01x06 - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

[bunniefuu]

♪ Look at what's
happened to me ♪

♪ I can't believe it myself ♪

♪ Suddenly I'm up
on top of the world ♪

♪ It should've been
somebody else ♪

♪ Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air ♪

♪ I never thought I
could feel so free ♪

♪ Flying away on a
wing and a prayer ♪

♪ Who could it be ♪

♪ Believe it or
not, it's just me ♪

♪ Just like the
light of a new day ♪

♪ It hit me from
out of the blue ♪

♪ Breaking me out
of the spell I was in ♪

♪ Making all of my
wishes come true ♪

♪ Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air ♪

♪ I never thought I
could feel so free ♪

♪ Flying away on a
wing and a prayer ♪

♪ Who could it be ♪

♪ Believe or not, it's just me ♪

- Throw 'em down, you bums.

Okay, well, we haven't lost 'em.

They're headed up
the street due north

in a tan, I don't know,
sedan something,

I can't tell what it is.

Dump those two
creeps and get out here.

Give me some backup.

- Bill, where are they now?

5600 block on Carson,
doin' over 70, Ralph.

Move it!

- Officer, we need help.

There's a brown sedan
moving fast up North Elm.

Please get some backup.

- Who are you supposed to be?

- Look, I know what you're
thinking, believe me, but

please call it in, all right?

- This is One Mary
Six, I got a mental case

running around
here on North Elm.

Better get me a hospital unit

and some restraints
on the double.

One Mary Six clear.

- Where are you, Ralph?

I'm losing 'em.

How about a little
super duper here?

I can use it, we're going
north on Lindsey, come on.

- Oh boy, get a load
of this space cadet.

Brown sedan moving
north on Lindsey.

We need help, get some backup.

We have your head case on Maple,

we'll try to bring him in.

- Let's go, kid, I'm
gonna lose them.

I need help.

This is 16 Mary in pursuit
of eastbound mental case.

I'm not reading that.

That's it, hold it,
FBI, you're busted!

Toss 'em.

Shotgun.

Okay, come on, you boys
are all through for the day.

Out in the front,
out here, close it up.

Right here in the
front, both of you.

Up here, right in
front of the grill.

Face down, on the
concrete, right down there.

Where have you been?

Out there playin' around
instead of pitchin' in here.

- I, uh.

- What's the matter?

- I almost k*lled a
busload of people.

No peekin' there!

- I stopped a car
and the bus swerved

and came that far from...

- Ralph, let's not build this

into something we can't handle.

Nose down on the asphalt!

Or carry in our
saddlebags, okay?

Huh?

- Yeah, yeah, okay.

- Whoops.

Ralph, you better
give the suit some air

unless you wanna
explain it to LA's finest.

No kidding, scoot.

- All right, who are ya
and what's goin' on here?

- Bill Maxwell,
FBI, this is a bust.

I'm glad you guys came along.

- You see a guy in a red suit?

- A what?

- There was a guy in a red suit.

I don't know.

Did he have a sleigh
and eight tiny reindeer?

Come on, let's
button these guys up.

All righty, gonna
hurt ya this time.

Nine ball in the
corner and a 13 ball.

- Some things never change.

- Well, I'm on a roll,
Trace, I'm feelin' good.

I took four of my interstate
felons off the boards today.

That's four more
you local cops don't

have to worry about, Captain.

Call it my gift for the
best platoon leader

in the 72nd Army.

- Well, if I was you, I
wouldn't hold my breath

on those four guys because,

while they're on ice,
it's only temporary.

- What's the matter,
Cap, you okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

Hey.

We're not in the 72nd
anymore, you know.

We're in LA, you're
a Fed, I'm a cop.

And we're both tired.

- I am never tired, what
are you talkin' about?

Come on, Cap, lighten up.

- All you did today was
sh**t off a lot of lead,

and gave those two
creeps 30 seconds worth

of adrenalin that
they didn't expect.

But so what?

Because tomorrow,
they're gonna walk into court

and blow a hole in your Miranda,

or the police discretionary law,

or maybe better than
that, they'll plead not guilty

because they were high
on chocolate brownies.

The judge'll believe 'em.

But I'm through.

I don't like it.

The system stinks.

