(male narrator) Tonight on "Spenser For Hire.."
Cut!
Guardin' a guy from Doggie Thorpe for no money.
Doggie's a little scary.
We'll be a little scary too, babe.
Doggie, you know, it was a good day for you the day we met.
Thorpe wants his money.
You'll have to consult with my associates here
Mr. Hawk and the white guy.
[groaning]
You are in trouble because you are an alcoholic.
Are you trying to commit su1c1de for the whole family?
[g*nshots]
Where are we going, papa?
Maybe Florida.
He's gonna be dead if he doesn't stop drinking.
- What, papa? - Run, Jessie.
They're gonna k*ll us!
[g*nsh*t]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
Yeah. Beautiful.
Yeah, that's hot. Ooh, yeah.
Come on now, give it to me. Give it to me!
Yes.
You know I generally don't do bodyguard work.
- Right. - You know that, don't you?
- Right. - And you're so good at it.
- Right. - So why do you need me?
Good question.
There's something you're not telling me.
- Man's name is Bo Braxton. - Yeah.
He's married to a woman named Callie Sloane.
- Mm-hmm. - She works in the DA's office.
I've known Callie long time. End of story.
There's something you're not telling me.
[instrumental music]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's beautiful.
That's real hot. Come on.
And cut!
That's a keeper.
Oh, that's sweet.
Everybody, you were fantastic.
Take ten minutes. I'm gonna hit the phone.
We finally got it. It's great, man.
Where are you going, papa?
Your daddy gotta call his agent and talk about a feature film.
That's him. The great Bo Braxton.
That's your father?
He's adorable.
Double scotch, Harold. Straight up.
Yeah, right away.
How much did you say I was getting paid for this job?
Same as I'm gettin', nothin'.
I usually charge twice that much.
And you're worth it.
At these prices at least I oughta know
why I'm guarding this guy. What kinda trouble is he in?
Usual kind, owes money, big deal workin', big horse runnin'.
Oh, yeah? Need a couple thousand dollars.
Speed it till Monday.
- I'll have a draught. - 'Got it.'
Who told you?
Callie, what have you been doing
with all that alimony money I sent you?
Haven't you been putting it anyway?
Oh, you send an alimony check about every five months.
Jessie and I have been fretting away my salary on food and rent.
So, what's it behind on the bigger the principle?
Of course, both.
- Who's the shark? - Doggie Thorpe.
Doggie Thorpe?
I'm walking around guardin' a guy
from Doggie Thorpe for no money.
Callie, I'm in trouble.
Don't you think I know this?
Why do you think I've have Hawk following you around?
Look, why don't you just give me
what you're payin' Hawk and this white guy?
I'm not paying them. It's a favor.
How come Hawk is doing you a favor?
I met Hawk before I met you.
I-I've known Hawk all my life.
And the white guy?
[sighs] Spenser.
I guess he's doing Hawk a favor.
Look, Callie, I'm a big boy.
I don't need no favors.
Time for you to stop bein' a big boy
time to start bein' a man, Bo.
Okay.
Alright.
To Bo Braxton.
Show time.
Hey, Hawk, my man.
Why don't you grab this one? I'll do dinner.
[laughs]
Hawk, my man.
You laughing at the brother?
No, I'm laughing at you, Hawk, my man.
Yeah, I thought you were.
'Cause I was just checkin' to make sure. Mm-hmm.
[instrumental music]
I just talked to Lieutenant Quirk.
And he's gonna try to get you some protection.
He said for us to wait.
- Thanks, Rita. - No problem.
I'm sorry to ask.
No, now come on, let's sit down.
I know Bo.
And even he's a little scared this time.
You know, he's like a great puppy.
He is just so full of himself.
And his foolishness, he frolics about, breaks things.
And he's sorry for about two minutes
then he wags his tail and things get broken again.
How's Jessie taking all this?
Oh, it's hard for her too.
I come home late from work, leave early
and make her do her homework.
He's the playmate and you're the parent.
You know, that's why I got custody and Bo didn't.
Bo and she both are about the same age.
Excuse me.
You're all set.
Patrol car will be at your house tonight
he stays until you go to work tomorrow.
- Thank you. - Thanks, lieutenant.
- I owe you one. - Yeah?
