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00:27This is a production of WGBH.
01:55Sorry, Joe.
02:02Well, how does it feel to be out?
02:03Feels just fine.
02:05Did you get the stuff I asked you for?
02:06Sure.
02:07It's in the back.
02:19Right here and everything, right, Joe?
02:24Yeah, that's right, man.
02:27Kind of weird, wanting us to meet you with wine.
02:30You an alcoholic or something?
02:32Ross, it's been four years since I've eaten anything that didn't taste like it.
02:36I've been boiled in tinfoil first.
02:37I thought I'd give myself a coming eye treat, that's all.
02:40I even got you a can of that liver paint.
02:43Pate, then.
02:44It's called pate.
02:45Colin still didn't tell me why and how you got sprung so quick.
02:50I got out because they felt sorry for me, if you want to know the truth.
02:55Sorry for you?
02:57Why?
03:00Because I'm going blind.
03:03There's some things I want to see before that happens.
03:10Oh, very nice, Ned.
03:14How about that other stuff?
03:15The truck's all taken care of, and I got a line on the times we leaves the station.
03:19What else are we supposed to get?
03:21Not what.
03:24Who.
03:40No.
03:51No.
03:54No.
03:58No.
05:19Just stay still and relax.
05:23What is this, a wake?
05:25I think he's gonna make it.
05:26Yeah.
05:27He knows he hasn't asked us the classic question yet.
05:30I know where I am and I know what happened.
05:32What?
05:33I don't know, Danko.
05:35It's why you're not on duty.
05:36On duty?
05:37You know, since when have I had night duty, Lieutenant?
05:40Hmm.
05:42You've been unconscious for 18 hours.
05:44Well, no wonder my head feels like an elephant's trampoline.
05:48Look, Lieutenant, how much of it do you remember?
05:51Well, I remember a truck coming at me fast out of nowhere.
05:57Like the driver lost control where he couldn't see me.
06:00Remember what kind of truck it was?
06:02Yeah.
06:03It was a, uh, a panel truck.
06:07It was, uh, light blue, I think.
06:11Why all the questions?
06:12Well, we checked with the lab.
06:14The truck that hit you in the car was light blue.
06:16Same blue as used by the Hannibal Delivery Service on their vehicles.
06:19One of which was stolen the night before your accident.
06:22We checked with their company shop,
06:24and the tire size matches the same as on the vehicle it was stolen.
06:27Well, I could have blundered in on a robbery.
06:29No.
06:30We checked.
06:31There weren't any robberies in that area.
06:35Could have got there before they had a chance to pull anything off.
06:38Maybe.
06:40Maybe they were waiting for you.
06:42Well, that's speculation.
06:44Look, Lieutenant, whoever stole that truck did it to kill you.
06:51Webster, Gillis, don't make a federal case out of a simple traffic accident.
06:55It is not that simple, sir.
06:57It was a hit and run.
06:58Still not a good enough reason for you two to go running around half-cocked over Eddie's safety.
07:03Uh, Lieutenant Riker's safety.
07:05But the fact that the car was waiting, sir.
07:07Waiting is your word.
07:09It's been established the car was parked.
07:11There is a difference.
07:14Now, you wouldn't, uh, know where Eddie keeps the felonious assault file, would you?
07:18I looked under the letter F, but...
07:20M.
07:21Muggings.
07:22Captain Whitfield, supposing you're right about this.
07:25Supposing I'm right?
07:26What will it cost if you're wrong?
07:29Oh, Eddie used to tell me about these conversations, and I used to think he was making them up.
07:34Uh, sir, that still doesn't answer Willie's question.
07:37The answer is that as long as Lieutenant Riker is laid up, I intend to run this precinct exactly the
07:42way he would.
07:55I was right.
07:56He's okay.
07:57He's gonna be just fine.
08:00I'm the one that needs medical attention, according to him.
08:02He thinks I'm crazy.
08:04He couldn't convince him that someone might be out to kill him, huh?
08:07Nope.
08:11Did you get the same from Whitfield?
08:13Yeah.
08:14We can do anything we want, as long as it's on our own time.
08:18I've got an idea.
