05x02 - Vagabonds

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'Nice, low profile, huh?'

'Not too much drift.'

'Still too much wobble.'

Ah. Thanks.

Still having trouble
with stability?

No, no, it'll be alright
with Jon driving.

It's balanced for his weight.

That's good.

Why don't you try a speed run?

Uh, no, we got to, we gotta
get back to the b*at, thanks.

Jon, that sheriff's team
is out for blood

and so are
these fire department guys.

And Lewis and Murphy are
practically professional riders.

I mean, we're staking
our reputation on this race.

Plus money, you know, some
of the guys are betting on you.

I'll be in there,
alright?

Don't worry about it.

Ponch, he's got to
practice sometime.

Hey, he will.
I'm bringin' him along.

I just don't want him
to leave his race in the gym.

Is anything wrong
with him?

No, not a thing.
I'm team manager, right?

Would I lie?

Hah.

Jon, you gotta
practice sometime.

Yeah. I will.

Is anything wrong
with you, huh?

No. I'm alright.

Huh, my legs are
a little sore.

I mean, you worked me so hard
in the gym last night

I had cramps all morning.

A hot tub, that's what you need,
is a hot tub.

What I need is a rest.

Rover, this is Spotter.

'Got a big, brown fish
zooming your way.'

'Go for it, yeah?'

10-4, big brother.
Come ahead. Let's go.

Oh! Ah!

Oh! My neck, mom.

Ow! It hurts, mom! Ow!

- Hey, you alright?
- Mom, I'm hurt!

My boy is hurt!

Maniac, look what you done, man.
You might have k*lled us!

Hey, mister,
I didn't see you.

This fella forced us
right off the road.

Look what he done
to my family.

I seen it all,
you driving your big

fancy boat down the highway.

He came out of that bar
at that motel back yonder

right spang in front of me.

Mom, my neck hurts bad.

Somebody get a doctor!

I'll get one, lady.
I'll get the highway patrol.

Wait. Wait just a minute.

I smell booze
on you, mister.

Hey, sonny,
where do you hurt?

It's his neck.
It may be broke!

It's alright, lady.
I don't think he's hurt too bad.

Why don't you all just wait

right here
while I get the police?

Alright, n-now,
j-j-just, just hold it, please.

I mean, the kid is
movin' around alright

and you did turn out
in front of me.

You're blaming me?
I made my stop.

I'll sue you
in every court in the land.

Alright.
Alright, just hold it, please.

S-supposing that I give you,
uh, $500 cash

and, uh, we just keep our
insurance companies out of it?

Five hundred dollars won't
hardly take care of my truck.

- I'm goin' for the law.
- O-okay, here. Take it all.

Don't take it, boy.
It's crooked.

Uh, hey, fellas

the, uh, the lady
that I'm with is

'not exactly my, uh..'

If my wife and family
find out about this..

You liked to
have wiped out my family.

Here, take the money.

And this is
a platinum watch.

Uh, a $400 sapphire ring.

'Okay? Huh?'

Son, if you take
that stuff

I wash my hands
of this whole affair.

Uh. Alright, mister.

You be careful
next time, you hear?

Yeah. Thanks.

I hope the boy's alright.

You alright, Jamie?

- Fine.
- You done good, son.

Now go on and round up
them chickens.

There's $900 in cash,
plus the jewelry.

That ain't bad.

All the way we know how
to make money, though

I don't see why we have
to take a chance like that

especially with Jamie
in the truck.

'That man could have
hit us so hard.'

Not with Lonny driving.

Next to me, my brother's

just about the best there is.

Go on, hon.
Help round up them chickens.

Chop chop, darling.

- 'Go on. Go on.'
- I'm going.

Afternoon, folks.

Need any help?

Was there another car
involved here, Mr. Smith?

Another car?

Somebody left some pretty heavy
tire marks in the road.

That must have been
some other time, I reckon.

It's just me today.

I seen that little dog running
across the road

and I swerved
and hit that ridge

and I came
into this ditch here.

I was driving right behind
these good folks here

and if there'd been another car,
I would have seen it.

Alright.
Well, I'm glad no one was hurt.

'Thanks for stopping by.'

You bet.

A reminder to motor officers

who have not filed their 184s,
get 'em in.

Okay, a flier from Sacramento.

"A series of highway mishaps
and accidents.."

'Not many details.'

"Uh, possibly a g*ng
with an insurance rip-off scheme

working its way southward."

There seems to be reason
to suspect that it might be

the remnants of
the once-famous Wilson family.

Now, they haven't worked
this area in the coast for, uh..

Well, I don't know
how many years

but they're experts
in bunko and fraud.

