01x07 - Fire Man

[bunniefuu]

♪ Look at what's
happened to me ♪

♪ I can't believe it myself ♪

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

♪ Should've been
somebody else. ♪

♪ Believe it or not ♪

♪ I'm walkin' on air ♪

♪ I never thought I
could feel so free ♪

♪ Flyin' away on a
wing and a prayer ♪

♪ Who could it be ♪

♪ Believe it or
not, it's just me ♪

♪ Just like the
light of new day ♪

♪ It hit me from
out of the blue ♪

♪ Breakin' me out
of the spell I was in ♪

♪ Makin' all of my
wishes come true. ♪

♪ Believe it or not ♪

♪ I'm walkin' on air ♪

♪ I never thought I
could feel so free ♪

♪ Flyin' away on a
wing and a prayer ♪

♪ Who could it be ♪

♪ Believe it or
not, it's just me ♪

- Dispatch, this is vice five.

We're code seven
for 20 minutes, over.

Vice five, that's a roger.

- Nick, that car, TVG 911.

It's a West Hollywood stolen.

Let's hit it!

Vice five in pursuit of
West Hollywood stolen,

east bound on Olympic.

Pull over, kid.

Okay, okay.

So what did you
pull me over for, huh?

- Step out of the car, please.

Hey, this is a repo.

I got the papers right here.

- Mind if I look in your trunk?

- It's not my trunk.

- Than you don't
mind if I open it?

- Hey, relax, you
got no problem here.

- Gasoline, flame thrower,
we got a fire man here.

Branching out, huh?

- Hey, I don't know how
that stuff got in the car.

- Look, kid, I'll
read you your rights.

Shut up and wait for a lawyer.

You're heading for a long fall.

- Ha!

- Hey, Ralph.

- Hey.
- Car still in the shop?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Need a lift?

- No, no, Tony's
gonna pick me up.

He must be a little late.

Probably stuck at work.

- He's probably
tryin' to find a place

to stash the hubcaps.

- Hey, Buck, Tony doesn't
rip stuff off anymore.

He's got a job.

- The scourge of
Whitney High has a job?

- You are talkin' about a
changed man, my man.

- Yeah, last week
he was caught trying

to rip off a candy machine.

- Well, he was trying
to get his quarter back.

The way that machine pays
off, it belongs in Las Vegas.

I'm already into it for
about four bucks myself.

- Um hmm.

- Hey listen, Buck, Tony
is really slowin' down.

- Hey, Mr. H!

- Tony!

I thought you said he changed.

- Call the cops.

- Sure.

- Good night.

- Hey, good meeting.

I think we might get
those textbooks, huh?

Oh, uh, hole in my pocket.

Pen went right through.

Good night.

- Good night, Ralph.

Ooh!

♪ I know a friend
when I see one ♪

♪ I'll be your friend
when you need one ♪

♪ I don't have to pretend ♪

♪ I'll be your friend ♪

♪ Oh, sometimes our
friends get in trouble ♪

♪ They stagger, they
fall and they stumble ♪

- No!

♪ Right through thick and thin ♪

♪ I'll be your friend ♪

♪ Your friend ♪
- Ahh!

♪ I will be your friend ♪

♪ Your friend ♪
- Ahh!

♪ Yes, I'll be your friend ♪

- No!

Man, there's got to
be another manhole

around here somewhere.

- What happened, we
break an axle or what?

- Has anybody seen Tony?

Yes or no?

Not a trick question,
just want to know

if anyone's seen him.

Is he all right?

Come on, come on, now, g*ng.

What's going on here today?

Talk to me!

- All right, but
outside, please.

- No.

- Hi there, g*ng.

Ralph, I said please.

- All right, excuse
me for a minute.

I'll be right back.

It's okay, Mr. H.

It's all right, I'm
just gonna be fine.

Boy, I'm having some
problems in there.

I thought we had a
dialogue going, you know?

All of a sudden, I
ask them about Tony,

and they ice up on me.

I honestly thought
we'd got a long way

in the last couple
of months, but...

- Villicana, Anthony
J., yes he has

come a long way from
knocking over 98-cent junk

at the five and dime to torching

a quarter of a million dollars
worth of stereo equipment.

- What?

- Last night.

