02x06 - The Beast in the Black

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♪ Look at what's
happened to me ♪

♪ I can't believe it myself ♪

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

♪ It should have
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 it or
not it's just me ♪

♪ Who could it be ♪

♪ Believe it or
not it's just me ♪♪

♪♪

Hi, Betty. H-Hey, Ralph.

How are you, dear?

Well, what do you think?
I think it's extraordinary.

For a Halloween party, maybe.

But there's a lot inside
that's worth salvaging.

We can just help
ourselves. Is that right?

Pam cleared it with
the estate. It's all set up.

Everything that you and the kids can
carry out by Monday morning is yours.

But Monday's the deadline. After
that, the wrecking crew moves in.

Okay. Terrific.

Ah, well, let me ask. Is Pam
gonna be able to join us?

Mm. Afraid not. Depositions.
That's why she asked me to pinch-hit.

It seems a shame to
tear it down, doesn't it?

Oh, Ralph. You know how long this
thing's been going on with probates...

and escrows and zoning
commissions? All right, Betty.

I'll scrap my plans for a
"Save-the-House" sit-in,

but you know, we keep tearing things
like this down, we won't have any past.

Why didn't they try and...

And move it? Are you okay?

Yeah. Well, I can see
that's not a good idea, huh?

Et voilà! Very, very nice.

This leaded glass and this
woodwork is just incredible.

And look at this chandelier.

I bet you could get a good price for that,
if you could figure out how to get it down.

It's solid brass, and it
weighs about 500 pounds.

Tom said you had some kind of project
going to raise money for the school.

Oh, yeah. We're trying
to get a new class present.

A projector, if we can
get enough money.

What's in here? Oh, that
threw me when I first saw it.

There used to be a passageway
that led to the stables.

But they were torn down years ago,
and somebody just bricked up the wall.

Hope we can get this apart
without breaking it up too bad.

Do you know used bricks are
bringing in about 45 cents apiece?

Come on. I want to
show you the dining room.

The woman who used to own it, Dorothy Burrows,
turned down a half-million dollars for it.

Half a million dollars? Ha!
Three times what it's worth.

She must have been something.
She was about 78 years old,

and she's the only person I ever heard of
who fought Sheila Redman to a standstill.

You know, Redman Realty? But I thought Redman
Realty has possession of this property.

Well, Sheila bought
it from the estate.

Mrs. Burrows died. Mrs.
Burrows was an invalid.

There was some kind of accident
with the wheelchair on the stairs.

What happened here?
Vandals? No. Sheila.

She's the one that put this whole
real estate development deal together.

But, before they leveled the
place, she decided to come in...

and rip off some prize items
for her apartment in Century City.

Unfortunately, in the process,
she electrocuted herself.

I told you, the power's off!

Hey. Listen, Betty. Don't let me
keep you if you've gotta get out of here.

You seem like you're in a hurry. I
can take your grand tour later on myself.

Thanks. I-I don't know
what it is about this place.

It always makes me want
to be somewhere else.

Wait a minute,
Betty. Look at that.

See on the bottom of that column?
The way the wood doesn't match?

Is there a secret panel
here or something?

I don't know. Did
you ever notice this?

A safe! Mind if I
try and get it open?

I don't see why not. By Monday
morning, it'll be scrap metal anyway.

Well, you know what I'm
gonna do? I think maybe I'll...

Look out!

You all right? Uh-huh.

How did that
happen? I don't know.

Someone must have left the window
open upstairs. A gust of wind, or...

warped floor?

I wouldn't want to
come back here tonight.

Hey, you guys. I
have something to say.

Let me talk to you. Hey,
man, that was the bell, Mr. H.

I know, but I haven't
finished. Please sit down.

Now, lookit. I know you guys don't think
it's very important to give a class present.

But everyone else
does it every single year.

Well, so what? So
they suck up to 'em.

Why should we give 'em a present?
Why should we give 'em anything?

They treat us like
spit around here. Dig it.

Don't you think that, if you gave
the school a really dynamite present,

like a-a new, uh,
motion picture projector,

that their attitudes would change, they'd
treat you with a little bit more respect?

Oh, you're talkin', uh, buyin' friends,
influencin' people... a guarantee of graduation?