When they hit a town,
they hit it like Halley's comet.

And if they're doing it
on wheels, be advised

the Wilsons can be dangerous.

Sarge, the makeup
of this g*ng, do we know?

Uh, nobody's really known.
It's very sketchy. Why?

Well, Ponch and I ran into
something kind of strange, uh..

...a family
by the name of Smith.

Country folk,
hillbilly type.

Well, if I remember correctly

the Wilsons
are from the Ozarks.

Yeah, well, we didn't have any
real evidence of a violation.

Unless they gave us
some false IDs.

Which the Wilsons would do.

Why don't you
draw up descriptions

for circulation, alright?

'Okay, anything else?'

Alright, that's it.

I'll do the report.

Is he gonna
practice today?

- Practice what?
- The speedmobile race.

What am I? The only one
who takes that seriously?

I mean, you were elected
team manager.

I know I'm managing.
I'm gonna find us a pit crew.

Swell, but it's
much more important

that you get our
rider to practice.

Grossie, if I didn't know
how tight you were with a buck

I'd swear you got your whole
life savings in this race.

Wrong, not that much

but I did bet.

- Big?
- Two dollars.

Whoa.

'Yeah, we were really something
in those days, Jamie.'

'All us Wilsons together.'

That's before
your granny d*ed.

My mama,
your daddy's mama.

We was something.

I remember going to
Grandma Wilson's house one day.

Me and your daddy made
her a promise when she d*ed.

Last two brothers..

...we'd stay together
no matter what.

Raise our young'uns
up to be Wilsons.

Of course, I never had
any young'uns

but you're my brother's boy.
You're a Wilson.

Oh, look at that, Jamie.

'Look at that.
What do I see up there?'

Here, you better tell
your daddy about that.

Rover, this is Little Scout.
We got a pigeon.

We're pullin' over.

10-4, Little Scout.

Hey, let's go.

Hey!

Hey! What are you doin'?

Hey!

Suspects fled
in an old gray Ford sedan

and a black truck,
white camper.

NFI on the vehicles

last seen
westbound Mulholland.

'10-4, LA 7-Charles.'

Look, I spent
a week in Las Vegas

I can't do
anything wrong.

I come back home, my car
conks out and I'm ripped off.

'They took everything, my
luggage was in the front seat.'

They took it all.

You sure there were
only two guys?

Hey, I didn't say, "only two,"
I said, "at least two."

Well, we may know
who these people are.

At least, we've seen
the vehicles before.

You alright?

I saw the whole
thing, mister.

It was the limo
driver's fault.

- He ran right into you.
- My fault? He pulled right o--

Hey, I don't care
whose fault it was.

I mean, I've got
a plane to catch.

That's it.
Let's have a look.

Hey, look-a-here.

'Look at the loot.'

Cameras,
tape recorders, furs..

- Jackpot!
- This guy was no amateur.

'He must have cleaned out every
car and hotel room in Vegas.'

'Look at this, he even ripped
off ashtrays, silverware.'

What's the matter, hon?

Oh, Lonny, where are
we going with all this?

Where's it all taking us?

You starting that
again, Claire?

Lonny, I can't stand living
this kind of life anymore.

I'm afraid for Jamie.
I'm afraid for us.

We're the last
of the Wilsons, Claire.

It's our way of life.

You knew that
when you married me.

Lonny, I married you
'cause I loved you.

Lonny...we were so young then
and...the Wilson clan seemed

like a fun way to live,
but we're older now.

And we're going nowhere.
Can't you see that?

But this is the only life
I've ever known.

Lonny, you don't need it.
You're a genius with cars.

You could get
a good job anywhere.

You know I love you
and Jamie..

...but when ma d*ed,
me and Daws, we promised--

Daws made that promise,
and he tied you to it.

'Now, ma is dead.
She's gone.'

That whole running, thieving way
of life could go with her

if you'd just let it go.

- 'Lonny, you could be free.'
- What about Daws?

- He's my brother.
- What about Jamie?

What about me?
What about us?

'You want your son to grow up
and be ignorant, be a thief?'

'Maybe in prison somewhere,
maybe dead on a highway?'

- No.
- Then, you gotta tell Daws.

You gotta
talk to him right now

before it's
too late for all of us.

He blew it.
I felt this was coming.

I mean, he needs
more practice.

It's only
a trial run, Grossie.

On race day, he'll do better.
That I promise.

Promises, promises.

Okay, ladies.
Let's get him out, alright?

Come on, partner.
I promised you a pit crew.

- There you go.
- Yeah.

Come on. Come on out.

