04x10 - Love at First Sight

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Hi, l'm Sonny.

l'm lookin' for a lady
with sense of humor and style.

l like fast cars
and l like movies and,...

l like partying
and staying out late at night.

l guess you could say
l'm just a fun-lovin' sort of guy.

But when l get home, l like being
with a lady that l really like.

That's important to me.

Which reminds me, l live
on a boat. l have a picture.

A real nice boat.

This is my pet alligator, Elvis.

But, don't worry about him,
he's friendly enough...

once you get to know him
or once he gets to know you.

Let's see what else?...

l don't smoke, but l don't mind
if someone else does.

l keep in shape
playing ''racketball'' when l can,...

l'm making good money right now.

And l live
in good old Miami, Florida.

lf you're looking for some fun
in the sun, give me a call.

Sonny Burnett,
5-4-2-3.

Here you go.

''Six dates guaranteed.''
Not bad.

When do l clear my calendar
to see them all?

Take it easy, stud.
You'll get plenty.

Keep your answering machine on.
We got first rate clientele here.

Yeah, just make sure
they've had all their sh*ts.

Don't worry, in a week,
you'll be a wreck.

-My God. l don't believe this.
-ls this the apartment?

-Who found him?
-The maid!

-Madam, stay back.
-They k*lled him and cut him off.

Hi, my name is
Raymond Dineus.

That's right, the same Dineus
as in the famed mink farms.

l'm looking for a woman...

Mike Duval, and l've...

never been to one
of these ''services'' before.

To be truthful with you,
my wife and l just split up...

so l'm on my own now and...

Well, my number is 5-4-7-9...

and, l'd love to hear from you.

So l'm on my own now.

l'm on my own now.

l'm on my own.

lt's 9 o'clock!

Why didn't you wake me up?

You didn't go to sleep 'til 2.

Who's fault was that?

l never sleep this late.

You got an easy day of it.

You said it yourself.

lt's the night l'm worried about.

Come on, Cait. This is my job.

Yeah, sure.

l thought l'd be competing
with a bunch of criminals...

not sex-starved women
in a video dating club.

You can't really be worried
about a bunch of hookers on cassette?

You think hookers on a video dating
service is my idea of a hot date?

-Maybe l'll sign up myself.
-Now there's an idea.

-lt's strickly business, darling.
-Oh sure.

lf Robert Plant calls me to go
down to the Bahamas to record...

that'll be strictly business too.

lt's undercover work, honey.
Not under the covers.

And after what you did last night
where would l find the time...

or the energy
to be with anyone else.

l'm late. l gotta run.
l'll see you tonight.

Promises, promises.

Sonny, Lieutenant wants to see you.

Probably heard l'm not using
my game tickets on Sunday.

What's going on?

Hugh Crowley, age 26. His father
is chairman of Dade Savings.

Somebody's not too fond
of male genitalia.

The kid had no known enemies,
no dr*gs, and no signs of robbery.

Homicide has passed it to us.
Show him the card.

He was a fellow
''club member'' of yours...

-There's only 5,000 of us.
-4.999.

lf we break them up, we'd finish
by the turn of the century.

l may have a tie with a hooker
that works the club.

They found face powder on his shirt.

Could be a pimp. The chop job
was done by some kind of Kn*fe.

Gina, Trudy, ask if any stables
are run by pimps who like to cut.

Sonny, you and Tubbs
question the pimps.

Swi, l need you to give me the DA.
l need a warrant.

l need all the Dating Club files.

The M.O. is right in front of you.

-You could do real well here.
-Yeah, you think so?

Yeah, so long as you give Jimmy
his twenty percent.

Yeah, well l guess
it beats working the streets, right?

Anything beats the stroll.
l even take credit cards.

-No kidding.
-Yeah.

Hi, baby. How you doing?

Say Terry,...

you hear anything about
about those video dating services?

-Yeah, that's real hot right now.
-Yeah?

-How's it work?
-You first join the club, right?

You pay like everybody else, and
record a video with your number...

'Ma Bell' takes care of the rest.

And does your man
gets the same percentage?