- Are you accusing
Tony of being an arsonist?

Bill, that's ridiculous!

- Ralph, he was
caught in a car spotted

at the scene of the fire.

Trunk of said car was a
pyromaniac's toy store,

asbestos suit, flame
thrower, naphtha, everything.

- Tony's in jail?

- No, unfortunately, a
couple of butterfinger

undercover guys out
of vice stopped him.

He assaulted one
of 'em, got away

in his car again,
partially handcuffed.

They almost nabbed
him a second time,

but something weird
happened to their car,

and it quit on 'em.

- It quit on 'em how?

- Huh?

I don't know, dummy
ran over an open manhole

or something, busted the axle.

The point is, Tony's car
was found, abandoned,

near here a couple of hours ago,

so he's here, or he's been here.

- Wait a second,
isn't arson a little bit

out of your jurisdiction?

- Not when it involves the
federal records building.

Villicana set fire to
it three weeks ago.

Ralph, it was the same exact MO.

We lost files going all the
way back to Eisenhower.

- FBI files.

- And Treasury files, IRS,
Tobacco and Fire Arms.

There's an awful
lot of guys that are

trying to find Tony.

- But why?

Tony wouldn't be
mixed up in this.

I know him.
- Hey, come on.

I got taken in by this kid too.

But facts are facts.

He tried to run down
a watchman last night.

So it looks like m*rder doesn't
bother him too much either.

If you hear from him,
you hear anything,

you've gotta let me know, Ralph.

Ralph, where you going?

- Where you going?

- Right there, I'm gonna
make a phone call.

Gimme a dime.

- I thought you
wanted to talk to me.

- No, I did that!

- Hey, Ray!

- Hey, Ralph!

See you guys later.

You just missed a great story.

- Did you see Tony
Villicana in metal shop today?

- No, but let me
show you what I got.

- I can't, I gotta.

Where did you get these?

- In the trash!

Somebody must've
been foolin' around

during first period
and got stuck!

See ya, Ralph.

I thought it was funny.

- Keep everything under wrap,

you know noth...
- None of that child

psychology - You got it.

- Tony was here this
morning, wasn't he?

Look, you people
know he's in trouble.

He's in big trouble.

I wanna help him.

Now, look, I can't do
anything unless you

tell me where he is.

Rhonda?

Cyler?

- If your friend the
fed, he want to know

where Tony is too?

- Is that why you
won't talk to me,

because you think I'd turn
him over to the authorities?

- You'd have to, right?

Look, I'm not saying
anything against you, Mr. H,

but you'd have to.

Otherwise, you'd be,
like, obstructing justice.

- I wouldn't do anything
unless Tony agreed to it.

How long do you
think he can hide out?

He needs help.

Do you know what the charges
are against him, Rhonda?

Attempted m*rder, arson.

- Look, Tony never
torched nothin' in his life!

- He didn't try to
k*ll nobody, either!

- Hey, I'm on your side.

Now, I don't believe it either!

Now, lookit, if you
guys don't trust me,

then I'm wasting my time here.

- Okay.

Tony come by
school this morning.

Then he split.

We don't know where he is.

- I helped him
saw the cuffs off,

but, look, if the heat
starts asking any questions,

I didn't say nothing, all right?

- All right.

I'll see what I can do,

but it didn't help his case any

when he punched out
that cop and he took off.

- Come on, man.

If they lay a heavy
rap like this on Tony,

they're gonna throw
away the key, you know?

- Kev?

Kevin, I'm home!

Kev?

You don't say hello anymore?

Tony.

What are you doing here?

- Hey, I had nowhere else to go.

Who is it?

It's Pam, open up.

- I don't think
anyone followed you?

- Followed me?

Ralph, why would
anyone follow me?

- It's all right, Tony,
it's Miss Davidson.

Hi.

- Hi.

Will you please tell
me what's going on.

Tony needs a lawyer.

- Tony needs a
cabin in the Andes.

- Has Tony been charged?

- Not yet, but,
when they catch him,

it'll be attempted
m*rder, multiple counts

of arson, resisting arrest,
accosting a police officer.

And then we have
on the federal side,

destroying government property.

- Okay, start from
the beginning.

Give me everything.

- Villicana tries the system,
and the system stinks.

- Do you think you could
be a little more specific?