No. I'm talkin' about a present.

What we're talkin' is real dough. Where are we
supposed to come up with that kind of money?

Miss Davidson has
arranged the whole thing.

We go into the house over the
weekend, we salvage what we can,

we take it to an antique
dealership, we sell it,

make enough money
to buy a new projector.

Maybe even have enough loose
change left over so you guys...

can pay yourselves
a little bit of money.

Yo, man, why don't we just
buy something for the auto shop?

I would consider it a
personal favor to me.

Okay, Mr. H. All right. I
wouldn't do it for anybody else,

but since you got this thing
stuck in your head, I'll give it a shot.

Yeah, you can count me in too,
Mr. H. Only not right after school.

'Cause I promised my mother
I'd go with her to see Edith.

Edith. She's this lady
that does hair and fortunes.

Fortunes? What?

She's a very mental
person. Do you mind?

She was the one who helped
the police find that boy last year.

Um, Tommy, uh, Tommy Magaziner.

He got kidnapped,
so she found him.

Since you don't know much about bein'
psychic, you want to save the cracks?

Yes, dear. Okay.

8:00 tonight. See you all there.

So, Mr. H., we're gonna be
needin' some tools and stuff like that.

So maybe I'll stop by
Baumeister's, see what I can get?

Okay. Hey, Tony! Why don't you stop by
Baumeister's and see what kinda tools you can get?

Y-Yeah, I'll do that. Okay.

Business must really be lousy, for the counselor
to be messin' around on a deal like this.

This is one of the biggest deals
she's ever had... $30 million worth.

What are you talkin' about, $30
million? Well, maybe even 50, Bill.

This is just the end piece in a
huge real estate development.

By the way, watch
out for the wood...

It's kinda rotten.

Thanks, Ralph. Yeah.

We could use some light. No, no.

What for? It's so
much fun this way.

Oh, come on. Would you get
in the spirit? You get in the spirit.

Soap a couple of windows.

This is it.

We haven't got much time, Bill.
The kids are gonna be here at 8:00.

Safe's over there in that column.
Felt pretty well cemented in.

But with this super suit on, it
shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Can't wait to see what's inside
that safe. It could be almost anything.

Yeah. You can tell
just from lookin' around.

Probably gonna be the
Romanov crown jewels.

Or a couple of dead spiders. What's
in here? Oh, that's the dining room.

Don't judge it by appearances,
Bill. That'd be a mistake.

Miss Burrows was offered a
half a million dollars for this place.

She turned it down. She must have
felt pretty secure with something here.

- You know there's a mahogany
fireplace in here?
- Yeah.

Well, what are a bunch of kids
gonna do with a mahogany fireplace?

- Oh, they're gonna sell it.
- Well, yeah, but, uh...

Well, there's not very much
market for that kinda thing,

and besides, you know,
this one's kinda beat up.

I'll take it off your
hands, okay?

Bill, the whole point of this thing is
to raise money. We're gonna sell it.

Oh, okay. Well, I'll tell you
what. I'll give you 10 bucks for it.

Ten bucks? What do you
think, I grew up on a farm?

Got it.

Don't do that to me,
sneakin' around, Ralph.

Why'd you light that fire, Bill?

Huh? What? What
are you talking about?

That fire. This is an
awfully old house, you know.

That could be real dangerous.
You better put that out.

What, are you puttin' me
on? There's no fire there!

The hearth is as
cold as an I.R.S. audit.

Don't you see that? Right there?

No. I don't see anything,
'cause there's nothing there.

Now, quit that, Ralph.
Let's get outta here.

It's a little reflection.

Well, Bill, you may not
have seen it, but I saw it.

And it definitely
was not a reflection.

I don't know. Must have
something to do with the suit.

Boy, I wish I had that instruction book.
I'm getting awful tired of these surprises.

Okay, now, look. You can do
this out on the lawn or in the car.

Please. So, let's go.

Lookit here.

Mm-hmm-hmm. We hit the jackpot.

Well, couldn't we move this
outside under the stars, Ralph?

"Kansas Oil Development Corporation."
I didn't know there was any oil in Kansas.

I thought it was all wheat. Oil?

Yeah. "Rhode Island Oil and
Gas," "Cometco Pipeline"...

