03x09 - The Plague: Part 2

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WOMAN [ON PA]: Dr. Redfield,

report to Dr. Marr
in Administration.

Well, how do you
feel? Humiliated.

Why?

Well, how would you
like to walk around all day

in a paper dress that makes
you look like Florence Nightingale?

It's what's underneath
that counts.

Now you tell me.

I think you look cute.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Keep talking like that,

I'm gonna break right
through this window.

It's your mouth.

What is?

That vulnerable upper lip.

It gets right to a
woman's heart.

Oh, you're just
talking like that

because you're out
there and I'm in here.

That's right. Well, don't do it!

I mean it, but I wouldn't
have had the courage to say it

except for the conditions.

"The conditions"?

That's a hell of a way

to talk about a death sentence.

I have to get back to the lab.

Why?

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

Is he gonna die?

I don't know, Richie.

I thought he was all well.

Why did he have to go out again?

Well, he's cool now.

I think he's going
to be all right.

He's nice.

Richie, don't like him too much.

RICHIE: Why?

Just don't.

Why don't you go to the
lounge and get a little sleep?

Oh, there's so much
work and no time.

You haven't slept.

Okay, I'll take a break.

I'll get some coffee
and be right back.

WOMAN [ON PA]:
Dr. Smith, call your office.

Dr. Smith, call your office.

[TAPS GLASS]

[MUFFLED] How's it...?

How's it going?

It's going.

You look lousy.

Thank you.

How are you feeling?

Any symptoms yet?

Well, I'm a little
weak, I guess.

Probably because I've
been cooped up in this place.

No progress, huh?

Every time we eliminate
another possibility,

we're narrowing things down.

In other words, no progress.

What's that picture?

Does that have anything
to do with the epidemic?

Everything has to
do with the epidemic.

Pictures of the k*ller.

Can I see it?

Why?

Because I've finished
with my movie magazines.

Can I see it, please?

It's magnified , times.

It's an ugly little
thing, isn't it?

That's the sucker that's
multiplying inside me?

I'm afraid so.

WOMAN [ON PA]: Nurse
Hall, call your station.

Nurse Hall, call your station.

STARSKY: All right, thanks.

Hey, Starsky, did
you get anything?

They ID'd T. Callendar
from the photo

but the address turns out to
be a home for retired nuns.

I don't think the
sisters would dig that.

What's the word on the street?

Hey, it makes zero
look like a big number.

Somebody's got
to know something!

Hey! Starsky, look.

I got Hutch in my heart too.

I'm sorry.

I'm wired. I...

I hear you.

Man, folks on the
pavement are more scared

of the hit man numero
uno than the plague.

Huggy, look, I will empty
out my bank account,

I'll hock my Torino, I'll
do whatever I have...

Bucks don't mean nothing
on the street right now.

I've been trying up,
down and continuously,

and I can't even
call in for a favor.

I mean, Callendar's on the prowl
and Roper's got his fangs out.

It's only fools like us

who'd come between
something like that.

Somebody's got to
know where he is.

I hear you,

but nobody's interested in
committing double su1c1de,

and if that sounds
redundant, you got it.

All right, I hear you.

Let's keep moving.

Maybe somebody will break.

Hey, I ain't quitting, bro.

Nobody's quitting.

[GRUNTS]

I dreamt I saw the boy here.

HELEN: He was here.

A long time.

He didn't want to leave.

I made him.

Why?

Because he likes you.

Too much.

I don't want him hurt again.

I brought you some soup.

I owe you both.

You owe us nothing.

We were paid.

No, no, you were paid
to give a room to a writer,

not to nurse a sick man.

Whatever.

You know I'm not a writer.

Yes.

Don't tell me what you do.

Just get well and...

don't hurt Richie.

WOMAN [ON PA]: Nurse Webster,

report to Dr. Badham in Surgery.

Nurse Webster, report
to Dr. Badham in Surgery.

DR. KAUFMAN: He
looks like a little boy.

How's he doing?

By tomorrow, the
symptoms should appear.

How are you doing?

I'm exhausted.

You find anything?

No.

STARSKY: Hey.

Do me a favor and
don't ask any questions.

Sure.

You got a lipstick?

Yeah.

[GASPS AND SHIVERS]

Oh, boy.

"Starsk."

[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]

Oh, boy.

Oh...

Now it starts.

[SHIVERS RAGGEDLY]

STARSKY: Hey, you got something.

I don't care if it's a wild
goose chase. Thanks.

What's going on?

Duval over at Counterfeit.

He got a call from
a grocery in Clinton.

The guy never handled
anything bigger than a $ bill.

Regular customer,
a Helen Yeager,

she just paid for her groceries
with a brand-new $ bill.