- Yeah, the system stinks,
Cap, we all know that, but...

- But what, nothing?

I went into police work.

I really thought that I
could make a difference.

You know, Billy?

I mean, I wanted to help people.

I wanted to protect society.

I wanted to serve them.

I wanted to do a lot of things.

But all I ended up doing
is watching my men

go right down the drain.

My cops get prosecuted
for undue force.

Criminals get released
because of technicalities.

- Yeah, I know.

It's awful.

We all feel the same
way, Cap, all of us.

But you're gonna
figure out a way

to do it right, 'cause
you always do.

- Billy, you're good people.

Are you with me?

- What's the matter with you?

I've always been
with you, Captain.

And not because
of what I owe you.

Because of what you taught me.

I'm in this business because
of you, Tracy, you know that.

- Yeah, I know.

Look,

I'm leaving the department.

- Just because you're
down in the dumps one day?

- No.

I don't wanna hear this.

- I'm out.

I can't take it anymore.

- You're gonna bag the whole
20 years, blow your pension?

Come on, that's nuts.

- No.

Now, I got a plan that takes
me out smellin' pretty good,

but I need some help.

Buddy, you wanna help me?

- Anything, Tracy.

You know me, if you're
leading and pulling,

I'm bringing up the
rear, that's the report.

- I'm gonna rip off a
big diamond smuggle.

I'm gonna take the ice.

I'm gonna fence it.

I'm gonna go to Argentina.

I'm buying a fishing boat,
and you're in if you want.

I got four other guys
with me, all cops.

We know where their middleman
is, we got him staked out.

As soon as we get him,
we're gonna bust him,

hang him on a hook
and then take his info.

All we do is sit back
and wait for the bad guys

to come in with
the hot ice and bam.

Everybody's rich.

- Right, okay.

Okay, let's also get
the guy with the dope,

and the black male
on the white slavers,

you put-on artist.

You'd put your own
mother on for a gag.

When am I gonna get used
to your sense of humor?

You and the jokes.

- But I got you, didn't I?

You're right,
Billy, it's a joke.

But don't you wish you
could do something like that?

I mean, just think about
it, wouldn't that be great?

Think about it.

Hey, rack 'em up.

I'll get the beer.

I'm takin' you to the cleaners.

- Knight to queen, no.

Okay, bishop to
queen four, how's that?

- Check.

- Oh, all right, then...

knight to king
three, how's that?

- Better.

Checkmate.

- Okay, buster, that's the
last game I play with you.

I've had it.

- You guys pick a movie
you wanna see tomorrow?

- Well, there's a new
Disney flick, but Kevin wanted

to go down to the Elmwood
Shopping Plaza and see John Hart.

- The actor?
- Uh huh.

- Personal appearance at
Elmwood Plaza, John Hart,

star of the 50s TV
series, The Lone Ranger.

Also appearing, Silver
the Wonder Horse.

I grew up on The Lone Ranger.

Kevin, you seen
those old TV shows?

- Yeah, they come on at
three o'clock Tuesdays.

- John Hart.

I don't believe it, I grew up

on this guy every
Saturday morning.

Fiery horse with the speed
of light, and a cloud of dust

and a hardy, Hi h* Silver,
The Lone Ranger rides again.

I grew up on this guy.

- Yeah, you said that.

- What's with that goofy
look on your face, Pamela?

- Oh, Pamela wants
to know if you wanna

go see the Disney
flick or if you wanna

go down and see The Lone Ranger?

Kevin and I will do
either one, right, Kevin?

- John Hart, God, I
grew up on this guy.

- Yeah, what?

Hey, Billy, it's me, Trace.

- Hey yeah, Cap,
how are you doin'?

- Say, could you tell me how

much beer we had this afternoon?

I can hardly
remember a word I said.

- Well, you know, that's
the way it goes sometime.

- Well, I just thought
I'd call and see

if you still had your head
in your helmet, soldier.

- You know me, Captain,
I can drink battery acid

and never feel it.

- Yeah, and you
know me, too much

to drink and I
start fantasizing.

- No sweat, Cap, that happens.

- Yeah, well I just hope I
didn't say anything too dumb,

you know, give you my
resume, things like that.

Naw, Cap, you were great.

- Yeah?