- I helped Tony get a job
at Cameron Auto Recovery.

He's been working there for
about the past three weeks.

Well, last night, he
was repossessing a car

which happened to be
used in a warehouse torching.

- And Tony ends
up taking the fall

for the whole ball of wax.

- Will you represent him?

- I'm clean, Miss Davidson.

I didn't do nothin'.

The only reason I took a
hack at that cop is 'cause...

- 'Cause you were scared.

- Well, I'll go down
to police headquarters

and see how big
this flack really is.

- Bill said that
half the agencies

in the federal
government are after him.

- Well, if it looks
like people are willing

to be reasonable, I'll
have Tony turn himself in.

- And if they want to bury me

in an unmarked grave, then what?

- I don't know.

We'll see how it goes.

- Okay, listen, try
to stay out of trouble.

- This is advice
coming from a man

harboring a fugitive?

- Well, that's me.

I'm not an attorney.

I don't want you
to be disbarred.

- I'll be careful.
- Okay.

- I'll call as soon as I
have anything, Tony.

- Right.

What is your interest

in this case, Miss Davidson?

- I've been approached
by a third party

to represent Tony Villicana.

- If you know where
he is, you better tell me.

- I didn't say I
know where he is.

- You didn't say you didn't.

- Look, all I want to do is
review the case against him.

Now, why would Villicana
set fire to a federal building?

- Oh, that's an easy one.

It's the thing the government
investigators can agree on.

He was hired to destroy
evidence in a case.

It could be anything from
arms smuggling to tax evasion.

They want this Villicana
worse than a pension.

- He's not an arsonist.

He was repossessing the car!

- Oh?

Well, Cameron Auto
Recovery claims they

never heard of him.

- What?

- It's your duty as
an officer of the court

to hand Villicana
over to us, now!

- I'll be in touch.

- Yes, you will.

Faulkner, put a tail on the
young woman leaving my office.

- We're a team or we're nothing.

- Gee, that's terrific, Maxwell,
but who made you captain?

- I'm the senior
man at the station.

- This is domestic, Lane.

CIA doesn't even belong here.

- It has international
ramifications.

- Treasury feels...

- Treasury feels?

Since when?

Get me outta here.

- Look, I've told you
everything I know.

This is a waste of my time
and the taxpayers' money.

Why aren't you
out trying to find

who started the fires
instead of harassing me?

- Mr. Moody?
- Yes.

- I understand you're
upset, Mr. Moody, but...

- Upset?

Look, I'm out of business.

The Bureau's files
have been destroyed.

The budget cuts weren't enough?

Now this?

How could something
like this happen

in the federal building?

Will you answer me that?

- That's a good
question, you see...

- Excuse me,
sorry, I didn't know

you had anybody in here.

Uh, who's the chickie?

- Oh, Pamela Davidson.

She says she's
Villicana's attorney.

Relax, Shaeffer,
I put a tail on her.

- Oh, yeah, well, if
that's all taken care of.

Just checking.

- There's a lot of cases
in town, counselor.

A lot of people
getting divorced.

This case is poison.

I want you to
fork over Villicana.

- I can't do that.

- You're harboring a fugitive.

You and Ralph got any
idea what kind of risks

you're taking for this punk?

- What happened to the
presumption of innocence?

- Don't give me that garbage!

I'm telling you,
this kid is so hot,

he'll burn a hole in a sidewalk!

Now, I gotta talk to Ralph.

- He's not home right now.

- Oh boy.

- Yeah, you heard me right.

Pull Maxwell's file.

I want to know just
who his friends are.

- We're gonna have
to move fast, Ralph.

Bill's determined
to bring Tony in.

He's probably
gonna be calling you.

Look, this thing's escalating.

Cameron Auto Recovery
told the police Tony

didn't work for them.

- What do you mean?

I set the job up myself!

- I know, I know, but
they're disclaiming

any knowledge of it.

You better find out why.

I'll call you when I can, hon.

I gotta be careful.

I'm being followed by half
the bureaucrats of greater LA.

- Yeah, I'll call
Cameron myself.

You be careful, honey.

- Okay.

- What are you
callin' Cameron for?

- Well, he says you
don't work for him.

- Figures.

- No, it doesn't figure.

It doesn't figure at all.