I'll remember that. Bye.
On the West Coast
there was this little chestnut, Philly man
Rosamine, had a white blaze on her face.
She was two links back at the club house turb.
Like you, Bo.
Yeah, like me.
And then she came roaring up on the outside.
[indistinct chatter]
- How much she make? - Eight hundred big ones.
What's that put you up for the month?
(Bo) 'You know, horse players can't think that way.'
'It is tomorrow not yesterday.'
You Bo Braxton?
I used to be.
Now I'm known as the king of Hollywood..
Mr. Thorpe wants his money.
He said if you didn't have it
to bring him a piece of you.
'Any piece.'
Well, I'm contemplating my racing schedule, gentlemen.
You'll have to consult with my associates here
Mr. Hawk and Mr. uh.. The white guy.
Spenser.
You're Spenser?
How come you're standing around with a dead b*at like this?
It's a good question.
You'll have to consult with my associate, Mr. My man Hawk.
It doesn't matter what your name is.
We've come to take a big chunk out of Mr. Bo Braxton's butt.
Now you in or out?
[laughing]
[groans]
You paralyzed with all?
Poetry, babe, poetry in motion.
Watch me. Watch every move I make.
Try to do what I do.
[groans]
[groans]
Damn, it works.
I'll try to use this power only for good.
(Spenser) Caring about Bo Braxton was not that easy.
So I fixated on Hawk and through him Callie.
I thought maybe we could all win that way.
As usual I was wrong.
After my man whitey here sets him up
my man Hawk dumps this dude
into the mother-loving pool.
You weren't scared, papa?
Not with this security force around me.
And they're gonna be around you and around me and around Jessie
for the rest of our lives? What are you doing?
It's just a little sip, mama.
No more.
Callie, it's just a glass of wine.
Don't make a fuss.
I'm not makin' a fuss.
I'm setting the law.
'So what are you going to do about all this, Bo?'
And don't tell me not to worry.
I got a system set up for the track in California.
I know it's gonna work.
Got inside information.
I'll pay Doggie back what I owe him in a few days.
And we'll be all in the sun side of fat city once again.
Doggie is not your run of the mill
happy-go-lucky loan shark.
The man's a psychopath.
[scoffs] Some of my best friends are psychopaths.
Maybe it's time for Jessie to go to bed.
Unh-unh.
Jessie's my girl.
'There are no secrets between us.'
Go ahead and say what you have to say.
There's no way of getting through him when he's like this.
He's gonna say that Doggie isn't just gonna want
more than his money now.
'He sends people to collect'
'they get rejected..'
...he's gonna want money
and he's gonna want revenge.
So you mean the more you protect Bo
the more this man Thorpe is gonna wanna hurt him?
Not just him.
Bo. Bo, what are you trying to do?
Are you trying to commit su1c1de for the whole family?
'Bo, you have a good job.'
You-you're a good director.
You could have a life.
We, we could've had a life.
Callie, give me a couple of days.
Just a couple of days. I'll fix it.
'I'll make everything work.'
You can't fix anything!
You're a dunk.
[intense music]
(Spenser) Hawk and I were rooting for Bo's plan.
Because we couldn't think of anything ourselves
except to stay close and look behind us a lot.
I agreed to take Bo with me
and Hawk would get Callie to work
and Jessie to school in the morning.
Get in.
No tap-dancing on the front seat.
[laughs]
(Spenser) Babysitting a drunk all night.
Now there is a good time.
[engine revving]
- Isn't my papa a piece of work? - Mm-hmm.
- You and he friends? - Mnm-mnm.
Then how come you're helpin' him?
A friend of your mother's.
Boyfriend?
That's not your business.
It is so. She's my mother.
Doesn't mean she belongs to you.
Do you like my papa?
Your papa's out there on a shoeshine and a smile.
What does that mean?
How come you don't talk?
Don't want to interrupt.
How come you don't have any hair?
I got this girlfriend named Delilah.
(Jessie) 'I don't get it.'
Well, you sure are a big cute dude.
'Never mind the hair.'
Mm-hmm.
You friends with that big white guy?
- Spenser. - How come you're friends?
'Cause he does what he says he'll do.
That's all.
Makes him different than most.
I guess it does.
You're gonna get me after school?
Affirmative.