Well, all right, good deal.

Say look, soldier,
hang tough, huh?

Pressure makes diamonds.

- You got it, Cap,
always did, always will.

Take care now.

- Damn.

- Damn!

A fiery horse with
the speed of light,

a cloud of dust, and
a hardy, Hi h* Silver,

The Lone Ranger rides again.

And here he is in
person folks, Tom Hart,

who starred as The
Lone Ranger on TV.

- Would you look at that guy?

He is just like I
remembered him.

There were two actors who
played The Lone Ranger,

John Hart and Clayton Moore.

They made over 220
half-hour TV shows.

- You still in the fan club?

- I used to be.

I really did.

- Hi, kids.

Hi.

- It's really great to
see you all here today,

and I wanna thank
you for coming.

Silver, would you like
to say hello to the kids?

- You're cute, you know that?

- Why'd you say that for?

- Because you're as
big a kid as Kevin is.

I bet you wanted to
be The Lone Ranger.

- Give me a break.

- And the patrol was
ambushed by a g*ng of outlaws,

and they were all left for dead.

But The Lone Ranger lived.

He cut a mask out
of his brother's vest.

- You know,

no, never mind.

- Yeah?

All right, what's up, pal?

It's me, and I'm picking up

some heavy vibes
here this morning.

- You are, huh?

- Mm hmm, I'd like to get you

at the poker game
some day, Ralph.

Your face reads like
the morning paper.

- I put the suit away.

Maybe for good.

- Our suit? Our red suit?

- Mm hmm, the cape,
the belt, the little boots,

whole nine yards, it's
in the closet gettin' old.

No reaction?

- What do you want
me to do, Ralph?

It's your decision, I'm sure
you have a good reason.

- Boy, do I have
some good reasons.

For all the banana peel reasons,

like I lost the
instruction book.

I can't for the life
of me fly straight.

I crash more often than
the commodity market.

I mean, I'm not equipped
to do this job, Pam.

What do I know about bein' a...

- A hero?

- I'm about as heroic
as a chicken sandwich.

You know, I'm a
high school teacher,

and I don't think I'm doing
that very well anymore.

I mean, I'm off chasing
bad guys with Bill.

I should be workin'
with my class.

- That's not it and you know it.

You've done more for
that class in two months

than anybody else
has in two years.

Now, what's the reason?

- Well,

yesterday we were on
some guys that Bill wanted,

chasin' 'em down
some city streets.

It was a real cowboy act.

And out of nowhere, this
tour bus got in the way and...

it swerved.

If I hadn't have been
there right on top of it,

there's no telling how
many people would have.

- Ralph, are you
asking me if you're right?

They gave it to you.

I wish it hadn't
happened, but it did.

As much as I'd
like to 86 that suit,

I just don't think
it's that easy.

Boy, that guy had all
the answers, didn't he?

He never tipped
over any tour buses.

It all worked out nice
and clean for him.

You'll do what's right, honey.

That's why they
gave you the suit.

They knew that.

- Daddy, Daddy, this
is The Lone Ranger.

- How do you do?

- Nice to meet you.

I understand you're an old fan.

- Yes, actually I am.

This is Pam Davidson.

- How do you do?

- Mr. Hart.

- I signed this one for you.

Kevin thought you
might like to have it.

- Oh, thank you very
much, I would, yes.

- Hey, Kemo Sabe, I
gotta get runnin' along.

Nice talkin' to you.

- Thank you, sir.

- You're welcome.

Nice meeting you, bye-bye.

- Trace, Dave
Owens just hit town.

We got it from a wire tap.

We gotta be over to his
place within a couple of hours.

That means we're in business.

- I think I made a big
mistake yesterday, Sarge.

- Look, you told me,
Maxwell owes ya.

So, if he is good
people like you said,

he'll repay the loan
by stayin' out of this.

- Billy Maxwell wouldn't know

what the word compromise means.

That's why he was
such soldier in Korea.

- So, we got no choice.

If Maxwell show up, we
have to neutralize him.

Once we pick up Owens, we're in,

we're over the edge and
there's no comin' back.

So, we pick him up or don't we?

- I don't want anything
to happen to Maxwell.

Yeah, we'll pick him up.