Why would the man lie?

- 'Cause he doesn't want
nobody snoopin' around out there.

He's got all kinds
of stuff goin' on.

- Yeah, but he ran an
ad in the newspaper!

- You think that
makes him legit?

I mean one of these guys
has a sawed off shotgun

in his car, and I bet
both of 'em have records,

and I don't mean
phonograph records.

- Tony, you mean I got
you a job working for hoods?

Why didn't you tell me that?

- The pay was good,
and my end of it was legit.

- Oh boy, I can't
believe I got you a job

working for a bunch of hoods.

- The guys got a great
rap, though, don't he?

But he's a dirty rat.

He's gonna keep saying
he doesn't know me

so he doesn't have to worry
about dealing with the heat.

- Well, he must have
employment papers on you.

- He's got my signature
on repossession forms.

That's about it.

- Well, I have to get 'em.

- Hey, these are
tough guys, you know,

they get off on danger.

And Cameron's the worst.

He'd pop your ignition
as soon as look at ya.

- I better change
my clothes then.

Hey, don't wear your good shoes.

- Mr. Cameron!

I spoke to you
earlier on the phone

about Tony Villicana.

He's a young man
that you hired recently.

- Mister, I don't know
what you're talkin' about.

- I'd like to ask you a
few questions if I could.

- Guy just wants to
ask a few questions.

You know who I had
here already today?

Local police, FBI,
Treasury, even a nerd

from the IRS, all wanted
to ask me a few questions.

So maybe you can
understand how real tired

of questions I am,
especially about a guy

I never even heard of!

- Well, okay.

- Vamoose.

- If this is a bad
time, you know,

I can always come back.

Maybe it's kind of
inconvenient for you right now,

but I'll come back again.

- Wise guy!

Knock it off, come on,
let's get into the garage.

These cars are all hot.

The engines have
to be out of them

and on the trucks by tonight.

- Time for a
little invisibility.

Got this one down pat.

They'll never see me.

- Come on, come on,
what's the hold up?

I want these parts
outta here by tonight.

Hey, didn't you lock that?

Yeah.

- What's goin' on?

I want the repossession orders

with Tony's signature on them.

- Who said that?

Ugh!

Oh no, not now.

- Attack!

Get him, get this creep.

Tear him up limb by limb.

Don't leave a bone unbroken.

- Ugh!

Who is it?

- Yes, officer, I'd like
to report a hot car ring,

Cameron Auto Recovery,
third and Larimore.

- Well, let's see,
I'm wearing the g*n,

I drank all the booze,
what can he be looking for?

- Where's Villicana?

- If I knew that, we could
both pass go and collect $200.

- I checked your file, Maxwell.

Known associates,
Villicana's teacher.

Villicana's teacher, what
do you know about that?

And this fella
just happens to be

the lady lawyer's boyfriend.

I call that real chummy.

- Well, you can call
it anything you want.

I don't know where Villicana is.

- Sure you don't.

Try this on for size, Maxwell,

FBI agent in somebody's pocket.

Hires arsonist to destroy
evidence to that effect.

- It must be all
the bad money you

Treasury guys work with.

You start seeing
counterfeits everywhere.

- Yeah, maybe I'm
lookin' at one right now.

- Get out.

I'll hide in the bedroom.

- Hello?

Hello inside.

I knew it!

I knew you were home!

Why don't you answer the phone?

I musta blown a zillion dimes!

Who's that?

- Huh?

Oh, that's Shaeffer, Treasury,

and on down the block,
following our favorite

attorney, we have
a police detective,

we have Lane, CIA,
and Kaufman, IRS.

- All those guys
out there after Tony?

- That's right.

Now they're after us.

They get very upset,
every agency, when you

torch their records.

Now, where have you got my
favorite teenage ravioli stashed?

- Uh, Bill, I've been
thinkin' and uh...

- What, when you
think, that's when we

get into trouble, Ralph.

Now, where is he?

- Listen to me for a minute.

You owe me one.

- Huh?

- Now, I've been flapping my
cape for you for months now.

You tell me something's
important to you,

I take your word for it.

This one's
important to me, Bill.

Now, I want you to help
me prove Tony's innocent.

- You don't know
what you're askin' me!

We've got feds on
our tails here, Ralph.