"Cometco Pipeline"?
That sounds pretty good.

I don't know if they're worth anything, but
we can sure give 'em to Pam and find out.

Whoa, wait a minute. What has
a counselor got to do with this?

You have permission to take anything out
of this house that you find in it, right?

Right. Well, then? Finders
keepers, that's the law.

Not once you get out of
kindergarten it isn't, Bill.

Come on, now. If those
are worth anything...

That's why I'm gonna check 'em
out, to see, because if it's really...

Oil? Holy smoke, Ralph.

Do you know what they're
gettin' at the pumps these days?

Price went up another three
cents a gallon just last week.

Bill, we can't keep
those certificates.

"Possession is
nine-tenths of the law."

Oh, I thought it was
"Finders keepers."

Old lady lived here, huh?

An eccentric, I bet.

Look at this chandelier.
Solid brass, I bet.

Yeah. Hard telling what she's
got stashed away in these walls.

You oughta see what she's got
hidden behind that door, right there.

What, that? Yeah.

Yeah? Take a look at that, it's
gonna knock your socks right off.

Oh!

Oh! Yeah! Ha-ha! I know
those. Yeah, you, uh...

You push one of the little bricks
and the whole thing opens up, right?

What's the matter?

I'm just kidding. There's
nothing there. It's just a brick...

Now wait a minute. That
wasn't there this morning. Huh.

Do you see that?

Yeah. Of course I see it.

No, I'm talkin' about...
About the room.

The r... Okay, Ralph. Look.
We did this number before,

and, uh, I'm lookin'
at a brick wall,

and you are lookin'
at a brick wall.

Well, if I see something you
don't see, I bet it's the suit.

Bill, do you think I'm lookin' into the
Fourth Dimension? Don't be ridiculous.

No more ridiculous than flying. I'll
swear, there's a room right in there.

There's a roo...

Don't do that! You know how I
hate it when you do that. Ralph.

Come on! You're makin'
my hair stand up again.

Bill, there's a woman in
there! There's a woman...

Okay, there's a woman
in there. Now, look, Ralph.

I'm gonna be real frank with you.
There's a time and a place for everything.

And this is not the time, and
it certainly is not the place.

She didn't say anything to me,
but she was like callin' out to me, Bill.

I think she might need my
help. Now, kid, don't do this.

No, wait, wait. I'm gonna
put this as a personal favor.

Personal favor to me.
Please, don't do this, Ralph.

I'll be right back,
okay? Don't... Ralph!

Ow! Ralph!

Ralph?

Ralph.

Ralph? Ralph, you okay?

Oh. Oh. Oh, man. My back. Bill.

Oh, listen. We got to
get you to a hospital.

What happened to you?

What the hell is in there?

This ought to make it
feel just a little bit better.

You know, I've never seen
wounds like this before.

Can't either one of you tell me
anything about what happened?

I gotta put something down in
the report. Uh, he was attacked...

by a pack of wild dogs.

Dogs never did damage like this.
The skin's not broken, it's welts.

How come there
are no marks on you?

I used to run 100
in nine flat, okay?

- Ow!
- He's hurting here, please.

I know he's hurting.

Okay, that's about all I can do for you. I
suggest you see your own doctor tomorrow.

Hmm. Maybe
you'll level with him.

Thanks. Have fun.

"Wild dogs".

Yeah. Creep.

Wait a sec, Ralph. Hold it. You
better put this on underneath.

Well, that's what got me in
this mess in the first place.

What are you talkin' about?
This is your protection!

If you hadn't had
the jammies on,

whatever that thing was in there
would have torn you to pieces.

Ate you alive. Take a good look.
Does it seem like it gave me protection?

Ha? Come on.

You know, I walked through
that wall, and it was all...

It was all black, I had no...
Okay, okay. Take it easy.

I'll put some more of that
painkiller on you in the car.

I had no idea where I was.

But I felt this... I felt this
being, th-this presence...

Wait a second. Turn around. This
force, and all of a sudden it... Ow!

Okay, okay. Here. It threw me
around like some kind of a rag doll.

You know what this suit is, Bill? This
suit is a window to the Fourth Dimension.