- Yeah, sure, it's good
to see you again, g*ng.

Where've you been?

- We were down at
the shopping mall.

What's wrong, Bill?

- Oh, nothin', I've
been sittin' in my car

watchin' your
neighbor's lawn grow

for about the past
hour, that's all.

- How ya feelin', Bill?

Can I fix you a seltzer?

If you don't need
one now, you will

in about 10 minutes
when the acid hits bottom.

- That's good, Davidson,
keep the old jokes comin'.

I got a problem here, a big one.

Where's the suit?

- Kevin is.

- Gah.

Listen, how you
doin' there, hot shot?

- Name is Kevin.

- Kevin, yeah right.

Kevin, do you
think that you might.

- Why? It's my living room.

- I know it's your
living room, Kevin,

but I gotta talk to your dad.

I'm in trouble, I can't
do it in front of ya.

- Why not?

- I'm too embarrassed.

- Why didn't you say so?

I have no problem with that.

- Sometimes, I don't
understand that boy.

Okay, Tracy Winslow is an LA
police lieutenant out of Metro.

I've known him a lot of years,

good guy, not
just good, the best.

Yesterday he tells
me him and three

of his guys are
gonna rip off a bust,

diamond smugglers into LA.

Gonna fence the stones,
drop out to Argentina,

buy a fishing boat
for the rest of his days.

Then he says the
whole thing, just a joke.

But I know this
guy, it ain't a joke.

He's gonna try it and
we're gonna stop him.

Now, scenario...

- Bill, this isn't a good
time to tell you, I'm sure,

but I'm not gonna put
the suit on for a while.

- Oh boy, I think we
do this every week.

Of course, you're
gonna put the suit on.

Ralph, you're gonna put
the suit on like always.

- Bill, I think you
better listen to him.

- I don't wanna listen to him.

I care what happens to this guy.

Lots of times I don't
know what to do.

Always, I ask, "What
would Tracy Winslow do

"in a situation like this?"

That's how I find the answers.

Ralph, there must be
somebody like that in your life.

All I'm askin' is just bring
the suit along, that's all.

- What good does it
do to bring the suit along

if I'm not gonna put it on?

- Don't make me beg here.

I already told ya, this guy
was my captain, he's my...

- Your hero?

- Oh boy, this stinks.

This whole thing stinks.

- Okay, I'll bring the car up.

It's just down the road.

- Bill, I'm not gonna
put the suit on

until I get this all
figured out in my head.

Well, I guess it doesn't
hurt just to bring it with me.

Right?

Isn't this great, Bill?

Here we are, just
two ordinary guys.

No suit holding the
relationship together,

just a couple of
buddies out together.

It's great, can't you
feel the difference?

- No.

- You know, for a long time,

I've been feelin' you
rely on me too much.

I hate to say it, Bill, but
I think you're gettin' lazy.

- Ralph, you're
makin' my eyes water

again with this dribble.

The suit is in a case
in the back, right?

- Yep, but I'm
not puttin' it on.

I just brought it along so
you'd feel secure, that's all.

- Then what good is it?

- Well, think of
it as a pacifier.

A banky.

- I'm not talkin' about
the flying, Ralph.

But you'll put it on for a

little light holographic
vision stuff.

No harm in that, right?

- Nope, I'm not putting
the suit on, Bill, that's it.

- Then what is the
point in bringing it at all?

You're being ridiculous, Ralph.

- Gee, I think
we're hittin' it off

just great, you know that?

We're gettin' down to
some real basic stuff here.

- Will you stop clownin' around?

We're supposed to
stand for something here.

- Bill, I'm with you 100%.

I'm committed, I'm
with you all the way.

- Maxwell, FBI, federal
subpoena, what was your name?

- Sergeant Costelli.

- Well, Sarge, I got
some paperwork for ya.

Gonna run through your
files, may need some copies.

- Bad news,
Inspector, no can do.

Gonna have to run that
through Lieutenant Winslow,

he's the watch commander.

He's not on right now,
you're gonna have to wait.

- Bad news, Sergeant
Costelli, no can do.

I said that was a
federal subpoena.

By all means read
it, take your time.

It goes from left to right.

Either I get what
I want or I get

to feed you to my
cat, one or the other.