I mean, I walk into
your house to a chorus

of raspberries from my people.

- That's the question, Bill.

- Well, it's a lousy question.

Counselor, get him
to back off of me.

- Nope.

- You want me in my super suit?

- You want a good third
string utility backup man?

- That's the deal.

- He's here, isn't he?

He's been here the whole time.

- Bill, I'm askin'
you a question.

Now, if the answer's
no, then that's it,

end of partnership.

- You can't do
this to me, Ralph!

Those feds'll have my
hiney up on the wall!

- Examination time,
pressure makes diamonds,

deal from strength,
eye it or fly it, Jack.

That's the way you
say it, Uncle Bill.

- Oh boy.

All right, Bonnie and Clyde,

I'll play.

I'll help, but he goes
inside, at least for now.

There's no other
way to clear this up

and no way to protect him.

- Okay.

- You're a sharp
negotiator, kid.

- Well, I learned from a master.

Two of 'em.

Tony?

- Straight ahead.

- Let's talk real.

Aw, great.

Okay, kid, see ya later.

I got work to do.

- Okay, guys, you're relieved.

- Maxwell dropped
this thing off,

but I'm not vibing anything.

I don't know, it's like TV.

Sometimes the reception
isn't real strong, you know?

- If that mask was
worn by the arsonist,

it should give you something.

- Yes, but you gotta
remember, Pam,

it's been sitting in
a police locker room

for about 24 hours.

The vibes aren't exactly
heavy duty anymore.

- Ralph, you don't think
Tony really did it, do you?

Oh, come on, Pam, of course not.

I mean, why would he?

- Well, he took off, didn't he?

That's a bad sign.

- You know, I'm
disappointed in you, Pam.

That's what society
does all the time

is that you prejudge these kids.

- Well then why did he run?

He was safe he.

We were trying to help him.

- I don't know.

- Why don't you
try that thing on?

Maybe that'll help.

- Yeah, all right.

No laughing.

Would you knock it off?

It was your idea.

- I know, I know,
it's just, well, Ralph,

it looks pretty ridiculous.

- Hello, hello,
hello, look at this.

- Subject in place?

- Kaufman, you're
not gonna believe this.

This guy turns
out to be a flake.

He's in there with
his girl, the attorney,

he's into a mask and tights.

- Terrific.

You know, sometimes
I want to lock myself

in the basement and
never come out again.

- This is a closet
thing with him, hmm?

Maybe we could use
it to lean on him a little.

- Count on it, Lane.

We'll try that first
thing in the morning.

Right now, I just
want to watch a little,

see if maybe this
Villicana guy shows up.

- Wait a minute.

I'm getting something.

- What?

- There's a fire
someplace right now.

- Where?

- I keep,

it's in the theater.

There's a guy in
an asbestos suit.

Wait a minute.

Pam, and there's a
woman sleeping inside.

I, ah, La Reina
Cinema, Glendale.

That's it.

- Ralph, what are you doing?

Get going!

I'll call the fire department.

- Get going, get going?

What, are you nuts?

I don't know
where this place is!

I can't just hone in on
it like a bat, you know.

- It looks like he
was gonna buzz

the old neighborhood,
and we spoiled it.

- On the brighter
side, I think I prefer

the long johns and
the cape to the guys

who just do it nude.

- Look at this.

I can't believe this.

♪ Anytime you need me ♪

♪ You don't have to fear ♪

♪ You don't have to worry ♪

♪ Because I will be near ♪

♪ Coming to your rescue ♪

♪ Flying to your side ♪

♪ Oh when your heart is broken ♪

♪ When your hands are tied ♪

♪ Anytime you need me ♪

♪ Anytime you call ♪

- Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

I'm coming!

- Don't touch me!

- Come here, let's go.
- No!

Don't touch me!

Get away from me, you pervert!

Keep your hands off me!

Help!

Help me!

Let me go!

Help, put me down!

No!

Put me down!

Help!

Help!

He's molesting me!

Oh boy, look at this.

- Over here!

I know I look silly, but...

- Not silly, ridiculous.

Now, come on, get
out of the way, fella.

- The lady was conscious
up until a few moments ago.

- Look, pal, go play
somewhere else, huh?

- Yeah, I guess
I'll just take off.