Come on, Starsky,
you're stretching it again.

Maybe, but I'm on my way.

Hey, when you see Hutch,
you know what to tell him.

HUTCH: Take any
more blood out of me

and you're going to
turn me into an anemic.

We have to see if
there's any change

in your white cell count.

Sure you do.

Oooh.

I don't know if I'm hot or cold.

This isn't one of
my better days.

Shhh.

Don't talk now.

MAN: Actually, it
was kind of weird.

STARSKY: Why is that?

Well, you know,
you expect a wino

to kind of pick out some Sneaky
Pete or something like that,

but this guy, he got a
bottle of -year-old Scotch.

Is that him?

Uh, I don't know. He
was in pretty bad shape.

Maybe. Maybe.

Possibly. It could
have been him.

"Maybe. Possibly. Could have
been." That's a hell of an ID.

That's the best
I can do, officer.

That's good enough. Can
you tell me where Helen lives?

I don't want to
get her in trouble.

You might be saving her life.

What do you mean?

Trust me.

I don't know the address,

but you can't miss it.

It's the only house in the area.

It's about a mile south of here.

You turn right, and about five
minutes, you run right into it.

Thanks.

[CLATTERING]

[KNOCKING]

Yes?

Helen Yeager?

Yes.

May I come in?

Don't yell, don't scream,
if you care about your life.

[QUIETLY] Is he here?

Who? Callendar.

I don't know what you're...

Mr. Steele.

Is he here? No.

The truth!

He went out.

When? This morning.

When's he coming back?

Maybe never.

I asked him not to.

Why?

My son...

You wouldn't understand.

What's he done?

More things than I can tell you.

Where's your son?

In his room.

Your husband?

Canada.

Any more questions?

Yeah. I want to see Callendar's
room and I want to see your son.

Well, you're not
going to see Richie,

because he's not feeling
well and he doesn't need to...

High temperature, chills, fever?

How did you know?

Yeah, that's what Steele had.

I figure it's the flu
that Richie caught...

It's not a flu, Mrs. Yeager.

Callendar... Steele
is carrying a plague.

It's a k*ller.

Oh...

Oh, my God.

Oh. Oh, Richie!

Oh, Richie.

Uh, don't pick him
up, Mrs. Yeager.

It's a highly
contagious disease.

Oh, you think I care?

[WEEPING]

Do you have a telephone?

Around the corner.

Yeah, this is
Detective David Starsky

of the Metropolitan Police.

I want you to connect me
with Dr. Judith Kaufman

at the Lincoln Hospital.

Yes, it's an emergency.

How is Richie?

He's in critical condition.

I want to be with him.

You can't.

Well, I want to be there.

He's in an isolation ward.

Well, put me there with him.

We're taking you to
the observation ward.

We're going to give your son
the best care we know how,

but right now, you have
to go to Observation.

All right.

HELEN: All right.

But as soon as
you know anything,

you tell me.

I promise I will.

Nurse, take Mrs.
Yeager to Observation.

I promise.

How's Hutch?

His temperature's up.
His white count is dropping.

In other words, he's dying.

Yes.

Can I see him?

You can look in
through the window,

but he's too weak
to get out of bed.

I want to talk to him.

I said, he's too weak

to get out of bed.

You can put me in a mask.

That's what you do with
the nurses who take blood.

Come on.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey, yourself.

We're getting closer.

Yeah?

Gonna nail Callendar
any hour now.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Judith will tap his veins,

find the serum in his blood,

give you a sh*t.

Alakazam, Captain Marvel.
You'll be up and around...

That stinks.

Okay. You don't want
to be Captain Marvel?

Would you believe...?

Oh, no. No. It's
no good, Starsk.

What?

You never were a very good liar.

Except when you
were undercover...

[GROANS IN PAIN]

[GROANS]

What can I do for you?

Just take care of that
little sucker that's...

twisting my chest into a knot.

You... You did it.

Now get out of here, will you?

What's the rush?

Tired of looking
at my pretty face?

Hey, no more fun and games, huh?

This ain't no fun...

and the game is Hutch is dying,

so you get out
there, walk the streets

and check the sewers,

hop in the holds.

Oh, God! God...

It hurts. It hurts.

Now get out of here, will you?

Get out of here.

Look, if we put it on the
tube, we put it on the radio...

If Callendar's out
there, which I know he is,

he'll hear it, he'll see it.

Maybe he'll turn himself in.

No.

Hey, look, you yourself said

the cure is in him.

If we don't find him
in the next hours,

Hutch is a dead man!

Now, look, suppose he
decides not to turn himself in.

Now, he's passed the crisis.

We offer him immunity.

Then the whole city will panic.

We cannot do that
until it's a last resort.