-l don't have no Man.
-Since when?

Since he cut me.
Here.

-Who's stable were you in?
-Choo Choo's.

Yes, sir.

-Choo Choo Walker is a bad guy.
-Yeah, he's good for it.

He was detained for assaults and
one attempted homicide with a Kn*fe.

He'd live on the take...

Choo Choo! Did we catch you
at a bad time?

Oh,damit, l hate this.

-Damnit, damnit!
-Get off there!

-l'm too old for this crap.
-What the hell is going on?

You've been carving
your initials in people again?

Are you crazy? l just got back.
l was visiting my mother.

Why don't you grab Switek
and check out the club?

l'll take Choo Choo the ripper...

-and call his mom.
-No problem.

What you been doing?
Have you been eating your Wheaties?

Afternoon, gentlemen.
Business or pleasure?

One of your members was m*rder*d.
Tell us how this place works.

You make a tape. lf someone likes you
they put their number in your box.

You watch their tape, you want,
to meet them you like, they like...

and you make a little boom boom.
lt's all legal.

We'd like to take a little look-see
at your tapes and resumes.

No. My files are
strictly confidential.

l'm like a-a priest at confession
when it comes to my stuff.

Let me tell you something,
father, this is a warrant.

Unless you want to say mass in jail,
l suggest you turn over the tapes.

l hope you bought a truck.

Video Dating Exclusives.
You Tubbs?

This is Tubbs.

Choo Choo has walked, while he was
being booked, we got another one.

-Where?
-Forth and Ocean.

-l'll be right there.
-l'll handle it.

How big a truck?

l think we have another one.
His name is Michael Duval, 33.

An architect.
Recently divorced.

Now recently dead.

-Same cut?
-Yeah. Same M.O.

l think this might be
some kind of ritual thing.

Nothing black magic about this.
lt's the identical M.O.

lt's gotta be
this video dating club.

-He even looks like the other guy.
-Yeah, he even looks like you.

-So what's that supposed to mean?
-We're dealing with a serial k*ller.

Brilliant.
Who the hell are you?

Sam Russell. FBl.
Center for Violent Crime.

l've been tracking this twisto
for a year now.

Four in Dallas, three in Denver
with a tempered steel hunting Kn*fe.

Uses the video clubs
to select his victims.

You guys got a bloodbath
on your hands.

When l first see a woman,
do you know what l look at?

ls it the legs?
The chest?

The small of her back?
No.

l look at the eyes.
They can tell a thousand stories.

Does she dig Mantovani or Manilow?

ls she high for Club Guadaloupe
or Club Med Martinique?

My name's Tony Mason.

Number 2-6-7-3.
Call me.

No, no.
l look at the eyes.

l look at the eyes.

The eyes.

The k*ller is sitting on a volcano
of sexual anger. lt isn't atypical.

But what makes this one different,
is that he's very methodical.

Each killings has been planned
with considerable forethought.

-You say ''he''.
-''He,''she,'', we don't know.

We know that he's using
the video club to select his victims.

lt could be a woman.
lt could be a man.

This couldn't be some ex-boyfriend
who kills off her dates?

lt could be some religious fanatic
who doesn't like promiscuity.

-And if you were a betting man?
-l'm not.

l deal in multiple profile analyses.
These.

-These guys all look alike.
-lt may be unconscious but...

there is a physical similarity.
Not unlike you, Crockett.

There's no question about it.
You're our bait.

Something wrong?

You hardly said a word
all evening.

What?

l said: ''Who is this stranger
and why won't he talk to me?''

l'm sorry, honey.
l've been thinking about work stuff.

-Do you want to tell me about it?
-No. l'd rather not.

ls it the dating assignment?

Caity, if l bring this stuff home,
it's just gonna upset you.

Already is at home.
You're worried. l can see that.

l'm a little preoccupied,
but you don't need to be.

We had an agreement, remember?
We said we would share our feelings.

-Caity, you're over-reacting.
-Pardon me.

You go running out of here
like some half-cocked organ donor...

