00:00life in fish city can be a real crab shoot you roll the dice sometimes you
00:11win and hey sometimes you lose but so far I've been lucky this fish had beaten
00:15the odds which is why I knew something was about to go wrong suspicious paranoid
00:21neurotic you betcha that's my job I'm a cop and believe me if anything was
00:26about to go down the shell shack was always up for speaking of being up for
00:32it
00:43deep in the heart of me
00:48the cod father what's he up to no good that for sure
00:54what does he want with calamari maybe to want to make some crime waves
01:00cod father you honor my humble establishment with your immense presence
01:05I don't believe I've had pleasure who's he kidding she's had every pleasure known to fish
01:13aren't you a breath of fresh water
01:16allow me thanks I'm just all fins tonight
01:31you're a lot more than just fins my dear
01:35my dear has a show to finish
01:38to what do we owe the pleasure of your company
01:42just business nightclub business
01:45the nightclub business is a swell business
01:48take it from my boss
01:50I just might but I'm feeling extremely generous tonight so I think I'll buy the shell shack instead
01:57and everything that comes with it
02:01I'm sorry the shell shack is not for sale
02:04however we are very touched by your offer
02:08I've been known to make offers that can't be refused
02:11hey only the boss makes offers that can't be refused
02:16nor does he respond well to threats of violence
02:19hey I meant no disrespect
02:22let's take a short ride in my limo and we'll discuss this matter like two mature business mollusks
02:27just the two of us
02:29I strongly suggest you decline the invitation
02:32I can't back down, I'll lose face
02:34you take that ride and you risk losing more than just your face
02:39I'm ready when you are, Poisono
02:42that's one bad fish
02:49but I'm one bad cop
02:51if only I could get you to be bad a little more often
02:56hey Angel, you know how it is
02:59all I can offer you is good food and good conversation
03:02how about some of that tonight
03:03sorry Gillie, late night date
03:06I'd love to take away Jack though
03:08sure
03:09fish police, Goldie speaking
03:22yeah I'm still here
03:26I'm just trying to visualize that
03:28I tell you what, you go to the hospital
03:31if they can't pry it loose
03:33come on over and I'll take a wagon
03:35it'll be my pleasure
03:37so they left the shell shack together
03:39and that's the last I saw of them
03:41what do you think, Chief?
03:42I don't care what it is
03:44but you get something on the Codfather and fast
03:47one corrupt invertebrate in this city is more than enough
03:51where's the file?
03:53here you go, Chief
03:54how does he do that?
03:57looks like the feds have really been putting the heat on the Codfather in Atlantis
04:01so start putting the heat on him here
04:03let's make him feel at home
04:06hiya, Pearl
04:27tried calling you last night
04:28did you get an answer?
04:30no
04:31hmm, then I guess I was out
04:33thanks
04:34after being on call 36 hours straight
04:36this is gonna hit the spot
04:38it's what the doctor ordered
04:40you're a doc?
04:43okay, every time I raise my claw like this
04:46I get this thing
04:48every time you do this?
04:49whoa, right doc
04:51then don't do that
04:52if you wanted to go out last night
04:55why didn't you call me sooner?
04:57Pearl, sweetheart, honey, lamby pie
04:59I never know when I'm gonna have a night off
05:01lamby pie?
05:05whoa
05:06oh, for the love of...
05:13let me guess
05:13you're undercover as a stoolie
05:15check it out, fish
05:17what better way to blend in with the day call
05:19okay, mister master of disguise
05:23how long has the Codfather's limo been parked out front?
05:26all night, I say
05:27I don't know
05:28you can't exactly take in the sights with some perch sitting on your papers
05:32I'm still working out the kinks in this thing
05:34has the Codfather been in here?
05:37no, not this morning
05:39I got a bad feeling about this
05:41bet it took a lot of cash to buy this flash
05:47hey, open up, fish police
05:49try the doors
05:51yeah, right
05:51a limo like this would be left unlocked all night
05:54the Codfather
06:00and it looks like somebody finally refused his offer
06:04he's gone
06:14silk, thin-made and monogrammed with a C
06:25C for Codfather?
06:27I don't think so
06:28is that the Codfather?