What if I don't wanna come?
[laughs]
[instrumental music]
Where is Bo?
(Spenser) 'He's not workin'.'
- 'I've already checked.' - What happened?
(Spenser) 'Ducked out on me when I was takin' a shower.'
You figure a guy who wants protection went and run off.
He's gonna be dead if he doesn't stop drinkin'
or if I don't find him before Doggie Thorpe.
- What do you want from me? - More.
More insight, more information.
Anything that'll help me find him.
I don't know, I don't know. He could be anywhere.
Working on the dream, The Great Bo Braxton.
But he isn't, really.
Well, he used to be.
'When I wanted to go back to school'
he says to me, "Callie, I don't believe in much
"but I believe in you.
You do what you need, be somebody."
And he stayed home with Jessie.
Kept us housed and fed.
And then you became more of a somebody than he was.
Thought he'd lose me.
So he started drinkin', playing the horses, talkin' big.
To deal with the pain.
So what is he doing now?
God knows.
Show time.
Okay, Doggie.
Yeah.
Ah-ha.
[laughs]
Good.
Okay, Doggie.
That's it, that's good.
Now give the little lady a kiss.
Aww. Hey, hey, hey!
None of that.
[laughs]
Okay. Right.
Ooh, you're a devil, ain't you?
Okay. Oh, that's good, young lady.
Now, say cheese.
You're on candid camera.
[instrumental music]
(Spenser) 'You're gonna owe me for this one, pal.'
No, no, this is for the one you owed me
for the last one I did I owed you.
Plus Doggie who wants to sh**t us both
for just being in the way.
Lucky we're so rough and tough, babe.
Yeah, we practically got 'em surrounded.
[knock on door]
Hawk, my man.
Bo is here. The answer is clear.
What's the question, Bo?
The-the question?
Ha-ha! The question is Doggie Thorpe.
And I am the answer.
By this time tomorrow all will be forgiven.
You know, all covers a lot of territory, Bo.
No problem.
I got Doggie Thorpe in a satchel.
Now, all you guy's gotta do is back me up just this one time.
It'd be a lot easier if you didn't hide on us.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sorry about that.
Now, I hated to run out on you guys
but there was stuff that had to be done.
And when it gets to that push-shove time
Bo Braxton works best alone.
Just like in the tub last night.
Yeah, yes, se-see, that's what you guys do.
That's your specialty, Hawk. You and, uh..
Whitey.
[laughs] Yeah.
See, now, tomorrow what I want you guys to do
is ride shotgun for me
until I can explain to Mr. Thorpe
this lock I got on him.
(both) What lock?
It's-it's supposed to be a surprise.
You think you could twist Doggie Thorpe's tail, huh?
Trust me.
Oh, come on, guys. Trust me.
By this time tomorrow
everything will be straightened out.
You got a drink in the house?
No, I don't.
I have one on me.
Look, Bo, why don't you lay off that stuff
while we're working the problem, huh?
Oh, well, I-I need this one.
Doesn't sound good, Bo.
Well, maybe after everything is solved.
But I need this one.
Happy days.
Not likely.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[phone ringing]
Hello.
Hi, it's me.
(Jessie on phone) 'You're going to be late.'
A little, sorry.
Ah, there's some tuna salad
and coleslaw in the refrigerator.
I know, it's not like I haven't done it before.
I'm sorry.
But it is a good job and we need it, Jessie.
Sure, mama.
I'll see you when I see you, okay?
Okay.
You-you eat your supper, you hear?
Sure, mama.
[instrumental music]
(man on radio) 'This is Rock and Rust Newman rockin' at you.'
'Rockin' on. Rock at WPJO..'
Come on, pumpkin.
Time to rise and shine.
- Come on. - Mm.
[phone ringing]
- 'Hello.' - Hi, sweetcakes.
(Bo) 'It's your ex. How are you this morning?'
Late, Bo. What do you want?
Ah, just wanted to talk to my daughter.
She's late too. As a matter of fact, she's not even up yet.
(Bo) 'It won't take a minute.'
'Just wanna talk to her about this weekend.'
I don't think so.
You mean, you won't let me see my daughter?
Not right now.
I think it's dangerous for her to see you.
Look, Callie, I can clean all it up today, you understand?