- I really hate Feds.

You guys roll in here,
we make the case,

you take the info
and make the bust.

You're a bunch of
jurisdictional claim jumpers.

- You got that off
your chest now?

Oh good, let's get
going, chop chop.

I'm gonna be out of here in
five minutes with what I need,

or you're gonna be lookin'
at some real bad news,

the very latest in
federal reprimands.

- They're over here
in this filing cabinet.

- No, they're not.

Lieutenant Winslow
is a very old friend.

They're over here, remember?

Yeah.

Ralph, you drive, I gotta
go through this stuff.

If I'm right, they're
gonna make a move fast.

Gotta head 'em off.

- Woody, you and Sam
pull Owens out now.

You've got no time, move it.

Maxwell's got the sheet.

- Okay, Sarge.

What's that?

- Current reports the
last couple of days.

Tracy told me there
was a middleman

they were gonna
shake down for the info.

That means a stakeout 24 hours.

It's gotta be in here someplace.

Well, here's a guy
they've been sittin' on

for the last couple of weeks,
Dave Owens, 2567 Madison.

Let's take that for openers.

- All right.

- Okay, now, Ralph, if
anything does go down,

you are gonna put on the suit?

Don't make me crazy.

- Well, uh.

- That's yes, huh?

Well, Bill now...

Wait a minute,
hold it, that's it.

There it is, it's goin' down.

Pull over!

Hold it, turkeys, FBI, hold it.

Ralph, you're not doin' anybody
any good without the suit.

Get over in the
back out of the way.

We took one in the
ignition, they busted the key.

I'll have to hot-wire it.

They're gettin' away.

Ralph, you've gotta do it.

Hit the suit.

It's now or never.

- Okay, okay, okay!

- Will you please hurry?

Come on, now, come on.

They're gonna be in
the middle of next year.

Way to go, Ralph,
I'm proud of ya.

Go ahead now, nail their
planks to the front door.

- It happened again, Bill.

This old lady got in the
way and I had to divert.

- What?

- This old lady was
just walking along,

and we chased
the car right at her.

- Well, she didn't
get hurt, did she?

- No.

- All right, then
nothing happened.

- But that is not
the point, Bill.

That's it with the suit.

I'm not putting the suit
on anymore, Bill, I'm sorry.

- You're makin' a
big mistake, Ralph,

and you know it down
in the geezer freezer.

I know it, Pam knows it.

You can't turn your back
on this thing, it'll wreck ya.

I know my captain, if he's
gonna rip off some hood.

He'd make it somebody
that was a thorn in his side,

somebody he
really wanted to nail.

It's gotta be in
this file someplace.

Of course, Peter Pan over here,

could solve all this
in about an hour,

fly around, check
all these guys out.

But he's hung up his
suit, checked in his tent.

Tell him, Counselor,
tell him he's bein' a jerk.

- I think he has to make
up his own mind, Bill.

I don't think we can
tell him anything.

- I don't believe it, am I the

only sane person in this room?

- It's debatable.

- Okay, hold your horses.

Hey, Cap, how ya
doin, what'd ya need?

- I need to come in.

You got it, come on in.

Pam, Ralph, this is the captain.

- Pam.

Cap, these are friends.

- Ralph.

I see they're very good friends.

My booking sheets,
my surveillance reports.

Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy.

- You had some guys
take Dave Owens down.

I tried to scotch
it, I couldn't.

But it's not too late, Cap,
you can still make a deal.

- I don't even know
what you're talking about.

- Ya told me you
were going to rip off

a diamond smuggle comin'
into the United States.

That's a federal rap.

That's why you wanted me
in at that end, to cover you.

- And you'd better get your
ears cleaned out, mister.

I said I would like
to, but I never would.

And the one man
who should know that

is the man I carried
across my shoulders

over 15 miles of real
estate in frozen Korea.

Remember, Billy?

Hey, if you think I've gone bad,

why don't you call my captain?

Tell him, I don't
have anything to hide.

And this hatchin'
back here, Billy,

if there's something you wanted,

all you had to do was ask.

Everything I've got
is yours, you know.

Damn, I'm disappointed in you.

- That's the Cap.

Saved my neck a lot of
times, saved the whole platoon.

