, it's for a reason.

You should've called us
up, given us your suspicions

and we would've come
out and done the digging.

Now, what you did was
technically a misdemeanor

and, since I'm a
stickler for technicality,

I'm gonna give a lot
of thought to filing it.

Well, pardon me all to hell!

Hey, where's Chapman?
I called this thing in to him.

Didn't you hear?

He got suspended for the
way he handled things last night.

Hey, where is he? I mean,
he says 11:30. I gotta get back.

He said he'd be here.

Relax! Forget your crummy
job for five minutes, will ya?

Oh, that's easy for you to say.

A job isn't a condition
of your parole.

You got the capitalist bandit
gang to thank for all your problems.

This revolution is coming.

When it does, we'll see who works
in the kitchens and who doesn't!

Hey, David, will you knock
off that stale '60s rhetoric?

You're looking at the new Jag,
she wants a Kenzo wardrobe.

I'm sick and tired of hearing
about the pigs up on Gorky Street

and the storming
of the Winter Palace.

I'm not buying a new Jag, I'm
buying a paramilitary vehicle,

a fast escape car to
get away from the pigs.

We all sold out the day
she got her first $50 haircut

and you and I said we liked it.

Now, I'm sick and tired
of that Berkeley dialogue!

Yeah. Me, too.

Me and my people talked...

Yeah, and?

And the stuff is very hot.

You guys should've
got it out of the country.

If you had it in Mexico
or someplace like that

we could talk a
lot better deals.

We couldn't get it to Mexico.
We had engine trouble.

I'm just telling you,
that's all, you know.

Look, we don't want
none of the jewelry.

Forget that, but we'll
take the paintings.

Deliver to us and
we'll pick the spot.

Okay, let's get on with
the figure, shall we?

You're not gonna like it.

$200,000. Half on the
exchange, half later.

You saw the art.

Now, we're talking about two
million, at least. Those are originals.

You're right, sonny.

And they're so hot,
they're trailing smoke, huh?

You know, there's a
situation that's analogous...

Before the long march, Mao
Tse-tung found it necessary

to climb into bed with certain
reactionary self-interested war lords.

Now, some of them later
came to embrace the revolution,

some didn't. Like you.

And those who didn't

wound up with their heads on the
paving stones of Tiananmen Square.

Who's he kidding?

Let's shag. We make
no deals. They're flakes.

And they're from Berkeley.

At least, one of them is.

They had this Cal-Berkeley
sticker on the bumper of their car.

Angel, what the...

Okay, okay, you want to try
murder one on Nate Detonis,

you go ahead, but
you look out, mister.

If that sounds like a
threat, then maybe it is.

You just tell the
DA to look out.

He's dealing with E. A.
Martin and I do not fool around.

Make them sweat a little bit.

You think that's smart,
threatening the DA?

Jimmy, that's my
town down there.

It's all mine.

All the little people,
all their little jobs

looking up at E. A. Martin
saying, "Help me, E. A., help me!"

We were talking
about a bumper sticker.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Well, I got this friend of mine
that's a fed. "Cat Eye" Wilson.

He met with those
boys of yours, all right.

Said he wouldn't trust them
to float ice cream in a root beer.

One of them went around
spouting revolutionary slogans.

The other guy's stocky built, black
hair, wore white suits all the time.

And the third member
of the group is this

stoned out, major
league blonde fox.

He said they had a Berkeley
bumper sticker on the car.

I said that already, didn't I?

What am I out here
repeating myself?

Angel, I got some
sound advice...

Jimmy, I give advice now.

When you give advice,
you don't take advice.

Shut the hell up!

Now, you're
running way too fast.

You can't threaten the DA and make
deals with killers like Nate Detonis.

I can't? Damn you!
Why do you say I can't?

Nobody tells me what I can do!

Nobody! Ain't nobody big
enough to deal with me. No law!

No law, no official big enough.

I am E. A. Martin. I'm
the man! I'm E. A. Martin!

I'm Stephen Davis.

Ah! Steve, what class?

Berkeley '47.

Ah, you're here from
Buellton, you say?

Yes, that's right.

What line you in?

Aluminum doors and siding.

Oh, really? Well,
I'm in publishing.

Well, I'll tell you, you know,
you got aluminum in the walls,

they're already
stronger and lighter.

And with the asbestos, you know,
you got on the front and the back,

now you got your fire retardant
problem kicked in the head

and the whole cuckoo's nest is gonna
weigh 15 to 20,000 pounds lighter.

Cut your construction
costs in two.

Oh, really? Well,
it's a good idea.

Oh, yeah, I don't know what to
tell some of these guys sometimes.

You know, half of them
never spent more than

six seconds on any kind
of engineering problem.

Yeah, I was talking
to Jeff LeVane about it.

Oh, it was last week. You know
Jeff used to be in engineering.

You know Jeff?
He's a member here.

Oh, well, Jeff and I go
way back, sure, yeah.

You know, Jeff's kinda changed.

I used to be able to put a
set of plans in front of Jeff,

he could read them from
any corner, you know.