I got the whole deal wired.
I'm not saying never, Bo
just not now, not for a while.
What kind of influence are you on her?
You are a gambler, a drunk.
'In debt to loan sharks.'
'And now we got to have people to protect us.'
What's going on?
Callie, I can fix that.
I can fix it today.
I hope so, Bo.
I hope so.
Jessie!
Get up now! We're gonna be later.
Let's go, Bo. Show time.
Choo.
(Callie) 'Jessie, get up!'
Yeah.
Come on, sweetie.
Hawk's gonna pick you up in ten minutes.
Kamikaze, huh?
You know about Kamikaze?
Yeah.
Well, how..
...how come you didn't think it was cologne?
So, I smelled it on you.
- Mommy didn't. - Mommy didn't want to.
Are you gonna tell?
Maybe.
Well, I ain't no drunk.
It's quarter to eight in the morning
and you tappin' on a bottle out of a school bag
and you ain't no drunk?
Well, aren't you gonna stop me?
Drunks gotta stop themselves.
Don't call me a drunk!
You are some kind of a head knocker.
You think I don't know about you?
'Who are you to call me names?'
I'm not calling you names
I'm just describing what you are.
Yeah, well, papa drinks too, you know.
Huh.
- Papa's fun. - So what?
Mama's always on my butt.
Always saying, "No, you can't." You know?
Papa lets me do anything I want.
Mama's..
..she doesn't like that.
I remember when she was at school.
'Papa was the one who stayed with me.'
Mama's just jealous. That's what she is.
Maybe your mama knows something your papa don't know yet.
Yeah, what does she know?
That the world won't let you do anything you want.
See, you and Bo haven't learned that yet.
She don't know more than my papa.
Well, like a man said..
..."Life is hard..
...it's even harder if you're drunk."
[instrumental music]
(Spenser) Funny, how quickly things can go
from pretty good to downright lousy.
Bo is drinking heavily.
Not good.
He had some plan to make a deal with Doggie Thorp.
Even worse.
Hawk and I had to back him up
at Doggie's place.
Terrible.
Mornin', Doggie.
Gentlemen.
Hey, it's nice to see you dry.
[Bo laughs]
You have something for me, Bo?
Doggie.
You know it was a good day for you the day we met?
And I took a liking to you too.
So much so, I decided
to give you a present.
It's a whole movie.
I made it. All by myself.
And you are the star.
[Bo laughs]
'No doubt..'
...you will recognize the supporting cast.
'Okay, here we go.'
'Now, not only'
'is the little lady underage'
'but she has a scar'
'that only her mother and you know about.'
'And me and my little camera'
see, revealing.
Very revealing stuff.
'Stuff I'm sure you wouldn't want'
'your wife and kids to see.'
'Now, watch this.'
There you are.
There she is.
'Watch.'
[laughing]
Doggie! Doggie, you're good, man.
[Bo laughs] That's great.
Oh, Doggie, man!
You're really wonderful!
Now, as you know, Doggie..
...I owe you $,.
With a little backed up interest involved.
But on the other hand..
...this tape is worth about a $,.
Pick up the pace.
Leave me alone.
Alright. Uh..
...okay, okay, uh..
Now, here's the deal.
I give you this tape..
...and because I owe you $,
you only have to pay me .
And, of course you have no other copies of this tape?
Well, uh..
...one, maybe, you know, little insurance, sort of.
[chuckles]
Easy now.
It's been a pleasure doing business with..
Come on!
Okay, Kemosabe, let's rock.
'Bye.'
What are you trying to do? Commit su1c1de?
What? Are you out of your mind? You crazy or somethin'?
What is this all the reactin'? su1c1de?
Man, I solved the whole problem.
Put down your volume, man.
Look, Doggie's gonna k*ll you
then he gonna try to k*ll me and Spenser
and then he gonna try to k*ll your whole family.
What? I got the $,.
And after he kills you, he's gonna take it back!
I told you the man is a psychopath
but even if we were more sane than Anna Freud
he can't let you treat him like that.
If he does, what's his thr*at worth?
What about his wife, man?
They wouldn't want his wife and kids--
Don't worry about his wife, man.
He can't lose his face in front of the locals
and keep his business.