Cooked K-rations in his
hat like an Italian restaurant.

He always took the point,

I brought the kids
up from behind.

The answer here is I'm nuts.

I had a couple of beers
and I heard him wrong.

I'm sorry I pulled
you into this, it's crazy.

It's silly, it's nuts.

- Why don't we take
this up in the morning?

Yeah.

- I've never seen
the guy like that.

- It scares me.

- You think I'm wrong
hangin' up the suit?

- It's up to you, hon,
it's your decision.

Well, good morning.

- How ya doin'?

- Oh, pretty good,
gotta get saddled up

and do a show at 10:30.

Hey, do you always hang out
at shopping center parking lots?

- No, no, I'm a high school
teacher over here at Whitney.

I was just down here
to buy some stuff.

They're havin' a sale at the.

Well, it's kinda silly, but I
wanted to see you again.

- Well, there's
nothing silly about that.

Everybody loves The Lone Ranger.

- Some thought he was
on the side of the outlaw.

Many knew him as a lone
rider dealing out justice

to the law-abiding citizenry.

None knew where he came from
and none knew where he went.

- Hey, you really are a fan.

- Oh, you bet, you bet I am.

Only when I was a
kid, it didn't sound so...

- So corny?

- Yeah.

- You see, I don't
think it's corny.

I think it's important.

In the cold light, justice and
morality always look corny,

and you can't wave
the flag and look cool.

But like it or not, our
society needs it's heroes.

- Anybody in a mask tried
dealing out justice today,

they'd probably lock him up.

- Ah, maybe, but I don't think

that'd stop The
Lone Ranger, do you?

- No, probably not.

Thanks a lot.
- Okay.

Adios.

- Hey.

Adios, Kemo Sabe.

♪ He cast a 10-foot shadow ♪

♪ He wears a three-foot smile ♪

♪ The ladies love his manners ♪

♪ The men admire his style ♪

♪ You'll know him
when you see him ♪

♪ He's here and then he's gone ♪

♪ The living legend
rides away alone ♪

♪ Heroes are human ♪

♪ No one sees that side ♪

♪ Sometimes they get lonely ♪

♪ Sometimes they love to hide ♪

♪ Heroes are human ♪

♪ They do the best they can ♪

♪ But after all a
hero's just a man ♪

- Okay, I'm not on
roller skates here.

Oh.

Hello.

- Good morning,
Bill, sleeping in?

- Yeah, I'm sleeping in,
give me a break, will ya?

I'm having a bad week.

- Guess what's in here, partner?

- Bunny rabbits.

- Nope, the suit.

Pam and I talked it over
and I'm gonna try it again.

- Well, whoop-dee-doo.

- Is that all I get?

- What do you
want, hats and horns

for doin' the right thing?

How long is your
tour of duty this week

before you go belly up on me?

- Steady, steady.

- Okay, well, anyway,
I thought it over.

And what I think is that just

because this suit is screwing
up my life and my career,

my relationship with Pam,
and the way I view society,

that's no reason to
get so depressed.

Because like it or not,
Bill, I have a responsibility.

This world needs
its heroes, you know.

This society needs someone
that they can look up to.

- We got that straight
from The Lone Ranger.

- Will you can that
Mary Sunshine stuff?

The inside of my skull is a
convention of Atlanta dentists,

all of 'em drunk, all of 'em
workin' on the same tooth.

You got the picture?

- Look, Bill, okay.

It's not easy waving
the flag and looking cool.

In the bare light
of reality, patriots

and heroes are always corny,

but they serve a
necessary function.

- I just barely got one foot

on the ground here this mornin',

I can't take his drivel,
Counselor, do something.

- Well, let me explain
it to you differently, Bill.

- Ah, just quieter
will do me fine.

- Bill, your instinct
last night was

that Tracy Winslow
was gonna go bad.

- Right, she's definitely right.

- Just because he comes
over here and lights up the room

with his personality doesn't
mean you were wrong.

As a matter of fact, Ralph
and I have come to realize

that your instinct,
your gut feelings,

tend to be right
most of the time.

We have a hunch yours were
right about Tracy Winslow.

- All you gotta do is
listen to yourself, Bill.

- Yeah, but Trace
was, he was my captain.

You don't know.