♪ Anytime you need me ♪

♪ You don't have to fear ♪

♪ You don't have to worry ♪

♪ Because I will be near ♪

♪ Coming to your rescue ♪

♪ Flying to your side ♪

♪ Oh, when your
heart is broken ♪

♪ When your hands are tied ♪

♪ You need me ♪

- Well, well, well,
good morning.

It's the red ripper
of Elmwood Drive.

- Where's your kink suit?

I'm late, I gotta go.

- Take a minute.

- Okay.

- We want to know
where Tony Villicana is.

- I don't know.

- Of course you do, your
girl is doin' his legal work.

You're his teacher.

- I don't know.

- How's the school
system gonna think

about guys streaking
around in tights?

- I don't have to take this.

- Guys who jump
off their own roof,

do belly flops on
their front lawn?

How's the school
board gonna feel

about that kind of behavior?

- Gee, uh, I hope
you guys got that all

on film, 'cause I, I
sure don't remember

anything like that happening.

You know what, you
two guys have been

following me
around, hassling me,

threatening me with tax audits.

In general, making my
life a pretty miserable

place to live in.

You know what?

I might file a lawsuit.

And you know what else?

My attorney says I might
have a pretty good case.

- When you file this suit,

are you gonna be in or
out of your mask and tights?

- I'll think about it, and
I'll let you know, okay?

- Drive safely.

- You guys oughta paste
roses all over your cars.

You could have a parade.

- These guys are
worse than the flu.

I can't shake 'em.

Why are you being
so blatant about this?

- You call this blatant?

You oughta see these clowns
when they're really clumsy.

It's called putting
the thumb screws

to you, Ralph,
see if you'll crack.

A technical term
for it is t*rture.

Not to worry, it
just means that their

investigation is down
stuck in the mud, that's all.

Boys, there's a good burger
joint around the corner.

We'll be about a half an hour.

Got the suit under there?

- Yeah, Bill, why
are we down here?

- This is the fed record
building that got torched,

so we start at square one.

Only this time, you and the suit

are gonna shorten the odds.

Then, we're gonna
have a nice long talk

about where Villicana
was last night.

- Tony didn't start
that fire last night,

and he didn't start
this one, either.

- Hello there, Mr. Moody.

- Back again?

- Well, you know the Bureau,

if at first you don't
succeed, you keep

scratchin' around
in the dirt until your

superiors forget about it.

- Who's this?

- Oh, this is my
sister's boy, Ralph.

He's just home from the army.

Say hello to Mr. Moody, Ralph.

- Hello.

- Yeah, he's thinking about
coming into the Bureau.

I'm gonna walk
him through one...

- Uh, Uncle Bill...

- Just a second, Ralph.

I wanted to ask you about
your department grants,

the cultural affairs.

- Well, recently,
we've done very little.

Our department was
streamlined, budget cuts.

We were actually
on a skeleton crew,

getting ready to close
the office next month.

- No kidding.

Isn't that kind of
strange that you had

a fire just before
you were closing?

- My number one
nephew sometimes speaks

when he should hold tongue.

Please to excuse.

- Uh, just a silly
question, but do you,

perchance, ever give
grants to movie theaters?

- Ralph.

- Well, sometimes.

- You do?

- On special occasions,
but nothing recently.

Listen, Mr. Maxwell, I
have a whole inventory

list to construct from memory.

If there are no further
questions, I'm very busy.

- Nothing from me.

What about you,
number one nephew?

- Um, gee, Uncle
Bill, I'm just having

such a great time
watching you work.

This is much more
fun than the army.

- Thanks a lot, Mr. Moody.

- Bye.

Your nephew, uh lord.

Bill, can't you think of
anything better than that?

- The guy was a
federal employee,

he would have
asked you for an ID.

It worked.

Did you get any vibes off him?

I'm not a lie detector.

I can't do stuff like that.

- How do you know?

That's something you
oughta work on, you know that.

Oh, no - Oh boy.

- Here they come again.

Ranger Ratfink and
his faithful degenerate

companion Ganzo the Geek.

- You dragging a civilian
into a federal case,

Billy Boy, and that's
a no no, Billy Boy.

- Look, boys, I'd love
to schmooze with ya,

but we're late,
running late, real late.