(Bo) Oh, man, look, wh-why didn't he do nothin'
in the office, huh? Tell me that.
(Spenser) No money, I'm guarding this guy from Doggie Thorp for no money.
(Hawk) I think you done upset the white man.
(Hawk) 'I got a man and a lad'
'that's going to pick you up at the gate.'
Hawk, I don't need no babysitter.
Mmm-hmm.
Hawk, you are brother.
You know how it is trying to get by being black.
It's not to be black and be special.
Let me tell you two things, Bo.
I'm not your brother
and you are not in trouble 'cause you are black.
You're in trouble 'cause you're an adolescent in a man's body.
You're in trouble 'cause you can't control yourself.
You are in trouble because you are an alcoholic.
A gambler and a high roller with nothin' to back it up.
- Hawk, listen to me-- - Hawk nothing, man.
You can't take care of yourself
your wife or your child.
Hawk, I--
Take off.
Now, you're going to Atlanta, man!
We'll try to clean up after you. Go!
How you gonna do that?
I'm hoping the white guy will think of somethin'.
[metal detector beeps]
(woman on PA) 'Please go to baggage claim'
'area number two.'
'Passenger, Wayne Piasio.'
'Passenger, Lauren Murray'
'please pick up the white courtesy phone.'
'Passenger, Lauren Murray.'
- Jessie, you're drunk! - Drunk?
[indistinct chatter]
Jessie?
Oh!
'It's the great Bo Braxton.'
He's my papa, Ms. Hall.
Papa, Ms. Hall says I'm drunk.
[laughs] Drunk.
I'm Joan Hall, Mr. Braxton
and I'm afraid that your daughter is drunk.
She's a kid, Joan. She's just a little girl.
Yeah, well her teacher brought her here
before she appears to have passed out in class.
Baby. Jessie, what are you doin'?
[laughs] Just tryin' to get through the day, papa.
I mean, haven't you ever tried
to have trouble getting through the day?
I had a lot of days like that, baby. Too many.
I can't take care of my wife, I can't take care of my kid.
I can't take care of myself.
I'm going to take care of you, okay?
I'm gonna take care of you like I used to.
Come on.
She needs help, Mr. Braxton.
Me too.
We're out of here, baby.
Come on now, things are gonna be different.
Things are gonna change.
Don't worry.
Yes, sir.
I understand, sir.
Thank you very much.
Somebody called the precinct
to find out why a police car
has been in front of your house every night.
It got bucked up to the commissioner
who just phoned me and wanted to know
why I authorized it?
You wanna know how you thought about
being assigned a crossing guard
in Rosalindale.
You must've been listening, Spenser.
Okay, that's over, Marty.
Thanks. I'm sorry that had to come back to you.
We now have to find a safe place for you and Jessie
until we can figure what we're gonna do about Doggie Thorp.
Just what exactly are you gonna do about Doggie?
I was thinking about sh**ting him in the back.
That's a good thought. It is illegal though, isn't it?
I knew he'd spoil it.
Maybe I can charm him into changing his ways.
(Rita) 'I hope there's a third option.'
Uh, excuse me, Spenser, there's a message for ya.
Hawk just called in here.
Can you imagine Hawk calling here?
What's the message?
Uh, something about he went to the school
to pick up Jessie, she wasn't there
she's with her father.
Oh, my God!
Why do you do it?
You drink, papa.
You're drinking right now.
I'm a grown man. You're barely .
Old bones need a little stimulatin'
every once in a while.
You..
'...you got it all.'
What have you got to be scared about?
And what are you drinkin' anyway?
Kamikaze.
Kamikaze?
You mix up a bit of everything.
Oh, well, what are you drinking that stuff for?
If you're gonna drink, why not drink somethin' ladylike?
Papa, where am I gonna get somethin' ladylike?
I'm a kid.
I gotta drink what I can sneak.
Well, it ain't right.
You shouldn't be drinkin'.
'You can't handle it. Not like me.'
When I drink, I got a rhythm.
When I get that rythm, it's kind of a trick to keep it goin'.
'You drink too much..'
'...you get sloppy and stupid.'
Don't drink enough, you get sluggish, you lose your edge.
I gotta keep just enough in there
to keep your rhythm, to keep that edge goin'.
And you feel alive.
Woken.