08:20We'll rotate our schedule so that one of us is going off duty when another one is coming on.
08:26That way, we'll be able to know what the department has come up with on this thing.
08:29The other two will stick so close to Riker that he'll think we're tattooed to him.
08:33Oh, man.
08:34He thinks we're there to look after him and we're finished.
08:38We'll never let us get within five miles of him.
08:40We'll play it loose with him.
08:42So he thinks we're not worried.
08:44So the most he can lay on us is that we pass.
08:47All right.
08:49I'll set up the schedule with Sergeant Older.
08:51I better get back to the hospital.
08:53And I'll tell you what we all better get.
08:54And that's something to make them believe that Riker could be a dead man.
08:59Let's go.
09:19Anything?
09:20They wouldn't tell me anything except that he was still alive.
09:23Could be in serious condition.
09:25Critical, even.
09:26Not Riker.
09:27He's too mean to get that close to dying.
09:30If he's alive, he'll come out of it.
09:31Are we going to wait here all day or what?
09:33He is.
09:34You spell him at midnight, he'll take over for you tomorrow morning.
09:37I don't notice your name on any waiting and watching shifts.
09:40No, you don't.
09:42One, because I'm in charge.
09:44Two, because I've done enough waiting in the last four years to last me a lifetime.
09:48And three, I don't want Riker to see me.
09:51The longer he thinks he just got in the way of some drunk driver,
09:54the longer he thinks that, the shorter he lives.
09:58Get out.
10:05Where to, Joe?
10:06I don't know.
10:08Got a lot of catching up to do.
10:09Maybe I'll take in a movie while I can.
10:27How am I going to look on duty with this horse collar?
10:30Oh, it's simple.
10:31You're not going on duty.
10:32Not for a while.
10:33Oh, yeah?
10:34Who says so?
10:34The doctor says so.
10:35So, Lieutenant, he only agreed to let you go home to convalesce because I vouched for you.
10:40But if you're going to start getting grumpy...
10:42I'm not grumpy.
10:45You are.
10:46Now, Lieutenant, you're either going to keep your word and keep that collar on and stay off your feet,
10:51or I'm going to put you back in bed.
10:52Well, my dead body, young lady.
10:54Now, look, Lieutenant, you might scare everybody at the station, but here, I'm the boss.
11:00Now, are you going to promise me or not?
11:02I, uh, I think you better promise her, Lieutenant.
11:06She's tough.
11:07Yeah?
11:07Oh, yeah, definitely, yeah.
11:14Well, all right, Danko.
11:15Are you going to give me a ride home or not?
11:16You got it.
11:18Now, let me get that door for you.
11:21Oh, wait a minute.
11:22Uh, I'm off duty now.
11:24Why don't I just go along and keep you company?
11:26Well, that's wonderful, Mrs. Danko.
11:27I can't tell you how happy that's going to make me.
11:47Ah, just like smart it, Chef.
11:49Right here, pull over on your right.
12:00Well, let's go on in.
12:02Unless you want to sit here in the car all day.
12:15Here, let me take this.
12:21Hey, Lieutenant, who owns this place?
12:31Make yourselves a home.
12:33Is this place yours?
12:37Well, it's more of a hideaway, I guess you might say.
12:41I live in town because it's handier, but I come here every chance I get.
12:47Well, Lieutenant, it's beautiful.
12:49I'm going to mix this with a drink.
12:51I'm going to have bourbon.
12:52What do you have?
12:53Ah, just some milk for me.
12:55Um, soft drink.
12:56Or, uh, fruit juice, if you have it.
12:58Well, this is fabulous.
13:00Where did you get all this stuff?
13:01I made most of it.
13:02I'm kidding.
13:18I'm kidding.
13:21Oh, it feels like I've been hanged.
13:24I'll get it.
13:30Hey, how did you guys get here?
13:32Captain Whitfield gave us the address.
13:36Oh, and he also wanted the Lieutenant to have daily reports from the precinct.
13:40Welcome.
13:40Why didn't you bring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with you?
13:43Ah, well, we tried, sir, but they were busy.
13:45What are you guys doing here anyway?
13:46What is this?
13:47Ah, precinct status report, sir.