You're a nice guy, Baker

but you know
where nice guys finish.

Yeah, well, I was
saving myself.

Saturday,
you'll see some speed.

Didn't see much today,
that's for sure.

But you gotta admit, Murph,
they've got the pit crew.

Yeah, hey, why don't you ladies

'come on over
and root for a winner?'

Yeah, the sheriff's department
inter-service champions--

Until the fire department
takes the trophy on Saturday.

Aw, close.

You weren't doing your best,
were you, Jon?

Yeah, I was.
The gears need adjusting.

Harlan, the gears.

Okay, okay.

Hey there.
How you doing?

- What's that?
- Uh, it's a speedmobile.

- Ever see one before?
- Nope. What's it for?

It's a race vehicle,
pedal power.

Like a bike?

- Well, yes and no.
- It's a hybrid.

You see, it's a high-speed
bicycle frame

redesigned with a shell
to cut down on wind resistance.

- That's really neat.
- Yeah.

What's your name?
My name is Jon.

This is Harlan,
Grossie, Ponch.

- What's yours? Jamie?
- I'm Jamie.

You live
around here, Jamie?

Uh, just over on
the other side of the hills.

Haven't I seen you
here before?

Nope, not me.

'Hey, what do you say?'

Hey, speed demons,
how goes the practice?

Could be a lot better.

We're rounding
into shape.

Yeah, well, maybe Jamie can
give it a better ride than..

Hey, it's time
for your workout, man.

What are you
doing here?

Working on that
disappearing act.

Working on a what?

That boy Jamie,
the one that you thought

you'd seen before,
and so did I.

Hey, remember the kid
that was chasing the chickens?

Yeah, I remember
there was one. Why?

Yeah, in this file over here

I remember reading a report

about a boy and a woman

who happened to be
at the scene

of one of the
Wilson family capers.

Just a woman and a boy?

Yeah, who disappeared
the same way Jamie did today.

Hey, partner, he could have gone
over to one of the other bikes

got lost in the crowd.

Yeah, could be.

The sooner you find
what you're looking for..

...the sooner you'll get
to your workout.

Dad, you think someday we can
get a bike with a hood

like a speedmobile?

Sure, Jamie.

I bet you can make one.

You bet.

You should have
seen them go.

They went
a 100 miles an hour.

That fast, huh?

Well, mighty fast,
I guarantee.

Jamie, don't never guarantee
unless you're sure.

A man's gotta back up
his guarantees

'and you're gonna be
13 tomorrow.'

Yeah and I can do
a man's work.

No more easy stuff
with ma, right?

'That's right, Jamie,
and I'll start'

'teaching you
everything I know.'

Partner, that's plenty.

Alright, she's ready.

Let's get practicing done
before Claire comes back.

Alright, Jamie, your daddy's
gonna be doing the driving.

He's going to be driving slow
the first few times.

Now, I want you
to come in at this angle

right here, like this.

When you get
about right here..

...shove off..

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, sir. No, sir!

You don't go over.

Lonny, he's done
that a dozen times.

Yeah, with me
or you driving.

Some pigeon at the wheel,
half scared to death

there's no telling
what might happen.

I can do it, dad.

No. You don't go over.
Fall away.

- 'You understand?'
- It's alright, Jamie.

We don't want you getting hurt,
go ahead and do it

like your daddy says.

Okay.

'I'm sorry.'

I'm sorry.

Lordy, Lordy,
this boy's hurt bad.

Now don't move him.
I'm a doctor.

I'll take over here.

Alright, now, that's fine.
That's all we need.

That's good, Jamie.
Try it one more time.

Jamie?

- Jamie!
- Jamie.

- Boo!
- Sheesh.

You rascal,
I thought you was really out.

Jamie, don't tell your mother
about the bicycle stunt.

You know
how women worry.

Yeah, I reckon.

- You ready, son?
- Yes, sir, I am.

Alright,
find yourself a pigeon.

If he's moving too fast

you peel off
and look for another one.

- Understand?
- Yes, sir, I do.

Give the car a good, hard slap,
and fall away.

Anything goes wrong,
I'll meet you at the bus stop

in half an hour, okay?

I got it, pa.

Good luck, son.

Jamie, you're a Wilson.
You're a man.

A boy would slap the car and
fall away, like your daddy says.

A man would go over the hood,
the way I taught you.

Make a lot more
money, huh?

That's right, boy.
Go to it.

I-I didn't see him.

I-I didn't see him.
He-he just came out of nowhere.

- You told him to do that.
- Get hold of yourself.

He's fine.
Alright, step back.

Step back, please.
I'm a doctor.