That must have
been a long time ago.

Jeff doesn't seem
to work anymore.

Yeah, he collects art.

Oh, yeah, he's been hanging
around some strange types.

Strange types?

You know that guy
with the black hair,

that whole radical group.
There's a blonde, and the guy,

the other guy that spouts
all those slogans and things.

No kidding.

You know, once I did
see him talking in here

with that Yossi character
that works downstairs.

Yossi, Yossi... Yeah, I
think that's the guy, yeah.

Let me tell you about this guy.

Now, we had to have a board
meeting about him three months ago.

This guy, Yossi Hendel, was
a Berkeley grad in the '60s.

Now that you mention it,

he was one of those free
speech guys at Berkeley.

But, technically, he was a member of
this club, because he was a graduate.

Well, you know, I...

I think sometimes maybe we
ought to put a few restrictions

on the club memberships.

I think it's nice that you're
required to wear a tie.

Some of the simple
things, you know.

Probably wouldn't hurt to
set a few income levels, too.

Steve, doesn't that sort of defeat
the purpose of an alumni club?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I suppose, yeah.

Anyway, Steve,

Yossi is on parole, and he
came here looking for a job.

We finally gave it to him. Now, it
took two board votes, but what the hell,

I mean, the man is a Berkeley
graduate and he needed the job.

Where's he working?

He's in the kitchen,
washing dishes.

What time is it?

It's almost 3:00.

Lieutenant Becker.

Oh, Dennis, this is Jim.

I'm at the Berkeley Club
on 3rd Street, downtown.

I'm sitting on a guy
named Yossi Hendel.

He's one of the characters
who ripped off the St. Clair place,

so you better get
somebody down here.

Looks like he's about
ready to go off his shift.

Well, hold on to him. Whatever
you do, don't let him outta there.

You just get somebody
down here, Dennis.

And get him down
here now, Dennis!

What happened? Get in.

Let's get out of here! He
must have called the cops!

All right! All right!
Pigs! I know my rights!

The Jag, man. We
could have used the Jag!

I then put out a call and the
suspects were quickly apprehended.

One of the suspects, Mr. Yossi
Hendel, led us to the paintings,

which were recovered
at 2:38 this afternoon.

They were stored in a rented
garage and that's it, fellas.

An official statement will
be made by Captain Salducci

later this afternoon.

You really give Salducci the
old kiss-up, don't you, Becker?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Until we hear from the
captain, you guys are free to go.

Was that Chapman I
heard out there, bleating?

It sure was.

I thought he was suspended.

He is, but it was a political
maneuver to take the heat off.

They fed him to the
press, so to speak.

But now that
we've got it solved,

they'll let him out
of the closet again.

And when he hits
the streets, watch out.

Oh, hey, Jim, thanks a lot. It
was a real good bust for me.

Any time, pal.

Well, I'd better get
over to the mortuary

to make the final arrangements
for Jeffrey's funeral.

You're paying for the funeral even
though he tried to steal your paintings?

I don't know why
he did what he did.

I probably will never
understand that.

But for 15 years he
was my devoted friend.

I can't forget
that, and I won't.

I expect you deserve
a bonus. A reward.

I'll send you a
check, with my thanks.

Well, thank you.

Lieutenant.

A reward? How much
do you think you'll get?

Oh, not much, Dennis.

Probably no more than a
couple hundred thousand.

Hey, you can't come
in here like that. Hold it!

Look at this department!
There's paper everywhere.

Now let's keep
this squad room...

Hey, hey! You wanna
take a walk, Martin!

E. A. or Mister! Shall we
remember that, Lieutenant?

What is this? Is this somebody's
lunch? Let's keep it off the desk.

All right, hold it,
hold it, Mr. Martin.

I know you got a lot of
influence around here,

but damn it, we're running
an active department!

You know, being a good cop means
more than parading around in blue pants.

You know what I mean?

Being a good cop means learning
how to keep your desk neat!

This came in two hours ago,

but with all the excitement
I forgot all about it.

Oh, boy.

Influence?

I assume you're referring to my
dear brother-in-law, Aaron Kiel.

Well, as long as you
bring up Aaron's name,

what do you think he's
gonna think of this pigpen?

Hey, Jimmy, do you see
what goes on around here?

Come on, people,
let's file these papers!

It's not so hard! Next
time I come back here

I wanna see everything clean,
clean, clean, everywhere I look.

Well, maybe you want
to take this with you.

What's this?

Oh, I'm sure you're
familiar with those, E. A.

You've seen over
a hundred of them.

It's a warrant for your arrest!

My arrest?

This is my town, Chapman.

Maybe you forgot about Aaron.

No, I haven't, but apparently
the DA isn't too worried.

He wants you for coercion
of a District Attorney,

trial tampering,
verbal assault...

Three months in a county is
probably the absolute minimum.

So, as long as we're
cleaning up this squad room,

let's start by unloading the
biggest piece of garbage of all.

Billings? Yes, sir?

Bust him!

Jimmy!