I don't know any Fourth Dimension.
I don't want to hear about it.

I wouldn't go back inside that house.
I wouldn't go anywhere near it for...

eight million dollars. Yeah,
that's fair enough with me.

We got the stock certificates,

and uh, I have a
friend downtown.

Works in a stock brokerage.
Gonna check 'em out with him.

Well, it's 8:15. I'll
call him tomorrow.

8:15. Well, you know those
guys. Banker's hours, out by 4:00.

We gotta get back
to that house! Why?

The kids are at that house!
They were there at 8:00! Come on.

I wonder what happened to Mr. H.?
We were supposed to meet him here.

Probably went out
to get a burger. Yeah.

What's the matter, Rhonda?
You scared? No, I'm not scared.

Need a little more
light is all, though.

A little more than those
lanterns right there.

Whoo!

Rhon-da.

Rhon-da. Who's that?

- Who dat?
- Who dat who say who dat
when I say who dat?

You guys are really funny.

Rhon-da.

Blah!

Good evening.

Hey! What's the matter with you?
You lose your sense of humor?

Yeah, I lost it. You pull
another stunt like that...

- Batteries.
- Hey, who got the batteries
for these things?

They're goin' dead on us. Geez!

Hello? Somebody? My batteries
are goin' dead in my flashlight.

All the batteries goin' at the
same time? It's a coincidence.

I hope the kids are okay.

Ralph, we did all those jokes.
Are you okay? Yeah, let's go.

Do you hear something
out there? I hope it's Mr. H.

Okay.

Is everybody here? Is
everybody all right? Yeah.

Yeah. Where's
Rodriguez and Cyler?

- Paco?
- Here I am, Mr. H.

Hey, everything's
cool! Look what I found.

Found it in the hidden
room. "Hidden room"?

Yeah, upstairs. There's like
this hidden room upstairs,

that's just like a regular
old telephone booth.

Okay. That's terrific.

Good night's work.
Now, everybody out.

Hey, whoa! Hold it, hold it!
We only been here half an hour.

- Half an hour too long. Out.
- Ain't this a little out
of the fed's jurisdiction?

Hey, come on, Tony. Let's not
bother about that now, all right?

Villicana, you got a problem
with the English language?

Maybe that he never
learned how to speak it.

Is there anybody else here?
Anybody upstairs? Yeah, two.

Maclnery and
Token. I'll get 'em.

Okay. Well, what are
you waitin' for? Out!

Hold it, Maxwell. We didn't get the
word from Mr. H., and this is his party.

Check.

Okay. Ralph! You wanna come down here
and address the class formally, please?

What? What's goin' on? What
are you people still doing here?

What is this? This afternoon you said
we were locked into this for the weekend.

Well, this afternoon,
I didn't, uh...

I didn't have the facts, Tony. Now it's
come to my attention that this house is...

- Uh...
- Structurally unsound, so you
people are not safe here.

Now, I want you to put your stuff
down, put the flashlights on the table,

and just get out, all right?

Fine. What about
them other guys?

I'm... getting them.
Michael! Sherill! Come on!

Okay, Villicana, it's official
now. All right. Everybody.

Anybody else on this
floor? Nope. That's it.

Villicana! Don't! Villicana!
Don't do that! Don't!

Look out!

My God! Is he okay?

He's dead.

Bill! - He can't be.

He's got no pulse.

It just happened so fast, Mr. H. He was
just standin'... Straighten his legs out.

He's got no pulse, Mr. H.

Tony, you go for help right now.

- Call the paramedics.
- Mr. H., he's got no...

Let me work, man.
Let me work. All right?

He's not dead.

Mr. H.

Mr. H., I-I know
how you feel, but...

It's just not doin' any good.

He's gone.

- He's alive!
- Check his pulse.

He's got a pulse back. He's
breathing. Bill? He's back.

Well, seems as if you fellas
are having a busy weekend.

What is it this time?

Looks like somebody played the
"Anvil Chorus" on your friend's skull.

Good thing it's as thick as it is.
He doesn't have a concussion?

No, but he will have one
hellacious headache for a while.

I think we ought to keep our
eyes on him for a few more days.

Oh, no.

Forget that idea.

Bill, your eyes. They're brown.