-and l'm over-reacting.
-Okay. Then you're interfering.

l'm going back to work.

Sonny.

Tubbs.

-Rico, it's me.
-Are you all right?

Yeah, little marital spat.
Nothing serious.

-Any calls come in?
-Yeah one.

45 year old teacher from Kansas
who was visiting her mother.

Sounds like l'm in for
some major ego damage here.

-Yeah. Hold on a sec.
-What?

They got another one.
At 8th Avenue and South West 127th.

l heard.
l'm on my way.

l asked him something about his work
he didn't wanna tell me.

l could see
that it was bothering him.

l just don't know.
l don't want to be left out.

-And?
-Nothing. He put up a wall.

l don't know what's going on.

Sonny's a cop. He's got things
he doesn't want you to know.

l warned you,
but you're in it now, girlfriend.

lf l were you,
l wouldn't press him.

l'm just worried
about him, Angie.

Honey, you better learn
to suffer silently,...

because you're gonna
become an expert.

Tony Mason.
Ex-running back for Tampa Bay.

Unemployed for the last 6 months.
Last job waiting on tables.

The same kind of mutilations.

And also another member
of Exclusive Video.

-When did he make the tape?
-A year ago, when he was playing.

So, there's no pattern
as to when the victims joined.

They're all 5'11 about 185.
blond hair, blue eyes, fair skin.

And l used to envy guys
who looked like you.

What the hell do you want me to do?
l'm on the damn tape.

Maybe l should date all the members
ln the club. From 'A' to 'Z'.

Maybe l can get my wife to join in,
we'll do some threesome!

What the hell did l say?

l'm Burnett. When you hear the beep,
tell me something l don't know.

Hi, Sonny.
Yeah, this is Carol.

l saw your video and
l think you're very attractive.

But you're not home, pity.

-Hello?
-Oh, you're there.

Popular guy.
Screening his calls..

No, l was just catching up
on a little bit of work.

Well, busy boy,
are you too tired...

to meet a tall brunette
with blue eyes?

No, you name it.

¿How's Foxy Boxer
in an hour?

-You got it.
-Don't sep me waiting.

l like men like you.
Strong, vulnerable.

l saw that the first time l saw you.

l said to myself:
'That's my kind of man.''

ls that right?

l'm always right.

You know what l said to myself
when l saw you walk in here tonight?

Tell me.

Electric.

Electric?

Some relationships are chemical.
This one is electric.

Well, l'll try not to shock you.

No, go ahead.
Break my circuits.

Would you like to get out of here?

Go to my place?

Never crossed my mind.

Get the check.

l'll be right back.

What happened?
Did you fall asleep up there?

l'll be right down.
Have some more champagne.

-Aren't you forgetting something?
-What?

Your whip.

Sit down.

Close your eyes.

l have a surprise for you.

Are they closed?

Keep them closed.

Keep them closed tight.

Are you ready?

-Drop it!
-What?

-Drop it!
-What?

What are you
some kind of maniac?

Maybe you should send her roses.

Hell, l'll be lucky
lf l'm not sued.

l can see the headlines now:
''Cop Slugs lnnocent Woman...

after as*ault with Sex Toy.''

What if it wasn't a vibrator,
but a Kn*fe?

Then the k*ller would be in lock
and the case would be closed.

And you might be in the hospital.

Are we going to have another
conversations about life-with-a-cop?

Cause if we're why don't l just
leave now and save us the trouble?

l'm sorry. Being married
to a cop is just.....

Just What?

Just different from what l expected.

Being married to a Grammy winner
isn't exactly on my dance card.

-But you know what?
-What?

We're gonna make it work.

You can bet on that.

l forgot to tell you.

Switek's gonna come over later
and put another phone in.

For what?

Make it easier for the dating club
to get a hold of me.

Great. You didn't want to bring work,
you're bringing it to the bedroom.

What am l gonna tell them
when you're out?

''Leave your number, he'll call later,
zarpen your Kn*fe!''

This rough exterior lies
a Herat of gold.

But you don't know that.
l mean...

l could be a mean tempered drunk
who never changes his socks.