- I know, I know,
he was your hero.

But if he's about
to commit a crime,

he's not worthy of that, Bill.

- Yesterday, when those
guys were sh**ting at us

and I didn't have the suit on,

Bill, I was so scared I
could hardly handle it.

For the first time, I realized
what it must be like for you.

And I honestly don't
think I'd have the courage

to be out there
unprotected like you do.

- What's goin' on with you two?

- We think you owe it
to yourself to find out.

- Right, now, Bill,
I got the rig on.

You wanna check it out, or
you wanna fold like a deck chair?

- Yeah, okay, you're right.

Of course, you're right.

I don't know what gets into me.

Okay, let me get
rid of the dentists

and get my duds on,
I'll be right with you.

According to Tracy's files, a
crook named Abe Figueroa

is an 11 on Tracy's
must-bust list.

- Must-bust list?

- Yes, Davidson.

It means he really hates him.

Now, Figueroa's apartment
is due north of here one block.

- Just what did you
have in mind, Bill?

- Well, Ralph flies
up and tunes in,

listens in on the
plotting and the planning.

You know the scenario.

- Sure, I just love
to hear you say it.

It makes me nine again.

Didn't you ever play
cops and robbers?

- You can be replaced, Davidson.

- No, I can't, you said so.

- I can't stand it when
a dame is always right.

Ralph.

You can make it
easily right up there

if you fly straight
over those buildings.

- Got it.

- What's the matter with him?

He's so positive.

- Ralph.

I can't help it, I feel

like a flasher in this thing.

Let me have the walkie talkie.

- Please get goin', Ralph.

- I'm goin', I'm goin'.

Go on, Ralph, it's
straight up the block.

Will you quit foolin' around?

Get up there.

- All of a sudden, the
television is on the fritz.

- It's probably the
antenna on the roof.

It goes down in
the wind all the time.

- I'm onto Figueroa, Bill.

- Yeah, gotcha, standin' by.

You probably won't get the call

for another 10
minutes, Mr. Figueroa.

I'll try and tune in the TV.

- Anything?

- They're grousin'
about the TV reception.

- Okay, Counselor, as
long as you're in this,

it's school time if
we can bag the jokes

for a couple of minutes.

On a surveillance,
the first you gotta do

is remain inconspicuous.

Of course, with a
gorgeous broad like you,

that's a tough one,
but we'll give it a shot.

- A gorgeous broad?

Oh, Bill, now you have
ruined my sense of humor.

- What's the matter with you?

That's a compliment.

- It's a sexist slur.

- It is not, I don't
hate dames, I like 'em.

I loved my mother

when she showed up.

Sober.

- Well, Bill, I'm sorry.

- Yeah, forget it.

Here's a scenario.

I get outta the
car and walk east.

You open the hood, I
come along give you a hand.

One of us goes to
make a phone call,

fakes a call to the auto club,

and we move the car and
play another scene, okay?

- Is this really what
you do for a living?

- That's cute, that's what
my mom used to say,

every job I ever had.

- Yes, of course,
I have it with me.

Now, give me 15 minutes
to get to your place.

Right, okay, everything is set.

- They're leavin' now, Cap.

- Alert Norm and Stan.

- Tom.

- Yeah.

They're headin' out.

- Right.

They're gonna leave, Bill.

They're meeting
somebody in 15 minutes.

- Okay, kid, that's the drop.

I hope I'm wrong, but
it figures Tracy's gonna

be right on their tail.

- So, what do you want me to do?

- Well, I saw the
last flight, Ralph.

You really haven't
improved very much,

but you've gotta talk me in.

Please don't hit
any power lines.

Just remember, pressure makes
diamonds, George S. Patton.

- Hey, no sweat, I
got it under control.

Remember, heroes take chances.

- Is that Ralph?

Who is this guy we're talking
to with all the confidence?

Ralph, I'm not getting anything.

What are you doin'?

Where are you, kid,
or where are they?

I'm lost here.

What?

I'm not reading that.

- He's screaming, Bill.

- Oh yeah, okay, that's
good, Ralph, that's great.

Keep it up, drive us nuts.

- Bill, I'm on the rooftop
of 5th and Brawley,

they headed up 7th.

What's going on, Ralph,
what are you doing?