- Hey, this guy and his
attorney are accomplices

after the fact in
a federal felony.

- Can you prove that?

- Almost.

- Almost isn't good
enough, is it, Uncle Bill?

- You got tomato
on these things?

I hate tomato.

Come on, Ralph.
- That's my ham...

- Let's take my car.

Bye bye.
- Hey, that's my hamburger.

- Hey, what do you
guys want to do?

We tail Maxwell, he'll
beef to the skipper.

- Let him.

- I think Maxwell's
dirty on this.

- Come on, let's get him.

- Tailing a fellow fed.

That might be hard to explain.

Don't mash my burger down.

Just ignore 'em.

- I thought you'd better know,

the police have a
witness who saw the man

who set the fire last night.

- Great.

- That's what I thought.

The witness gave a description.

- What did he look like?

- 5-foot-10, 160
pounds, dark hair.

- That's Tony.

- Lieutenant Rafferty
noticed that too.

- Yeah, well, it could
be 100 other guys too.

Let's get in out of the rain.

These guys are
driving me nuts now.

Tax audit?

- In your bracket, Ralph?

- You gotta be kidding!

- No, they're not kidding.

That's just more of
their thumb screws.

Ignore it.

Forget it.

- Okay.

But I'd hate to have to explain

all the burgers and
cokes you forgot

to reimburse me on.

- Ralph, I can't be
bothered with that now.

Send me a voucher
at the end of the month.

Counselor, I'm telling
ya, we're onto something

with this guy Moody.

Ralph mentioned the
federal grants to theaters,

and you could see this
guy's clutch drop into place.

Do you remember that?

- Yeah, you know, I've
been thinking about that

all the way over here.

Why did he burn the
federal records building

and then set off
that theater fire

last night after the fact?

- All right, now, try this on.

Scenario, Moody is
making deals with guys

who own theaters
and art galleries

that don't make any money.

He gives them a federal grant,

but he knows that next year,

the federal audit
is gonna turn it up

as a bad grant, so
he and the owner

get together and
torch it and the records.

That way, there's
no way to prove

that it was a bad grant.

- And then they
split the grant money

and any other
insurance the owner

may have been carrying.

- If that's true, why
did Moody set off

that fire last night?

- Well, we don't know he did.

But it could have been
an old piece of business,

something he contracted
for and couldn't get out of.

It could be also a
smokescreen to throw us off.

- We'll never be
able to prove that,

though, will we?

- Afraid not.

That leaves Tony up
at the plate with no bat.

I'm afraid our favorite ravioli

is looking at a
five-year vacation

in the house of many doors.

- Well, they've got
to catch him first.

- Freeze, mister.

Keep 'em up!

- I didn't do nothin', man.

I didn't do nothin'.

Honest, I didn't.

Hey, come on, it's for
peeling apples, man, come on.

- You're Tony Villicana, right?

- Yes.

- You're under arrest.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say
can and will be held

against you in a court of law.

- I didn't do this.

I didn't do nothin'.

Thanks for comin' by, you know,

but it ain't gonna do no good.

You know, this is kinda funny,

in a sick sorta way.

You know, it's like
those gangster movies.

You know, you give the
system the old raspberry,

get away with it.

You go for the
straight and narrow,

and you get busted, nice.

- Knock it off, Tony.

You act like you've given up.

We haven't.

- Hey, I'm a realist, man.

And what about you,
Miss Davidson, huh?

What am I in for, 15, 20 years?

Time for Social Security
for me when I get out, right?

- Your case hasn't even
been argued yet, Tony.

As far as I'm
concerned, what they've

got against you...

- Is heavy.

Is what they have.
- Circumstantial, Tony.

I think I can mount a
pretty persuasive defense.

After all, you are innocent.

- Who are you
trying to kid here?

I'm guilty until
proven innocent.

That's the way it is.

I don't got no dough or nothin'!

I'm just some punk kid!

- It might not
even get to court!

Bill Maxwell has
some leads now that...

- Maxwell, Maxwell, that
fed is gonna do me favors?

- Sit down!

- Maxwell's gonna do me favors?

I'm gonna end up
doin' time, man, time!

- You're wrong, Tony!

- He's right, Ralph.