[cars honking]
That's all a crock, baby.
That is booze talk.
The truth is, Jessie..
...I can't seem to stop
even if I want to.
Even if I lose my wife..
...my job..
...my kid.
I can't stop.
[mellow music]
(Spenser) Hawk hoped I could come up with some good ideas.
So I did.
My first idea
was to say good riddance to Bo.
My second idea
was to get Callie out of danger
until the whole thing blew over.
I'll be just a minute. Will pack a few things.
Sedan. It's got its engine running.
See the exhaust.
So what? It's a cold night.
Yeah.
So, why is every window down?
[g*n clicks]
[g*n fires]
Jessie?
Jessie, wake up. We're here.
(Jessie) 'Where?'
This is where your mom and I
had our honeymoon.
Belongs to a friend of mine.
Mama like it here?
Yeah.
We had a wonderful time.
Was she bossy then?
Your mom..
...your mom is not bossy.
She is so.
She's always ranking me down.
"Do this, Jessie, do that."
"Don't do this, don't do that."
That's because she loves you.
She loves me so much, how come she's never around?
She works hard, Jessie.
She has to buy all of those fancy clothes
you wear to school.
So, how come you got divorced anyway?
Why couldn't we have a nice life?
Don't talk that way, Jessie.
Now we'll rest here and in a few days
we'll be at Disneyworld.
[laughs] Huh?
Ah, good evening. Just the two of you?
Alright.
How's this here?
Why would he go to Atlanta with her?
Well, I have him hooked up with some people I know there.
We thought we had him on the plane there.
Why would he go now?
I can't say that he would.
That's not a very good guess but that's the only guess we've got.
It's not your little girl out there
with an irresponsible drunk
being chased by a m*rder*r.
That's true.
It might have been.
All I ask is that she..
...come home safe.
Then what?
About Bo?
No, I mean Jessie.
She's a drunk.
Hawk..
...she's only a child.
So, she's a young drunk.
She drinks Kamikaze from a cologne bottle
all day long in school.
When Bo took her, she was in a nurse's office
'cause she passed out in class.
Oh, it's a Kama..
Kamikaze.
Child goes in your liquor closet
pours a little bit of everything into a bottle
replaces it with water
so you won't know.
God! That sounds awful.
But I'm her mother.
How can she do that and I not know?
Depends on a couple of things.
How much you're around
and how much you want to know.
I guess, I..
...probably sort of knew.
What sort of mother is that, do you think?
Let's her daughter become a drunk.
Then looks the other way?
Because she's..
...alone..
...and scared.
Folks inclined to do
what they need to, Callie gal
not what they ought.
Mothers be no different.
I can't face this alone.
That's the only way you gonna face anything.
You have never needed anyone.
So, I went to Bo.
He needed me.
He needed a lot.
And I needed somebody
who need it, you understand?
'I needed..'
'...dependency.'
I didn't want him strong.
Until he got so weak
you got too heavy, huh?
I know.
I know I failed him.
He failed me.
And we have failed Jessie.
It's not too late to be different.
I still love him, Hawk.
Good place to start.
You know an agent over at the federal building named Malorie?
So?
He just told us that federal strike post
has a tap on Doggie Thorp.
And Doggie is after Bo
so, can you get him to feed us anything that comes up
on the tap about Bo?
Does Mandrake here need a little help?
I just want you to feel wanted.
What about it, Marty?
Sure, I've worked with Malorie before.
If he gets anything, I'll pass it on to you.
- Informally. - Thank you very much.
How come you came and got me, papa?
You're pretty much all I got, baby.
You're kidding. You got lots of stuff.
Baby, I told you not to drink!
I wanna be like you, papa.
Well, you can't..
Look, look at you. You're drunk!
Don't yell at me, papa.
Baby, baby, I'm drunk too.
We a couple of drunks.
Couple of drunks, really.
Heading south.
We're heading nowhere, baby.
Hawk was right. It's time to stop.
Stop what?
Stop it all, the gambling, the booze.
Great Bo Braxton.
It's got to stop.
Papa.
I only loved two things my whole life.
Your mama and now you, I..
...I-I-I can't stop hurtin'.
I can't stop hurtin' her and I can't stop hurtin' you.
You deserve a better papa.
I love you, papa.
Mama still loves you.