They're brown. He's got brown
eyes. You got brown eyes, Bill.

I have brown eyes. That's right. Of
course, my mommy always said hazel.

What's the matter with
you, Ralph? Get out of here.

Right. Now.

Let's have all those
fascinating details.

Well, like I told you before,
he was hit on the head by a...

I'm asking him.

I was hit on the
head with a, uh,

um, what was I hit on
the head with, Ralph?

A chandelier.

A chandelier?

Uh, I really do think you ought
to just relax here in the hospital...

for a few more
days. No! That's out.

I said, forget it, and I
meant it. I hate hospitals.

I hate hospital food,

people comin' around
peerin' and pokin' at you,

waking you up every five minutes,
tryin' to find out if you're asleep.

Oh, no. I'm goin' home.

Bill, you can hardly walk.
I always walk this way.

Don't worry about it.
Okay. I'm goin' home.

Pants first. What?

It's a lot easier if you put your pants
on before you put your shoes on.

That's right. Okay.
Yeah, I got that.

All right. Where's the... What'd
you do with the pants, Ralph?

- You're sitting on 'em.
- Right. Okay. Here we go.

I knew that. I was
just kidding you.

What do you think, Doc?

I gave you my recommendation.
Further bed rest, hospital care.

Yeah. Hospital prices.

Three hots and a
cot... 8,000 bucks a day.

No thanks. I'm goin' home.

Now, you're sure. No
concussions, no fractures?

No, nothing showed up in the
X-rays or in my examination.

But, uh, trauma to the
cranium is nothin' to laugh at.

Will you girls give me a break?

I've had bigger
lumps in my tapioca.

Um, Bill, it might look
better with a shirt on.

I hate a wise guy, Ralph.

Yeah, sure. Shirt. Okay.

Okay, now. Up.

Do you want to get these little, uh...
those little tie strings in the back, there?

Ohh!

Boy, Doc. One thing
you're right about...

It is one hellacious headache.

Well, look. If I can't persuade you to be,
uh, reasonable... No, forget that. That's out.

But don't be too disappointed.

Uh, better men than
you have failed, but, uh...

One favor, okay? Whatever
it is you two are up to,

could you do it in some
other neighborhood?

Thanks, Doc.

Bill, I know how you
feel about hospitals.

I feel the same way, but, uh,

maybe a couple of more days of
observation isn't such a bad idea.

Conversation's over, kid.
What happened to my g*n?

Oh, I got it right here in my jacket.
But hear me out a minute, okay?

I mean, uh, that was a solid brass
chandelier that came down on you.

Smacked you right...
right in the head.

For a minute there we, uh,

we all kinda thought you
were... you were dead.

There was something else. Something...
Something really strange happened, Bill.

When you were
first comin' around,

when you opened your eyes,

for the first time... For
just a split second...

I'll swear, your eyes
had turned ice blue.

Who... Who are you?

Get... out of the way.

Whoever you are, let him go.

Just one, through the... pump?

Real easy. And I imagine...

he's... a very good... shot.

Good... decision.

Don't... follow me.

If you do, he'll k*ll you.

I'll see to it.

Okay. Thanks.

Hello! Hi, Mr. H.?

It's Rhonda. Listen. We've been
trying to get in touch with you.

Hi, Rhonda. Yeah. I've
been chasing around all day.

- I haven't been here. Thank
you very much for calling.
- Yeah. Sure.

Listen. We all just wanted you
and Mr. Maxwell to know that, uh...

we was thinkin' about ya.

How's he doin'? Uh,
well... I don't know.

- That bad, huh?
- No, no, no. I mean, he's doing fine.

I should... Last time I saw
him. But I shouldn't say "fine,"

I mean, uh... Rhonda,
listen. I need your help.

Well, sure, Mr. H.
Anything. You name it.

Okay. Um, you remember in class?

You said something about your
mom's hairdresser? She's a psychic?

- She helps find people?
- Yeah. Sure, she's the best.

Who are you lookin' for?

All right. I'm looking
for Bill Maxwell.

When he left the hospital
today, he wasn't quite himself.

And, uh, I've got to find him.
I'm very worried about him.

Yeah. Yeah, after the clunk
on the head that he took.

Think maybe he's got amnesia?