- Well, I'm playing havoc
with the TV reception

on this block, that's for sure.

- Please, Ralph,
are you all right?

- I wish I knew.

- Tim.

There you are, and now,
may I see the diamonds?

- All right, men, this is it.

Everybody in
there is green scum.

Nobody, but nobody, walks away.

Let's go in there and
rip this joint to pieces

and nobody lives
to tell the tale, okay?

- All right.

- Let's go.

- Norm.

- We're at the back door now.

- Let's do it.

- All right, freeze!

- You heard the man.

- You, put the money
in with the diamonds.

Hurry up!

- Come on, kid, we're
just treadin' water here.

Clue me in.

- Ah.

Bill, I'm on it,
they've moved in.

1656 Maywood Avenue.

And Tracy and his
people are here, too.

- Yeah okay,
thanks, kid, I got it.

- Hurry up!

- That's it.

- All right,
everybody, out back.

- Wait, what are you doing?

Are you thinking of k*lling us?

You can't k*ll us, you're cops.

- Not anymore, baby.

We just retired to Argentina.

Tough luck.

Now move.

- You stay put.

Cap, we're in
trouble, get outta here.

Headin' out anyplace
special, Trace?

- Your last chance, Billy.

Where I'm goin', the marlin
jump right up into the boat.

- You're under arrest, Cap.

- That's too bad, Billy.

- This is crazy,
Captain Winslow.

- Yeah, it is.

Billy, I can't sh**t you.

So, you can drop me or
let me go, it's your choice.

Works both ways for me.

See ya.

- Why?

Why did you do it to me?

- I didn't do it to you, Billy.

You did it to yourself.

You made me
something I never was.

I am just Tracy Winslow.

I am just flesh and blood.

See, Billy.

I'm just like you.

- No, you ain't.

So long, Cap.

- So long, Billy.

- Hey, man, this is nuts, huh?

How come you want us
to see this guy anyway?

- I just want you to
see him, that's all.

I'm buyin' lunch so it's
a freebie anyway, right?

- The action is low
rate as you go on TV.

They did this show
in the 50s, didn't they?

- Yeah, you've got it.

- Oh yeah, man, that was
really somethin', you know.

I used to really
like them old shows.

See, check it out, man.

See, this guy on this white
horse comes out of the hills,

right, with this like half-breed
Indian guy, you know.

- Yeah?
- Tonto wasn't a half-breed,

he was a full-blooded
Cherokee Indian.

- Hey, can we
get this over with?

I'm hungry, you know.

- Let's go.

- Yeehaw.

- Tough guy.
- Yeah, Kemo Sabe.

- Kemo what?

- That old guy was really
something, you know.

- Yeah, wears a mask,
shoots silver b*ll*ts.

- Yeah right, try that today
and you land up in a nuthouse.

- You're probably, Tony.

- So, how come you took
us out on this trip anyway?

This ain't like not
regular field trip.

- I don't know, I
thought it might

be worth an hour, who knows?

- Yeah, I'm glad we came.

- I don't know, I
don't get it, man.

I just don't get it.

- I grew up on this guy, Tony.

You know, on Saturday mornings.

He stood for something that's
not around much anymore.

I really don't
know how to say it,

but well, he means
something to me,

and I thought I would
share it with you guys.

Like the flu shot, you know.

Sometimes, it takes.

I grew up on this guy.

I grew up on him. ♪
My life was so simple ♪

♪ In my younger days. ♪

♪ Most of the time in
such a carefree way ♪

♪ Mom and Dad
were always there ♪

♪ To help me to stay. ♪

- Adios, Kemo Sabe.

♪ A wide-eyed youth ♪

♪ You bet I learned the truth ♪

♪ How I wish that I was
young again and free ♪

♪ How I wish that I was
young again and free ♪

♪ Coaster brakes
and flat tire fakes ♪

♪ And a brand new school ♪

♪ Big sister always
led the way then ♪

♪ Down the room ♪

♪ Out in the yard,
we played so hard ♪

♪ Yeah, was so cool ♪

♪ A wide-eyed youth ♪

♪ You bet I learned the truth ♪

♪ How I wish that I was
young again and free ♪

♪ How I wish that I was
young again and free ♪