Baby, it's-it's got to stop.
It's going to stop now.
We're gonna turn. We're gonna turn.
We're gonna stay.
[phone rings]
Spenser.
(Martin) 'Bo is in a farmhouse'
'on Long Pond Road in Lakeville.'
'He called Doggie and wants to make a deal.'
Thanks, Marty.
He's in a place called Lakeville.
Doggie knows too.
Lakeville?
Where we had our honeymoon.
He's running for his life and he goes there.
[instrumental music]
(Spenser) Marty's wiretap paid off.
We now knew where Bo was.
Unfortunately, so did Doggie Thorpe.
And he had a head start on us.
I hope it wasn't too much of a head start.
Papa, I don't know if I can stop drinking.
I don't know either, Jessie.
But we're gonna try.
We're gonna find help.
What am I gonna do instead of drinking?
[laughs]
I don't know, baby.
I..
Do it.
- He's not alone. - What, papa?
Run, Jessie. They're gonna k*ll us.
(male #) 'Hey! Hey, what you got over there?'
[indistinct chatter]
Baby..
..we've got to separate.
Now, you stay here.
Don't move until they leave.
- No matter what. - Papa, don't leave me, papa.
No, no, we have to.
You stay here.
Stay here.
(Doggie) 'Alright, check inside the building..'
Go and check around the back.
Alright, find this guy.
- Yeah. - Great.
Hey, Dog, I'm over here. Come and get me, Doggie.
Papa!
'Papa!'
'Papa!'
[g*nsh*t]
Got him!
Take care of her.
You're gonna k*ll the kid too?
You squeamish?
She's just a little kid, Doggie.
Too little to testify?
Oh, alright.
Max will do it.
Won't you, Max?
You're gonna have to do this one yourself, boss.
It doesn't matter who does it.
Alright, I'll take care of you.
Good day to die, sonny.
(Doggie) Put the g*ns down.
Put them down or this kid dies.
No, I don't think so, dirty dog.
Put them down or I'll k*ll her now.
We put 'em down and you k*ll us all.
Hey, that's a chance you have to take.
(Hawk) Let her loose!
Or we k*ll you, Doggie.
Well, what we have here, Hawk..
...is a standoff.
[g*n fires]
[g*nsh*t]
Papa!
Papa! Papa..
I sure have picked the hell of a time..
...to stop drinking.
You okay?
Bow wow.
Yeah, you should've seen me descend on that man.
I was on him like a heavy sweat.
Well, the doctor says you're gonna be okay.
I'm gonna be better than okay, Callie.
'I'm gonna be outstandin'.'
(Hawk) 'Maybe.'
(Callie) 'What do you mean by that, Hawk?'
Bo has to grow up.
Don't you think I did some of that yesterday?
No enough. All you did was give back the money.
I got sh*t twice and didn't go down.
Don't you think that's enough?
You got a right to feel good about that.
Most men would've folded.
But it's one thing to be tough
while the adrenaline is pumpin' and everything
and movin' fast.
And it's somethin' else to discipline yourself
every day when nobody's lookin'.
And when one failure
don't seem no matter much.
Look here, big boy
you been bummin' a long time.
You got married
you had an extraordinary wife
'beautiful child'
and you stayed a bum.
Now, you've done one good thing
and you think you've changed.
Well, that kind of thinkin' is just pretty, pretty, big boy.
'Cause you still a bum.
People don't change from one thing, Bo.
Gonna take you a long time to grow up.
And your daughter can't grow until her father does.
- 'Hawk?' - 'Do you understand me, Bo?'
Yeah.
I understand you.
They're gonna need your help.
'You be the only adult in the family.'
Means you got to be a hero too.
I know.
Can't be brave for ten minutes, Bo.
'You too, Jessie.'
You got to be brave a long time.
Every day.
And I'll be around to make sure.
Every day.
Another magnum of fruit punch.
Happy birthday.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
Thanks, mama.
I've been sober for two months
I still hate the taste of that stuff.
It's ladylike, papa.
- You ready? - Affirmative.
Where're you going?
Gonna see the new rock movie.
"Pretty In Purple."
And everybody I know
says it is a total gas.
Purdy in purple.
Yeah, babe...A total gas.
[laughing]
[theme music]