Hey, my partner's dying.

How much more of a
last resort do you need?

Now, look, we cannot make
that information public now.

Now, maybe in a couple
of days, if we can't...

Yeah?

Tell Roper Detective Sergeant
Starsky's here to see him.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Yes?

GUARD: A stiff
here, calls himself

Detective Sergeant Starsky.

Wants to see Mr. Roper.

A Detective Starsky from
the police wants to see you.

With a writ or with a g*n?

What does he want?

What do you want?

Tell him I said please...

and it's about Callendar.

He says...

I heard him.

It's about Callendar.

Checkmate, you fool.

You left yourself
unguarded on the flank.

[CHUCKLES]

Let him in.

Send him in.

My friends get very nervous

when someone comes
in here with a piece.

You can understand that.

Okay.

Of course, you'll get it
back as soon as you leave.

Do you play chess?

How about a drink?
Marty, get the man a drink.

What? Vodka?

Anisette? What? Talk.

Marty...

Sure.

No social
amenities. Right to it.

You cops got no grace.

All right, Officer Starsky,
you talk. I'll listen.

Callendar.

What about him?

We both know he's
got a contract on you.

Yeah, and if I did, so what?

We're looking for him.

Good.

So are you.

And if I am, so what?

You find him, you're
going to burn him.

Oh...

that's not very nice
talk, Officer Starsky.

My lawyer can sue...

Mr. Roper, please.
I'm not playing games.

I'm not a rookie on a roust.

I need your help.

You hear that, boys?

Now the cops are
coming to Roper for help.

[LAUGHING]

You keep that up,
you'll ruin my reputation.

It's like this.

Callendar's a very sick man.

He's carrying the plague.

He's not dead yet.

But we want him alive.

It's very important to
us that we find him alive.

WOMAN [ON PA]: Dr. Redfield,

report to Dr. Marr
in Administration.

Nurse Bartlett, call
Physical Therapy on .

[COUGHS AND WHEEZES]

Well, that's a very
beautiful story.

Jim.

Anybody here play the violin?

No games, Roper.

All right, no games.

Yes, Callendar
tried to k*ll me once.

And he won't stop. He's a pro.

Either he completes
the job or his life is over.

Exactly.

You want me to go out
there and play pigeon?

That's the only chance we
have of getting Callendar.

Ha, ha, ha! You hear that, boys?

The cops can't find him,
so they come to Roper

to stand up and
to be sh*t at, huh?

Bang, bang! Bang,
bang, bang, bang!

[LAUGHS]

No, no, Mr. Cop.

The answer is no.

We have our own way of
taking care of Mr. Callendar

without Roper putting
his tail on the line.

Okay.

I didn't think you'd go for it.

Yeah. Thank you for
consulting with me.

[LAUGHS]

I'm glad you're
having a good laugh.

Remember it. It
might be your last.

Hey, cop.

You come into
Roper's house and...

You crazy?

You got it.

Here's the deal, Roper.

You don't want to be a pigeon?

Okay.

You find Callendar before me,

you do not burn him.

Understand?

No k*lling.

You turn him over to me

clean and alive.

You don't tell me
what to do with...

It's all right. It's all
right. It's all right.

Callendar. Alive.

Or else.

You don't thr*aten Roper.

It's no thr*at.

A promise.

[SIREN WAILING]

Take this to Dr. Cooper
for processing.

WOMAN [ON PA]: Dr. Redfield,

report to Dr. Marr
in Administration.

He's the one in the
middle. Thank you.

How'd it go with Roper?

Like you figured.

What now?

If we don't find
Callendar in eight hours,

Hutch is a dead man.

I put more men on the case.

Everybody's out there looking.

I don't know what
more I can do, Starsky.

I do.

Name it.

We go on the air and cop a plea.

Meredith from D.C. said
you couldn't do that, didn't he?

I may have to convince him.

All right, suppose
he goes for it.

Then what?

Callendar will
hear it on the radio,

see it on the TV, whatever.

Callendar's going to figure,
why should he turn himself in?

We offer him immunity.

No. No, I can't do that.

Hey.

Callendar's a
professional k*ller.

Okay.

Jail for Callendar
or Hutch's life?

What's it gonna be?

[GRUNTS]

Mm, mm, mm, mm.

[HUTCH GASPING]

[SOBS]

There's no reason to hold out!

The word's out on
the street already.

Another couple of days,
you're gonna have an epidemic.

We have to go for it!

They said you're busy.

Meanwhile, my Richie's dying!

DR. KAUFMAN [ON
TV]: The suspected carrier

and the only known survivor,

who we believe may have
produced the antibodies

in his own bloodstream,

is a man identified
as Thomas Callendar.