06:31it was
06:31honey, I think it's gonna put a dent in your lunch tray
06:34Trujillo, Greenstein, rope off the area
06:44Parker, you check the alley
06:45yes, sir, Inspector
06:46guess we can rule out malnutrition as a cause of death
06:51what's your call?
06:54I'm an ichthyologist
06:55not a pathologist
06:56but it looks like he was killed by a small caliber bullet to the thorax at close range
07:00that's why there's not a lot of bleeding
07:02of course, it doesn't help much
07:04cause he's still dead
07:05uh, hey doc
07:06I need you to sign off on the death certificate
07:09Miller, that's all, Inspector
07:13I'd like to go home
07:14I could use some rest
07:16with the Codfather dead
07:18we'll all rest easier
07:19the Chief told me to put the heat on the Codfather
07:24but someone beat me to it
07:25with a real heater
07:26there's only one guy that had both the motive and the opportunity
07:30I was finally gonna nail Calamari
07:33for 11 years
07:34that squid had left a bad taste in my mouth
07:37and that wasn't the only place he'd left bad taste
07:40wolf
07:41the boss ain't receiving company
07:49I'm not company, Muscles
07:51open the door
07:52the boss did not wish to be disturbed
07:55look, I just have a few questions to ask him
07:57it'll only take a couple of minutes
07:59I brought muffins
08:02oh, okay
08:04but make it quick, Flatfin
08:06blueberry
08:07my favorite
08:09I get rid of your barnacles upstairs
08:21but you got a real brine shrimp problem on the foyer over here
08:24the boss has a little pest problem
08:27he's got bigger problems than that
08:29where is he?
08:30he's having breakfast on the veranda
08:32at two in the afternoon?
08:34hey, look
08:34the boss had a late night
08:36not as late as the Codfather
08:39file a suit against these clowns
08:50there's no decoder ring in this box
08:52decode this, Calamari
08:54somebody gave the Codfather the silent treatment last night
08:58permanently
08:59with a .22
09:00and I think I know who
09:02do you?
09:03Mr. Calamari is grief stricken
09:06and has no comment
09:07I'll try to collect myself
09:10earlier in the evening
09:12I met with the Codfather
09:13we had business to discuss
09:15afterwards I came home
09:18and spent the evening alone
09:20doing paperwork
09:21how convenient
09:22excuse me
09:29may I borrow your fingerchief
09:31looks like a fingerchief
09:35I found this morning
09:36right next to the Codfather's body
09:38you have no evidence
09:39I have evidence
09:41you have no motive
09:44the Codfather was putting the squeeze on Calamari
09:47for the shell shack
09:48you have no warrant
09:49I have a-a warrant
09:51warrant, uh, sir
09:52hello
10:04ah, 22
10:11still warm
10:13which is more than I can say
10:14about the Codfather
10:15that can't be
10:16just a moment
10:18proof of ownership
10:19has yet to be established
10:21nah
10:23this is the boss's piece
10:25alright
10:26don't you remember
10:27I gave it to you
10:28on your birthday last year
10:29I even put your initial
10:31on the grip
10:32the boss is so hard
10:35to shop for
10:36wait a minute
10:37that gun was stolen
10:39from me weeks ago
10:40I've been set up
10:42save it for the judge
10:43I've waited 11 years
10:45to say three little words
10:46to you, Calamari
10:47why, Inspector
10:48I didn't know
10:49you cared
10:49why, Inspector
10:51I didn't know
10:51you cared
10:52you're under arrest
10:54do something legal
10:55my client
10:56has rights
10:57sure he does
10:58he has the right
10:59to remain silent
11:00anything he says
11:01can and will be held
11:02against him
11:02in a court of law
11:03isn't it great
11:04to be alive
11:05collaring Calamari
11:13was a dream
11:13come true for me
11:15and a nightmare
11:16for him
11:16every hack
11:17and shutterbug
11:18in town
11:18was hanging around
11:19to see Calamari
11:20thrown into the pokey
11:21and I was glad
11:22and I was glad
11:22to oblige
11:23way to go, Gil
11:26nice collar, Inspector
11:30it's all in the starch
11:32well, well, well
11:35Mr. Calamari
11:36how nice of you
11:38to stay with us
11:39won't you sign
11:40the register
11:41allow me
11:43what's the suction cups
11:48Gil, I always knew
11:50you had it in you
11:51you did, Chief?