13:53Fine.
13:54Thank Captain Whitfield for me.
13:56Ah, your glasses, sir.
13:57As long as you were going to do all that reading.
14:00Yes, yes.
14:01All right.
14:01Thank you very much.
14:02Sir, we're off duty now, so if there's anything else you need, we're available.
14:08Now, look here.
14:11I don't need any bird dogs or watch dogs or anything else.
14:16Is that clear?
14:27Stings, huh?
14:29Yeah, but that's good.
14:31Good?
14:32Why's that?
14:35Because when something hurts, that means it's still alive.
14:38And the more that's alive in there, the longer I've got to see.
14:49Yeah, Ross.
14:55He's gone.
15:04He, uh, checked out.
15:06What does that mean?
15:07It means he left the hospital in a squad car with a nurse.
15:11Jill Danko.
15:13Her old man's assigned to Riker's precinct he went to.
15:16I don't like it.
15:17Why the nurse?
15:18Why all the cops?
15:20It could be he's hurting more than I thought.
15:23They probably have him stashed somewhere.
15:37Hey, look up, Danko.
15:38I'll see how they hear her.
15:48Joe, how come you hate that cop so much?
15:51How come you want him dead?
15:58He took away my timetable.
16:01You see, I had it all laid out from when I was 13, 14.
16:04I started out running some numbers.
16:07Pretty soon, I got to take on some of the book action.
16:11They bumped me to dealing.
16:13I was close to being a front man and, you know, good manners, good people.
16:22That's when Riker nailed me.
16:24Set me up to that stink hole.
16:28That's when my eyes started to burn out.
16:31But that's the only thing that's burned out, I'll tell you that.
16:33So it's not the last four years Riker's got to pay for.
16:37It's the next 50 coming up.
16:40That's why Riker's a dead man.
16:42We're being in.
16:56That's the last one.
16:57That's why Riker's a dead man.
16:58That's why Riker's a dead man.
17:02Ever heard on this note?
17:03We're going to.
17:03We're going to have to be right together.
17:03After two years, will be coming in.
17:03Where else did he think he's first man?
17:04By the way, you're interested.
17:06And then to be happy I'll be right back.
18:00You know, you'd be a lot more comfortable if you just stay still.
18:04I've been staying still so long I've taken root.
18:06Yeah, you've rested all of one whole day.
18:10Getting the bulkhead stairs, they're gonna lug me out of here into a booby hatch.
18:14How long have I got to stay here?
18:17Oh, five days. Maybe a week.
18:20A week? Oh, that's great. I'll be atrophied by that time.
18:23And I'll be a nervous little old lady.
18:26Hey, look, there's a football game on in a few minutes. I'll turn the TV on.
18:30And I don't want to watch any ball games either.
18:48I'm sorry.
18:51I'm a little bit antsy.
18:53You know what I mean?
18:55How about some music?
18:57Okay.
19:01You know, Mike and I always thought of you in some little apartment by the station.
19:05We never even dreamed this existed.
19:11Well, an apartment is just a convenience. It's not a home.
19:20This is a place I can come and be by myself.
19:24But not alone. Does that make any sense?
19:28It makes perfect sense.
19:34Mary, Kate, and I built this place together.
19:42I couldn't afford it now.
19:50For a long time after she died, I couldn't come here.
19:54But you did.
19:56Eventually.
19:59Well, sure, it was the only thing I had left of her.
20:08Mrs. Danko.
20:10Do you know how to play gin rummy?
20:35Do you know how to play gin rummy?
20:45Hey.
20:46Oh, you know.
20:48Yeah?
20:48How's it going here?
20:50Not much.
20:52I just gave me Jill cooking lessons in the kitchen.
20:54You're kidding.
20:55Oh, lessons?
20:56Yeah.
20:56Oh, man, she's going to love that.
20:59Anything new on the case?
21:00Nothing.
21:01They haven't been able to locate the truck, and that seems to be our only hope.
21:13I don't know.
21:13Come on.
21:17Let's go.
21:48Hi, baby.
21:49You okay?
21:51Why can't you so long?
21:52Takes me half a day to prepare all this stuff.
21:54Why couldn't you show up on time?