Let me say this, l'll always keep
a place in my heart...

for a woman loving and smart,
if you're this lady, call me.

l might be it.

Jeff Lewis, number 4-1-0-7.

Give me a call.
l might be it.

What about the hookers?

Six-all clean. Gina's checking
to see if we missed any.

Hookers or not, we still don't know
if she's working alone.

All of Russell's experience indicates
it's one person.

We're going over
the tapes and resumes again.

Tubbs and Trudy, you take the tapes.
Crockett and Switek the resumes.

Stay on the prostitution check.

The mayor's office wants to close
the service. We could lose her.

Cait, l'm home.

-What's in that?
-Tapes and resumes from the Club.

''Wanted: Man or Woman.

Must be psychologically unstable
and able to handle a Kn*fe.''

So much for the concert.

There'll be other concert.

God, l had no idea there were
so many lonely people in the world.

That's why when you find
the right one...

you appreciate all the more.

Maybe that's why
l'm so worried about.

Hello, this is Sonny.
Don't sadden me. Leave a message.

Hi, Sonny
This is Tracy Mitchell.

l saw your video and l think
you might like me. So if you...

Tracy?
Yeah, this is Sonny.

The fact is,
l'm not really doing anything now.

Yeah, Club New's great.
Say about, 9:30 p.m.

Okay.
l'll see you there.

Rico. Yeah, this is Sonny.

Listen check out a girl
by the name of Tracy Mitchell.

Yeah, l'm meeting her at a bar
in about half-hour.

l'll call you from there.
All right, great.

Bye.

Are you good at racquetball?
l bet you are.

l don't get much time to play.
l'm busy with my investments.

l play everyday.
That's why l joined the health club.

Feel my muscle.

Damn!
That's a pretty fine muscle, Tracy.

-Do you like athletic women?
-Yeah, l sure do.

l'm a real outdoors type.

l like doing lots of things outdoors:
Swimming, playing tennis,...

lots of things.

You wanna take me home?

Yeah, let me just make one call.
Check in with my business partner.

-Good evening.
-Two, the name is Lewis.

Rico, what'd you find out
about this Tracy Mitchell?

This one is plenty nice. She'd go
a couple rounds with Marvin Hagler.

Russell wants to say
something to you.

Don't push this thing
by being over anxious.

l gotcha.

We'll have a Pouilly Fuisse
that l think you'll like.

Do you really have a pet alligator?

lt's all true, Tracy.
Every word of it.

l'm not the first date type, Sonny.

-l like you a lot though.
-You do? Well thanks.

-Could l see your boat some time?
-Sure, why not?

l'm not working tomorrow.
Could we go sailing?

Yeah. Come by anytime.

Good, l will.

l love to surprise people.

My God, Sonny.
What's this case done to you?

Caity.

God.
l'm sorry, baby.

Same story. l guess the one
last night wasn't the one.

-She's stepping up her pace.
-We caught a break this time.

Club New.
This guy had dinner there last night.

That's were l was.

-Who is he?
-Jeff Lewis, a local TV producer.

Hi, l'm Sonny.

l'm looking for a lady
with sense of humor and style.

l like
fast cars and l like movies,...

and staying out late at night.

ln fact, l guess you could say
l'm just a fun-loving sort of guy.

But when l get home, l like being
with a lady that l really like...

that's important to me.

l keep in shape playing racquetball
when l get a chance and...

l'm making good money now.

And l live
in good old Miami, Florida.

So if you're looking for some fun
in the sun, give me a call.

Sonny Burnett,
5-4-2-3.

Hi, this is Sonny Burnett.
l'm out now. Leave your name...

-Hello?
-Hi, Sonny?

Yeah, hi.

My name is Lois Blythe,
member of Video Dating Exclusive.

l saw your tape.
Am l catching you at a bad time?

No, not at all..

Well, l don't know
if you've seen my tape,...

but l was wondering
if we could meet for a drink.

-Even better, how about dinner?
-Tonight?

You know Club NeW?.

Very well.

l'll be there at 9 o'clock.

Okay.