11:52well, no
11:54not really
11:55but I'm happy
11:56you proved me wrong
11:57you want the honors
12:00my fish?
12:01don't mind if I do
12:03uh, there are a few
12:12necessities I'll require
12:13doing my stay
12:14which, I assure you
12:16I will be bereaved
12:18shoot
12:19oh, sorry
12:21poor choice of words
12:22I'll need fresh
12:23steamed vegetables
12:24three times a day
12:25a cappuccino maker
12:26sterling flatware
12:27none of that plated kind
12:28and silk sheets
12:30on this abomination
12:31you call a bed
12:31silver?
12:33silk sheets
12:34kiss my dorsal deadbeat
12:37Gilly, I need to see you
12:45okay, but I can only
12:46make it a minute
12:47that's what happens
12:48when you get old
12:49I'm awfully busy
12:50right now, Angel
12:51it's not every day
12:51a cop gets to throw
12:52his nemesis in the slammer
12:54ooh, sounds fun
12:55but whatever turns you on
12:57Gilly, you've got to
12:59let Calamari go
13:00he's not guilty
13:01Angel, I might have been
13:02born at night
13:03but it wasn't last night
13:04I'm talking about last night
13:07Calamari couldn't have
13:08killed the card father
13:09he was with me
13:12funny
13:12he told me he was home
13:14all night doing paperwork
13:15alone
13:16nice try, baby
13:17but I think he would have
13:18noticed if you were around
13:19no, I was helping him study
13:22see, Cal had to quit school
13:23when he was 13
13:24actually, he burned it down
13:26and it's always bothered him
13:28that he never got a diploma
13:29it's true
13:30it's true, I swear
13:31every word
13:32you better come up
13:34with something better
13:34than that, Angel
13:35I'll try
13:37but that may take me a while
13:39Calamari was behind bars
13:43and all should be
13:44right with the ocean
13:45but something was
13:47very wrong
13:48and I couldn't
13:48put my fin on it
13:49so I went in search
13:52of my favorite informant
13:54the fish who knew
13:55everything about
13:56every soul alive
13:57or dead
13:58Father Fluke
14:01I need to talk
14:01ah, Gil
14:03come to bear your soul
14:05my son
14:05actually, I was hoping
14:07you'd have something
14:07to tell me about
14:08the Codfather
14:09I know the feds
14:10have been all over him
14:12the feds have been
14:13all over him for years
14:14but the Codfather
14:15finally made one mistake
14:17he forgot to pay his taxes
14:18and the feds
14:19were just about
14:20to close in
14:21aha
14:22so taking the shell shack
14:23away from Calamari
14:25could give him
14:25a new rinse cycle
14:26for his money laundering
14:28funny
14:28now the feds
14:29are off his back
14:30Calamari's off to prison
14:31and it looks like
14:33the Codfather's
14:34too dead
14:34to enjoy it
14:35Neptune
14:36certainly works
14:38in mysterious ways
14:39thank you
14:40Father Fluke
14:41it's been a religious
14:42experience
14:43hi doc
14:48I'd like to take a look
14:49at the Codfather's body
14:51so would I
14:52but the feds
14:53showed up
14:54and took possession
14:54of the body
14:55right after it got here
14:56I never got a chance
14:57to see it
14:58what about the autopsy report
15:00no stiff
15:01no report
15:02isn't that unusual
15:03we're not talking
15:05your usual stiff
15:06just let me see
15:07the death certificate
15:08how the hell
15:11does he do that
15:12how does he do that
15:13so late at night
15:14so the doctor
15:17at the diner
15:17was Julius Kelp
15:19M.D.