21:56Go on, sit down.
21:57Don't blame me if the dinner's cold.
22:00Looks good.
22:01Sure do.
22:01Yeah, sure do.
22:03I'll get it.
22:05Okay.
22:08Hello?
22:10Yeah.
22:11Uh, well, this is Mrs. Danko.
22:16Uh, Lieutenant?
22:17Yeah?
22:18It's Captain Whitfield.
22:19He says they found the truck.
22:21We're on our way.
22:22Sorry about doing, Lieutenant.
22:23Excuse us.
22:24Hang in, Wood.
22:24Yeah.
22:38That's gratitude.
22:39That's appreciation.
22:40You see the way they took off?
22:41Stuff's gonna be ice cold mush by the time they get back here.
22:45Oh.
22:50Ah!
22:52Ah!
23:03Oh, my God.
23:25Oh, my God.
23:58Oh, my God.
24:23Oh, my God.
24:54Well, to run that truck they found to the lab, for one thing.
24:56Well, that's one thing. Name another.
24:58How about a couple hours to decide whether or not you want a cup of coffee?
25:09What do we got?
25:10The usual junk. Parts, tools, ashtray full of cigarette butts and a couple pieces of paper.
25:15Anything on the paper?
25:17Nothing. He's soaked out. We'll have to get it back to the lab and bake it out if there's anything
25:20there to bake out.
25:35We got three things on it. Proof of alteration of numbers.
25:40Partial set of prints found on Dash.
25:44And, Eddie, this is your precinct.
25:48Somebody had the whole thing doped out.
25:50Well, the question is who and why.
25:51Well, with a handwriting sample and a set of prints, we ought to get some real action real fast.
25:56If the prints are on record, and if we can find something to match the handwriting against, you know what
26:01the odds are.
26:12You wanted this stuff right away, Captain, so here it is.
26:15We only found one cartridge.
26:18A .30 caliber foreign rifle with a firing pin slightly off center.
26:22There's only about 200,000 of those floating around.
26:24On the sight stuff, some very nice casts of knees and feet.
26:29He was a guy about 5'10", weighed 170 pounds, wears a size 10 1⁄2 brogan, and he shoots right
26:36-handed.
26:37That's incredible. Would you happen to know what kind of gummy shoes?
26:40No, but I know what kind of car he drives.
26:4173 Station Wagon with a brand new set of 855 by 15s.
26:45He parked right in back of his shooting gallery, and I got some dandy casts.
26:50It was a 1973 Brown Station Wagon across from our apartment yesterday.
26:53Well, what about the driver?
26:55Didn't pay attention.
26:55Listen, he was parked there for so long, I bet the landlady saw him.
26:59What landlady? What are you talking about?
27:01All right, Lady Lieutenant, just give us a chance to check him out first, okay?
27:03Hey, you guys, wait up.
27:05See if we can pick up a list of the stores that try those tires.
27:08Would you mind telling me what you call that?
27:10I call it typical, Finn. It's very, very typical.
27:13Who told you to handle Riker yourself?
27:16Look, what's the difference?
27:18You're paying us a flat rate to take care of Riker.
27:21So I took care of him.
27:22No.
27:22It doesn't add up.
27:23A police lieutenant gets gunned down from ambush.
27:25That's the kind of thing that gets talked about.
27:26That hasn't been a word about it on TV.
27:28Does that make sense to you?
27:29Nothing makes sense to me when it's said in that tone of voice.
27:32All right, you get back there.
27:33You keep your eye open.
27:34You stay out of sight until Collins comes to spell you.
27:37Don't you foul up again.
27:38I didn't foul up.
27:40I think I got him.
27:42Now, if you killed Riker, then you blew it.
27:45Because I want to see him dead.
27:47And I'm going to come down hard on anybody that takes that moment away from me.
28:02I still don't see why you want to use a friction cap.
28:05If you don't mind me saying so, a straight electrical connection would be better.
28:08How soon after he sits down with electrical connection, go?
28:11Right away.
28:12Boom.
28:13Friction cap.
28:15At the most, three seconds.
28:17That's why the friction cap.
28:18It'll give Riker time enough to know that I've killed him.