Like everybody else
who's been living in big cities.

There's always the difficulty
of meeting people.

Lois Blythe.
Columbia Apartments, 52, West 19th.

Signed up with Video Dating Exclusive
November 3rd.

One week
before the k*lling started.

Dallas phone book listed her,
until last September.

One day after the killings stopped.

She doesn't look like a nut case.

Do you think you know
what one looks like?

l've been doing this for 10 years.

Believe me, there are
no give away traits.

Play out the hand.

Just take your time.

This one was here last night.

-Are you sure?
-She ain't so easy to forget, man.

l just can't tell you for sure
if she was with him or not.

l don't have a choice.

lf l break the date,
she's bound to call somebody else.

Can't you arrest her on suspicion?

Not without evidence.
You know that.

And what am l supposed to do?

Wait for a guy dressed in blue
and tell me what a good cop you're.

Gina'll be by in a little while.

l gotta stay on the boat tonight.

l feel the same way. Unabashed
self-promotion, not my style.

And all this about ''Hi, l'm Lois.
Date me, please, please'.''

l just never thought l'll ever
end up in a video service.

Me either but l gotta tell you,
in the long run...

l figure it beats the hell
out of super market come-ons.

Yeah, l know what you mean.

l'd rather die than hear
another double vegetable line.

You oughta here
the frozen food lines.

l have an early voice lessons
in the morning,...

but l would like to invite you
for a night cap.

Well, twist my arm.

-You wanted it, it meatier?
-Yeah, that's perfect.

So, you're studying to be a singer.

l already was. l'm just trying
to get back into it.

Who's that, a boyfriend?

No, that's my brother Danny.

He's around someplace
We share the apartment.

You two look alike.

Strong gene pool.

Would you excuse me?
l'll be right back.

l really should get some sleep.

Yeah, me too.

Thanks for the drink.

ls there any chance
of us doing this again?

Well, you have my number.

Good. l'll use it.

Good night.

-Yeah?
-Sonny, it's Lois.

Please,
you've got to help me.

l didn't want to call.
l don't know what's happening to me.

All right, just calm down now.
Tell me what's wrong.

-lt's Danny.
-What is it?

l think my brother's
been k*lling men l go out with.

-He's he's jealous of them.
-Stay there, l'll be right over.

No, l can't.

l have to get out of here.
l don't want to see him.

All right. Can you make
your way over to the Marina?

Yeah. l'll get there.

-Thanks, Sonny.
-All right.

Lois.

Thanks, Sonny.

Talk to me.

Sonny. l found some newspaper
clipping in his room.

Who am l kidding?
l knew it.

Even when he was a little boy,
he was so possessive of me.

And when we were teenagers...

he used to come into my bed.

l couldn't stop him.

Then he came to live
with me in New York.

And...

he said things will be different,...

that he would never touch me again.

l had dates.

Men l went out with...

and they'll never
call back again.

and l thought
it was all because of me.

Sonny, l don't know what to do.

Should l call the police?
l'm so scared.

-lt's gonna be all right.
-l'm so scared.

lt's gonna be okay.

l must look like a mess.

Could l use your bathroom?

Sure, it's right in there.

-¿ Yeah?
-Sonny. ls Lois there?

We need to watch out the apartments,
and an APB on Danny Blythe.

That's Lois'brother.

Listen, Sonny don't hang up.

Sonny?

Rico, l can't hear you.

Hello?

Rico, Come on. You're breaking up.
l can't hear you.

Rico!

-Hello?
-Sonny?

Sonny!

l can't hear, Rico!

-Rico!
-Sonny, there is no brother!

What?

Sonny!

Thanks, darling.

Hell of a way
to rack up some days off.

Caitlin Davies'new smash jumps two
this web to number five.

-Two slots?
-Not bad for a washed up has-been.

Come here, you.

Nothing dangerous, remember?

Damn! Hell of a way to get
to spend some time with my wife.

Maybe not so much.

-l have to go to L.A.
-What?

Well, gotta press the flesh
to move the vinyl.

l don't know l like you
pressing anyone's flesh by mine.