15:20come on Tad
15:21let's make a house call
15:22the guy picked a heck
15:28of a place
15:29to hang out
15:29his shingle
15:30float right in
15:31gents
15:31only a few dollars
15:32for the time
15:33of your life
15:33Tad
15:41the address
15:42728
15:45Dunes Boulevard
15:46excuse me sir
15:53isn't this
15:54a doctor's office
15:55no but whatever
15:56you got
15:57we can cure
15:58it upstairs
15:59as much as I wanted
16:02to see Calamari
16:03making license plates
16:04for him
16:04I knew I couldn't
16:05let him serve time
16:06for a crime
16:07he didn't commit
16:08I knew I had
16:09to dig up
16:10some clues
16:10and a funeral
16:11seemed like
16:12the perfect place
16:13to start
16:13it was a service
16:18fit for a king
16:19there was music
16:20flowers
16:21the crying widow
16:22all the things
16:23that make funerals
16:24so much fun
16:25but something
16:26about the whole affair
16:27didn't seem to fit
16:29and believe me
16:30it wasn't
16:30angel's dress
16:31woof
16:32thank you angel
16:33thank you
16:35thank you
16:35thank you
16:36anyway today
16:38we joined together
16:39to put to rest
16:40a great octopus
16:42his girth
16:44was only matched
16:45by the size
16:46of his heart
16:47and as we put him
16:49to the sand
16:50what else can I say
16:51but that I'm sure
16:52he's gone
16:53to a better place
16:54yeah right
16:56amen
16:57and amen
16:58to a better place
17:28Hey, you surprised me, Inspector. You didn't look that clever.
17:37Looks can be deceiving.
17:39You wanted the Feds to think you were dead, so you murdered yourself and set up calamari to take the fall.
17:44Too bad your big ego wouldn't let you stay dead and away from your own funeral.
17:48You're under arrest, Codfather.
17:51Gil!
17:52Sorry, Detective. Maybe it wasn't my funeral, but it looks like it's going to be yours.
17:58And under I, I-32. That's I-32.
18:15One more time in Espanol, I-52.
18:20Now remember, this is for the Humble Figure Deluxe Party Pack.
18:28Hey, glad you could join us, Inspector. Hope you're not too winded.
18:42Oh, fancy meeting you two again.
18:45That was an ingenious plan, don't you think? Everybody played their part perfectly.
18:49And now it's your turn to play the dead cop.
18:52Get up!
19:02They've got the drop on you, Inspector.
19:05I don't care.
19:06What do you mean?
19:07I'll take you with me.
19:08You wouldn't do that. You're not that stupid.
19:11You'd be amazed at how stupid I am.
19:15What's it gonna be?
19:16Ah, drop him, boys.
19:21Like I was saying, you're under arrest for forging a death certificate,
19:25planting false evidence, resisting arrest, and ticking me off.
19:29Freeze! Federal agents!
19:32Forget it, guys. You don't think that federal agent line is gonna work on me, do you?
19:36What are you talking about?
19:38Look, Doc Croker fell for that phony Fed bit, but I'm a trained professional.
19:42Well, you're gonna be an ex-professional in a minute.
19:44Oh, yeah?
19:45Yeah, pal. The Codfather's our collar, and...
19:47Yeah, right.
19:48Look, barnacle butt, if you know what's good for you, you'll...
19:51Let me guess.
19:55Either you guys are really slow, or you really are federal agents.
20:00I was afraid of that.
20:02When you're a cop, you never brag about the one that got away.
20:05The taste of it gnaws away at your gut like a week-old burrito.
20:09We all know how that feels.
20:11Yeah, well, at least I do.
20:12Somehow, I knew I'd see the Codfather again, and I was looking forward to it, because next time, I would really bury him.
20:19All right, Calamari.
20:21You're free to go.
20:23Oh, dear.
20:24Having a bad day, Inspector?
20:27You're free, boss?
20:29What a horrible experience.
20:31I feel like I was in the slammer.
20:34You were, you pea-brain.
20:35You camped out in front of my cell all night.
20:38Well, I just wanted to be near you, boss.
20:41Was that such a horrible thing?
20:43No, but your snoring was.
20:46This gross miscarriage of justice will be addressed.
20:50You may be certain.
20:52False imprisonment, Inspector Gill?
20:54We're gonna sue your scales off.
20:56Wait a minute.
20:57You should be thanking me.
20:58I could have let you fry.
21:00Oh, my mistake, Inspector.
21:02I just spent an agonizing 24 hours in this torture chamber without even the bearer's comfort.
21:08And I owe it all to you and your incompetence.
21:11You were lucky this time, but wise up, wise guy.
21:16It always feels good to do the right thing, even if it's for the wrong fish.
21:20I hated setting Calamari free, but he didn't belong in jail.
21:24At least, not for this case.
21:26Perhaps another time, another place.
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