- You know, I...
- Rhonda! About your mom's
hairdresser.

Do you think you can get me an
appointment to see her right away?

- It's very important. It's urgent.
- Sure, Mr. H.

But, uh, it's kinda
late right now.

Can you get me an appointment
to see her first thing in the morning?

- Yeah, sure. Yeah, you
can count on me, Mr. H.
- Thank you very much.

I was up all night,
trying to find him.

I-I hope you'll keep
this to yourself.

Now, let's see.
What do we got here?

First, there's the beast in the
black. I know it sounds incredible...

No. I heard about
it. I read about it.

There's this spirit.

This, uh, beast that guards
the threshold to the spirit world.

He's not supposed to let you
through to the Fourth Dimension.

- He didn't.
- Yeah, well that's
the tough part.

Because that's what you're
gonna have to do... get past him.

- What do you mean?
- Okay.

From what you been
tellin' me, there's this spirit,

this Sheila Redman,
got trapped in this house.

Now they're gonna
tear it down, right?

Well, what happens to her?

I don't know.

When they tear the house down,
they destroy it, they destroy her.

She knows that. She's
lookin' for another vessel.

Along come you and your friend.

- You said you thought
he was dead.
- But he wasn't.

Maybe. Maybe he was
for like a split-second.

All she needs is a
second. She moves right in.

Now, what do you mean
about... the beast in the black?

I have to get him past...
His life depends on it.

You got to take your friend back
with you into the Fourth Dimension.

Past the beast, into
that room you saw.

That's the only thing that'll free his
body from the spirit that's possessed it.

Then, you gotta
get him out again.

I have to find him, first.

Freeze! F.B.I. Your ill*gal
entry into these premises...

Bill, I didn't know you were
home. I... has been photographed,

and is being transmitted
to the proper...

law enforcement agency. Bill.

Be advised that you are in the
process of committing a crime...

against the property of a duly-authorized
official of the federal government,

and as such, are subject to a
substantial fine, imprisonment or both.

I admonish you to turn around and
leave these premises immediately...

without disturbing the
contents thereof, if you...

Come on, Bill. I know you
wear this thing all the time.

- Hello?
- Ralph?

Bill, are you all right? How
did you know where to find me?

Well, we're partners, aren't we?
You're tryin' to find me, aren't ya?

Right, Ralph? Come on. Wake up.

Yeah. Yeah, Bill.
That's right. I am.

So, you're at my place, you're, uh,
wearin' my old fishin' hat or something,

and you're tryin' to
holograph in on me.

Well, scratch that, because
I'm in Century City, her apart...

Bill! Bill, are you all right?

Her penthouse. You gotta
get over here quick, kid.

I'm drivin' around in a
dark blue, four-door...

I don't know what's goin' on.

I don't know what's happenin'
to me. You gotta help me.

You gotta...
- I will, Bill. I know just what to do.

Now, what is the address?

It's all right, Ralph.

Bill's just fine.
He's having a little...

problem adjusting
to me, that's all.

Bye-bye.

Oh! Oh, no. Ohh!

Up! Oh, no! Oh, no!

Bill! Bill, you're goin' back.

I don't like it any more than
you, but you're goin' back. No!

No-o!

Where'd you park the
car? I know it's blue.

To match your eyes.

There it is.

I'm not going back!

Ralph, please wait, please.

Couldn't we talk about this?

Ralph!

No. There are things
I've got to explain to you.

Please. Ralph, you don't
understand. There's so much to explain.

No, there isn't. When those
walls come tumbling down,

I want you to be there
for the grand finale.

Ralph, don't do this.

You don't know...
what it's like back there.

I can't go back
there again, I can't!

I have 300,000 in
jewelry and cash...

under another name
in a safety deposit box.

No one would ever
find it. I'll take you there.

Please, don't.
Don't take me back!

- Bill!
- Huh?

You all right? Y-Yeah. Ohh!

- How long have I been asleep?
- I don't know. Come on. Get up.

Ow! Oh, boy.

Listen. These smart.
They're a little tight, Ralph.

Yeah, well they're your cuffs.
I'm sorry I had to use 'em.

Oh. No! That's uh, good
command decision, kid.