I-I seen the whole thing.
It was all his fault.

This boy is badly hurt.

We're gonna have to
get him to the hospital.

Well, that's going to
take money.

This-this boy don't look
like he's got any money.

Listen, I think
you ought to pay for it.

How about it? How about it, you?
You got any money?

Well, I-I-I'll do
whatever I-I can, of course.

Come on.

Hey...there's a couple of
motorcycle cops coming this way.

I'll go flag them down.

Wait a minute.
What we need is an ambulance.

Come on.
Let's get out of here.

Run to the bus stop.

Hey, call an ambulance.

'Everyone, stand back.
Let him get some air.'

I got your call.
The ambulance is on the way.

- How is he?
- He's drifting in and out.

We've met him before.
His name is Jamie.

There were two guys here
that did a vanishing act.

The Wilson clan?

Yeah, maybe.
Ponch is out looking for 'em.

I'll stand by here.

- Okay?
- Thank you.

That, those, that might be
for Jamie.

- I think he was really hurt.
- He wasn't hurt.

Now, just relax.

You told him to come
to the bus stop, he's coming..

'Did you see that?
Was he looking at us?'

- 'Yeah. Oh, let's go'
- 'Oh, he is turning around.'

You okay?

Don't ask, man.

- Bonnie.
- Oh, hi.

He's got a couple bad bruises
and a mild concussion

but you can talk to him,
I just did.

Okay, has anybody made
any inquiries about him?

Nope or notified either.

He won't tell me
or the doctor anything.

Alright, Ponch is contacting
county welfare.

Tell him
where I'm at, alright?

- Okay
- Thank you.

Hey.
How you feeling, Jamie?

Doctor says,
you had a close call.

- I'm okay.
- Yeah, that's good.

- Your name's Smith, right?
- I never said that.

- No, your father said that.
- My pa?

Yeah, my partner and I were
the highway patrolmen

that stopped out there when your
camper truck ran off the road.

Remember, you and your mom
were chasing the chickens, huh?

Oh, I don't
remember nothin'.

Well, the man said
he was your father

and said your name was Smith.

It is Smith, right?

Or is it Wilson?

Just leave me alone.

Alright, Jamie.

I don't need to put you
through this routine.

But I know you were
with two men today

and they were using
the same car that I saw

out there
with that camper truck.

Now, I don't think they would've
gone off and left you if they

would've thought you were hurt,
so you wanna tell me

where I can find them
so I can let them know?

You wanna tell me
where I can find your mother?

I mean, she's probably
worried sick about you.

I'm not going to
tell you nothing!

I never did you no harm!

Just get out of here.
Just go!

Alright, Jamie.
You think about it, now.

Oh, uh, by the way,
I forgot to tell you.

In a case like this,
we have to contact

the county
welfare department.

And I just thought you would
much rather be with your family

you know what I mean?

Hey, look, Jamie.

Believe it or not, we really
wanna help, alright?

Think about it.

Well, he said he lived
over the hill somewhere

'but I don't know
what hill he meant.'

'He can't be too far away.'

You take the high road
and I'll take the low road.

Yeah, sounds like a plan.

Officer, I don't know
what you're talking about.

My wife and my boy
are visiting relations.

I told you before,
my name's Smith.

Smith, huh?

Well, that's what I'm gonna put
on the warrant, Mr. Smith.

What warrant?

I'm gonna come out here
and search, Mr. Smith

after I file on you
for endangering the health

and welfare of that boy.

Now, hold on here.
I love my son.

You don't even care
what hospital he's in.

You know, you're not only
an unfit parent

you're the most cold-blooded
unfit parent

I've ever ran into
in my life.

'Hey, wait!'

Daws!

Glad we got
rid of that guy.

Did you hear
what he said about me?

Lonny, just calm down.

Calm down nothing.
Daws, it's over.

It is notover.
It wasn't my fault.

And it wasn't Lonny's fault.
It wasn't nobody's fault.

You just left him there.
You run off.

Claire,
we did notrun off.

We thought he was doing
his part of the scam

playing hurt like,
wasn't he?

Daws, it don't make
no difference.

We left him.

Now we gotta go
find where he's at

and get him out,
pack up camp, and git.

Lonny, I'm the head
of the family

and I'll make
the decisions.

- Jamie!
- Jamie!

Jamie! Oh, God.

You're okay.
Where have you been?

What happened to you?
Where were you?

'I was on the ground
and then I woke up'

'and I was in the hospital..'

Alright, the car you chased
was not there and you suspect

the man gave you
false identification.

Now, no judge is
gonna issue a search warrant

on that kind of complaint.