Mr. Callendar is
known to be in the city.

I repeat, this is
Dr. Judith Kaufman.

If anyone has seen this man,

please contact the hospital
immediately at -.

Thomas Callendar's blood
most likely will give us the clue

to the serum which can save
the victims of this disease.

Mr. Callendar, if
you're listening,

it's vital that you contact
the hospital immediately.

I will now turn the
remaining time over

to Sergeant David Starsky of
the Metropolitan Police Force.

Thomas Callendar.

I'm talking to you.

I know you're
out there, alive...

and you can see me or hear me.

I'm a cop to you.

We both know what
that means to you.

But here's the deal,

and it is a deal.

You come in, you
turn yourself in...

you save perhaps
thousands of lives...

you got your passport
out of this country.

I don't lie, Callendar.

You can count on

safe passage to the airport,

once the doctors
have finished with you.

I want the airport and
the hospital covered now.

I don't know how to convince
you to come in, Callendar.

My partner's dying.

I don't think you care that
much about another cop.

Maybe if you hear
Mrs. Helen Yeager.

Mr. Callen...

Mr. Steele.

Please. Richie is dying.

Richie is in an oxygen tent
and he can hardly breathe.

My Richie, he liked you.

Maybe too much.

Please, Mr. Steele.

Please don't let
Richie die. Please!

STARSKY [ON TV]: It's okay.

That's it, Callendar.

You can save Richie's life,

my partner's life...

perhaps thousands
of other lives.

You get my thanks,

you get the
department's guarantee

for safe passage
out of the country.

I wish... I wish I could

figure out a way to
get to you, Callendar.

To get to your heart.
I know you got one.

Every mother's son got a heart,

no matter what gone down.

Come in.

Ah.

Do it.

Please.

WOMAN [ON PA]: Dr. Redfield,

report to Dr. Marr
in Administration.

Do you think he'll call?

He'll call.

How can you be so sure?

Nurse Bartlett, call
Physical Therapy on .

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

NURSE: Officer Starsky,

there's a phone call for
you in the doctor's office.

Starsky.

Callendar.

STARSKY: You coming?

Total immunity?

When the doctors
finish with you,

I promise I will take
you to the airport,

put you on any airplane to
any country that'll take you.

Is Richie still alive?
He's hanging on.

I'll be there in minutes.

I'll come get you.

No, it'll be faster this way.

I'll meet you in the back
entrance to the hospital.

How are you coming?

I'll be there. Don't
worry about it.

He's on his way.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

Hang on, Hutch.

Just hang on.
Callendar's on his way.

We're gonna get
the serum, hear me?

Hang on, Hutch!

[TIRES SCREECH]

Now, you be very careful

and you drive me to
the Lincoln Hospital.

You do it quickly and
you give me no trouble

you get a $ bill.

You mess it up,
you lose your life.

Drive.

[TIRES SCREECH]

He won't show.

Quiet.

What do you know?

Go!

Callendar!

Get some help! We've
gotta get him in there!

Move!

Is the boy still alive?

STARSKY: He's hanging in there.

You're Starsky, huh?

Yep.

I got Roper.

I just got one more
debt to pay and then...

Then I'm all done.

Where's the lady doctor from TV?

I'm right here.

Can you still use my blood?

Yes, Mr. Callendar.

Mr. Callendar.

Nice.

Hey.

Don't worry about a thing.

Richie's gonna be okay.

I owe you one.

MAN [ON PA]: The white zone

is for immediate loading and
unloading of passengers only.

No parking.

MAN [ON PA]: seven
now boarding at Gate .

Can't you stay for the weekend?

I'm a working lady.

You're a coward.

That's no thing
to say to a lady.

Who asked you?

Now that we've got no
window separating us,

you're afraid to take
a chance, is that it?

You don't believe that, do you?

Well, then, stay
and prove me wrong.

WOMAN [ON PA]:
Flight to Alabama

is now boarding at Gate .

Gentlemen...

it has been exciting.

I'm a healthy man now,

and there's still time for
you to change your mind,

if you think you can handle it.

Does that mean yes?

No.

Oh.

The question is,
can you handle it?

What?

Come on, you big blond beauty.

I'm gonna take you
home and tuck you in.

You ain't ready for
the big leagues yet.

HUTCH: Well, guess where I'm
going to spend my next vacation.

In the immortal words
of my grandmother,

you should live so long.

No! No, no.

I'm going to live like those
dudes do in Azerbaijan.

I'm going to live!

Yeah, well, if I
could pronounce that,

I might understand
what you're talking about.

Starsky, it's that village.

The village where those
people live to and then some.

Ah, forget it.

You are looking at a
man in the prime of his life

with plus to go, huh?

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