Oh, I'll give him the
best defense I can,

but even with Cameron's
admission that Tony

did work for him,
that's not gonna

get him off the hook.

We need something solid.

- Like Moody.

When am I gonna
learn to butt out?

If I hadn't gotten
Tony that job.

- You were trying
to help him, Ralph.

Who asked me, huh?

Next time I have an
uncontrollable urge

to do a good deed...

- I'll be with you.

- Okay, boys and
girls, I don't know

how your day
has been thus far...

- Rotten.

- I'm sorry to hear
that, because mine

had just turned up triple crown,

Hialeah hallelujah.

I got the stuff on Moody.

Oh boy, do we got him.

- That's great, Bill!

- Did he get arrested?

- Did you get a confession?

- No, it's a little soft
in a couple of spots,

but look what I got here.

Look at that!

- Registration slips?

- Trailers, boats,
$40,000 motor home!

You show me a civil
servant that can afford

that kind of stuff,
and I'll show you a guy

with a lot to explain.

- Why don't we
just take all this stuff

down to the DA?

- And let Moody skip?

Let those vultures
that are sittin'

on our tails bust this case?

Are you crazy?

Now, what we need is
a delicate combination

of my native
brilliance, the gorgeous

counselor checking
out the legal stuff,

and your magic long johns.

- Doesn't care about
hiding his toys, does he?

- Maybe now that it's over,

he's gonna take a trip.

- Why not?

I would.

Okay, Ralph, I'm gonna
pop in on Mr. Moody.

You keep the walkie
talkie, see I don't fall

in the eels pits.

- You know me, Unc,
I'm just tryin' to learn

how you big G-men
handle the job.

- Will you let me up
on it, Ralph, please?

Aha, afternoon, Robert,
off on a little fishing trip, eh?

Great day for it.

- Is there anything wrong
with that, Mr. Maxwell?

- I don't know, is there?

Am I missing a point here?

Oh, I guess I'm just envious.

Who wouldn't be, a
gorgeous, brand new RV

in the driveway, a
brand new Caddy,

then there's the catamaran.

That's a 40-footer,
wow, that's big enough

for the Hawaii race.

- If you're trying
to make a point,

I wish you'd get to it.

- The point, Bobby,
is I got your number.

It was you torching the
theaters and the museums.

The stereo store and
the other little jobs,

that threw me for a
while till I tumbled.

That's what you were
trying to do, throw us off.

The point is, Bobby, you
torched the fed building too

to cover it all up.

- Maxwell, you're crazy.

- Yeah, right.

Well, I just thought
you'd like to know,

I'm going downtown
right now, to the IRS.

We're gonna be
taking a hard look

at this motor home
and boat show,

see how a guy in
your position can afford

$100,000 worth of weekend toys!

- Get lost, clown.

- Okay, you got it.

See ya in court, pal.

Oh, I think we got him.

- Ugh!

- Come on, Bobby, sweetheart.

I'm doggin' it, just for you.

Where is he?

Hello there.

Okay.

- Ugh!

- Oh!

- Bill, you all right?

- Gorgeous job, Ralph!

Terrific, kid!

Jeez, we got him!

- Who has to pay for this car?

- Oh, don't bring that up
at a time of triumph like this.

Get me out of here.

Ah!

Easy on the leg, please.

- Which one?

- I don't know yet.

Just get me over to that creep.

- Take it easy.

- Yes.

Get me down, Ralph,
before I fall down.

Okay, Bobby, that's
a wrap on a silver suit.

Cuff him, Ralph.

Where are those CIA guys?

They're never here when
you want to grandstand!

Rhonda?

- Here.

Cyler?

- Yo!

Chaffee?

- Yeah.

- Tony Villicana.

- Where else am I gonna be, eh?

- It's nice to have
you back, Tony.

- Yeah, you know,
I never thought I'd

heard myself say it,
but school ain't so bad,

you know what I mean?

- Hey, uh, Tony, you
still gonna repo cars?

- They tell me
Cameron Auto Recovery

went out of business today.

- All right, some
boys in my block

are gonna be partyin' tonight.

- You know, I was
thinkin' about goin'

into a quieter line of business.

- Tony, you know, I
heard about another

job opening today.

They tell me it pays

quite well.
- No.

No way.

No offense, but I
wanna make 18, all right?