Suspicion
of stolen goods.

Suspicion
of contraband.

Suspicion
of fraud.

On what grounds?

Suspicion
of child neglect.

That's not
our ball of wax.

Look, Joe, the kid's
already left the hospital.

I mean, it's gonna be duck soup
for him to hitch a ride.

Now, if we don't go out
there with something

they're gonna be gone.

Yeah, but if you go
out there with nothing

they're gonna
b*at the rap.

Yeah.

I guess we go
back out there and observe.

They're gonna construe
that as invasion of privacy

unless Ponch comes up
with a search warrant

and I don't think he will.

Got one.

Well...what are you
waiting for?

I reckon she'll work as good
as any $200 clunker.

Well, that's just
about everything.

Do we have to go?
I feel good now, honest.

Jamie, I didn't know
you was really hurt.

I am plum ashamed that
we went off and left you.

'Next time
could be worse.'

Except there ain't
gonna be no next time.

Next time,
I'll be more careful.

Jamie, you're sounding like
a full-blooded Wilson. Yes, sir.

- Now, Daws--
- 'Wait a minute.'

I'm not saying you
and Claire are wrong.

I'm saying you're right.
We gotta get out of here.

But...I think we should pull one
big Wilson caper along the way.

Where in heck did you
get that thing?

Out of that bag
from that sports car.

I figure a bank.

We hit the right one,
we can take in enough money

to lay low
for a good, long time.

- Now, think about it.
- Rob a bank?

- No. No.
- No, Jamie.

Don't say no to me,
little brother.

We're the last of the Wilsons,
you and me and Jamie!

No! No!

You do what you
want to, Daws.

Me, Claire and Jamie we're gonna
find ourselves a decent life

because I ain't no unfit parent,
I promise you that.

Get ready
to leave, honey.

You done this to us, Claire.
Blood's thicker than water.

Jamie, you say goodbye
to your Uncle Daws.

The station wagon's yours.

I'm sorry, Uncle Daws.

It's alright, Jamie.

Family ain't gonna die.

You're a game boy, I seen
that in you a long time ago.

Me, I'm more a father to you
than your own pa is.

Me and you, Jamie

we're going to put
the Wilsons on the map.

What are you doing,
Uncle Daws?

'Hey, pa! Pa!'

- Daws!
- 'Wait up, Uncle Daws!'

Ma!

Wait here. I'll get him.

No.

Is your name Wilson?

Mrs. Wilson,
has Jamie come back here?

Yes. There.

'No, wait.'

My husband's in the camper

and his brother Daws is

in the station wagon
and Daws has got Jamie

and he's got a g*n.

Slow up, Uncle Daws.
Slow up.

That's pa back there.
Slow up.

Stop! It's just pa. Stop!

Pa!
Pa went off the road.

'Pa!'

'Pa! My pa!'

Stay on the ground, Jamie.

Okay, Wilson, if you have a g*n,
throw it out the window.

Okay, come out
with your hands on your head.

My pa!

I won't run off.
He's my brother.

Pa!

- Hold it.
- That's my kid.

Jamie.

'Ten, nine, eight'

'seven, six, five, four'

three, two, one, start!

'Go! Go!'

Alright,
good clean start.

'Looks like the fire department
is pulling ahead.'

'CHP and sheriff's department.'

'Sheriff's department making
a good, clean move up.'

'And sheriff's department
pulling in again.'

'Sheriff's department
coming up fast.'

'CHP beginning
to make a move.'

- Go!
- Go!

'CHP, fire department,
and sheriff's department.'

'CHP..'

'CHP pulling ahead.'

CHP!

Good going, g*ng.

Hey, Jon,
I knew you could do it.

Boy, am I glad
I upped the bet to 12 bucks.

12 bucks?

Well, I have
great faith in Jon

never a moment
of doubt.

Alright, girls,
let's get him out.

- Alright!
- Yeah.

Hey, Jamie.

I promised you a ride
in the speedmobile.

It's out in the parking lot.
You ready?

Well, uh, do I get a pit crew?

I'll see what I can do,
alright?

You know, you did
the right thing cooperating

helping us recover
all that stolen property.

It won't hurt when
your trial comes up in court.

I sure hope it helps
my brother some.

Yeah,
but the main thing is..

...we're gonna
have us a home.

Yeah, and you get to go
to regular school.

- 'Isn't that terrific?'
- Uh-huh.

'Alright.'

Okay, Jamie, let's go.

Uh, where's
the pit crew?

- We're it.
- I built the machine.

Hey, we're good.
Believe me.

Well, okay, but the pit crew
you had at the track

was a lot better-lookin'.