28:20I want him to help.
28:22What if he doesn't show up?
28:25He'll show.
28:26He'll show.
28:27He always does.
28:28We've got an artist sketch based on the landlady's description.
28:32We ran that partial print off the truck through the R&I computer and came up with this.
28:37Our sniper's a man named Ross.
28:38Here's his mugshot.
28:39You can compare that to the artist's composite.
28:43Seems he provides the muscle.
28:45Works with a guy named Collins.
28:46He's a part-time enforcer.
28:48They were busted in 67.
28:49Copped out the voluntary manslaughter.
28:51Did time.
28:52Got out three months ago.
28:53Now, Collins owns a station wagon that tails us.
28:55Here's his mugshot.
29:00Yeah, the only trouble is I never saw either of these guys in my life.
29:04We also compiled a list of all the guys you sent to jail.
29:08You don't expect me to go through this whole thing, do you?
29:11No, we don't.
29:12We figured a way to narrow it down.
29:14If Ross and Collins are connected with somebody who wants you dead, what's one very logical
29:18connection?
29:19The penitentiary.
29:20Now, wait a minute.
29:20You're going too fast for me.
29:21We match the names of all the guys you sent up with the dates that Ross and Collins were
29:25in prison.
29:26One guy matched perfectly.
29:28Joseph Manley.
29:32Joseph Manley, are you sure?
29:33They were in the store together, Lieutenant.
29:35Worked in the metal shop.
29:36Now, one week after Manley was paroled, the first attempt on your life was made.
29:40Yeah, but I heard what a model prisoner Manley was.
29:42He even sent me a letter telling me how sorry he was for the way he had been.
29:46He could have been putting you on.
29:47For the benefit of the parole board.
29:49Yes, I suppose that's possible, but...
29:52You say he wrote to you, Lieutenant?
29:54Have a letter somewhere.
30:06Here it is.
30:08Where's the sketch?
30:08It was in the delivery truck.
30:09Go ahead and get it.
30:21It's Manley.
30:27It's Lieutenant Riker.
30:29Tell Captain Woodfield I want an APB and the following men.
30:33Anthony Ross, Ned Collins, and Joseph Manley.
30:36Suspicion of attempted murder.
30:38Mine!
30:45Oh, really?
30:47Mm-hmm.
30:53Have an announcement to make.
30:55Ah, a formal announcement.
30:58Yes, very much so.
30:59It's not something I'm going to discuss with you.
31:02Just want you to know that I'll be going somewhere tomorrow morning.
31:06From about nine o'clock to sometime afternoon.
31:09And we're not supposed to discuss it with you after the orders we got from Captain Whitfield?
31:13Exactly.
31:13And I'll be back sometime around one.
31:15Uh, Lieutenant, I don't think so.
31:17No, no solo flights, sir.
31:19Not until this is cleared up.
31:20Now, look, when a man reaches middle age, he tends to get a little set in his ways.
31:26And, uh, if he lives alone, he sometimes reaches out for, uh, companionship.
31:36And for the past ten years, every Saturday, I have visited a place that provides companionship for a man like
31:42myself.
31:48Well, I'm sure you could skip just one Saturday, uh, couldn't you?
31:53They expect to see me, Mrs. Danko.
31:56If I may say so, they all look forward to seeing me.
32:00Uh, Lieutenant, uh, you shouldn't be without police protection.
32:07I don't know why you don't want us to come along.
32:36All right, come on.
32:58This man is full of surprises.
33:03Come on.
33:09Come on.
33:40Come on.
34:51Check.
35:00Mate.
35:05All right, Eddie. Light up. You've done it to me again.
35:17Thanks, Bill.
35:21I didn't know you smoked cigars, Lieutenant.
35:24I don't anymore, but sort of a trademark. The guy's in there kind of expected.
35:28Well, you've got to give the public what it wants.
35:31Hey.
35:44Yeah.
35:45Can you move me?
35:46Can you move me?
35:46Got some moves, huh?
35:47Oh, yeah.
35:50Get out! It's a bomb!
36:00Get out!
36:21You did it?
36:22Jill, this is all my fault.
36:23I'm the one who insists on leaving the cottage.
36:25Look, Lieutenant, I'm a nurse.
36:27I know pretty well where I stand.
36:30I got a wrenched knee.
36:32I had a couple of scrapes.
36:34I think I might have a very mild concussion.
36:39But that's all very minor.
36:42Look, if you want to blame for it, you can have it.
36:45Okay.
36:47No, honey, it's not okay.
36:49But it's understood, and I'm grateful.
36:51Go ahead.
36:52Go with it.
37:01All right, Ed.
37:02What are you thinking?
37:04I'm thinking this is the last time I let someone I care for take a chance.
37:33Hello.
37:35Good afternoon. This is customers' research calling.
37:38Would you mind answering a few questions about some new products for us?
37:42Uh, yeah. Well, look, Finn, are you sure it's that important?
37:46I mean, pulling them off like this.
37:48Sir, I'm not sure you understood.
37:50They picked Manley up. Are you positive?
37:53Well, okay, Finn, I can get out of this cocoon finally. I'll see you tomorrow.
37:57Okay, well, you can get out of here.
37:59They picked up Manley in a traffic violation.
38:02Collins and Ross were with him, and they're booking him now.
38:05Great.
38:05And he says he misses your face around the place anyway.
38:08I'm glad to hear it, Lieutenant.
38:09Thanks a lot.
38:09All right.
38:20Manley.
38:25Can you see this?
38:29Hey, they're leaving.
38:41Yeah, maybe it's a trick.
38:42There'll be more cops coming down on us soon.
38:45There's time enough for what I have to do.
38:47Come on, let's go.
38:49Oh, wait.
39:06Come on.
39:07Come on.
40:26He's not here, Joe.
40:28He must have gone out the back.
41:04Hey, what are you guys doing out here?
41:07Whitfield call Riker.
41:08They got Manly.
41:10Well, that's weird.
41:12The radio's still putting the APB out on him.
41:14You'd think they'd cancel that.
41:19Let's get him.
41:20Let's get him.
41:45Let's get him.
41:59Let's get him.
42:02Let's get him.
42:14Let's get him.
42:15All right, let's get started.
42:16All right, let's get started.
42:17All right, let's get started.
42:20All right, let's get started.
42:34Joe!
42:34By the tree!
42:36Killed himself.
42:52I never thought he'd buckle like that.
42:54I thought he'd hang in.
42:59Come on, let's go!
43:00He's dead!
43:02Someone must have heard that shot!
43:03Just take me so I can see him!
43:05No.
43:06And so there are no misunderstandings.
43:07You still owe me.
43:09I'm leaving.
43:10No!
43:10No!
43:16I waited a long time to put a bullet in Riker.
43:19Nobody's gonna deprive me of that.
43:20Freeze!
43:39Riker!
43:42Please freeze!
43:43No no no no no no no no!
43:45Oh!
43:53Yeah, this one's a garner.
43:58For a few seconds there, I thought you were dead.
44:07For the years to come, I'm gonna think about seeing you like that for a long time.
44:12Well, you're gonna have a long time to think about it.
44:23They don't show up pretty soon.
44:25All this stuff is gonna be ruined.
44:26Timing is everything in this kind of a dish.
44:28Mike knows that, Lieutenant.
44:29Don't worry.
44:30They'll be here.
44:31Besides, Joe might still have a bandage on her leg.
44:33It would take a little longer to get from place to place.
44:38See what a little faith can accomplish?
44:45Hey, uh, Jill's right behind me.
44:47Now, look, um, you guys promise not to laugh or make any jokes, okay?
44:51What do you mean?
44:52Just because her knee's a little banged up, we're not gonna laugh at her.
44:54Oh, it's a little more in her knee.
44:55Well, you see, the doctor...
44:57Why, babe?
45:03Don't you dare.
45:06Jill, please.
45:07I'm so sorry.
45:09Oh, look at her now.
45:11She's gonna marry herself.
45:12Come on.
45:13She's gonna, uh...
45:14Well, here, let's get you to the table.
45:21Where do you taste this?
45:23Mr.
45:24All right.
45:25Go get it.
45:39See you next time.
45:40Go get it.
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