So, you learned a couple of
tricks from the old geezer, huh?

No, you were right.

We gotta get rid of this chick.

Chick? Yeah. She's
a tough customer.

Bill, you've never used
"chick" in your entire life.

Well, chick or dame, whatever.

She was the one
who k*lled the old lady.

Miss Burrows. Yeah. Pushed
her down a flight of stairs.

Right in there. Snuffed
her. Are you ready for that?

Just because she was holdin' out
on her on this big real estate deal.

How could you possibly
know that, Bill, huh?

How do I know that I
know... I just know it!

Who cares, anyway?
Come on. Get these off of me.

Ralph? This is me,
remember? Maxwell.

Yeah? For how long?

All right, look. I-I... We
went the full 15 rounds,

and I was on the ropes a
couple times, but... But I won!

A T.K.O. It's my decision!

Come on, now. Get real,
will ya? Take these off.

I wanna go home and
shave. I can't shave this way.

I can't, Bill. What do
you mean, you can't?

We're goin' back in the house. No.
No way I'm goin' back in that house!

Come on, Bill.
Ralph, cut it out! No!

Oh, no. Come on.
Give me a break.

Oh, no. No! Listen,
Ralph. Listen to me.

- Will ya, please?
- No!

Can't do it inside.
Suit's no good.

You're gonna die.

Suit doesn't work in here.

Doesn't that worry
you? It should.

You can't protect him here.
You can't even protect yourself.

You should have let me go.

I begged you, and I've never
begged for anything in my life.

You have no life, Sheila.

You're dead! And you're
going to stay that way!

Bill was your last chance,
and when this house goes,

you go with it.
Then you will too.

Bill. Are you all right?

Oh. Ralph. Sit up.

For Pete's sake, I told you we
couldn't go through a brick wall.

I busted my arm. Get these
things off of me, will ya?

Come on. Let's get out of
here. The wrecking crew is here.

- What's goin' on here?
- Costume party. Afraid we lost track of time.

You would have lost more than that if you'd
have hung around here a little longer.

- We're supposed
to level that dump.
- Don't let us hold you up.

You better get your friend
on home so he can sleep it off.

Anybody else in there? Nope.

- Nobody else in there.
- Okay, keep it moving!

Morning, everyone.

Or two people. What's going on?

Is there a holiday I forgot
to put down on my calendar?

What's going on? Why is
there only half of you here?

Good morning, Rhonda.
You care to join the class?

Uh, just a minute!

♪♪

Cut.

Uh, Mr. H., Tony would
like to say something.

Yeah. On behalf of the class,

it is our pleasure to present
to Whitney High School...

Our alma mater... this,
uh, small token of our...

Come on! What are
you talkin', small?

It's the way you're
supposed to do it. Go ahead.

- This small token of our, uh...
- Gratitude.

Gratitude. Do it, guys.

No, this is... Give
it up. Give it up.

But how did you...
I mean, we didn't...

There wasn't any money! Well,
we knew it meant a lot to you, so...

- It's not hot, is it?
- Hey, what is that? "Is it hot"?

No, see, what we did was, the night you
took Mr. Maxwell to the hospital, right?

We went back to the house and
ripped off the mahogany fireplace.

You went back to the
house when I told you not to.

- Yeah.
- Hey. It only took us
like a half an hour,

we were real careful, so...
Hey, so what do you think, huh?

You wanted a projector, we
go out, we got you the projector.

- You like it?
- Well, yeah. I think
it's absolutely...

Okay, Villicana.

I got that one. Midnight Auto
Supply goes into furniture business.

Opens camera store. Gonna
look great on a rap sheet.

How are you
feeling, Mr. Maxwell?

In the pink, honey. Don't worry
about me. Worry about your boyfriend.

- Ralph, can I see you a second?
- Yeah, you guys, it's terrific. Thank you very much.

What's so important you got
to break up my class again?

Well, uh, I wish you wouldn't
get so tough on me, Ralph.

This is hard on me, I've been
worryin' about this for a week now.

And this is the first time that I
could get by. The stock certificates.

I was wondering what
happened to these. Yeah.

Well, I want you to... I want you
to get 'em back to the counselor.

Bill, I knew you wouldn't
keep 'em. I just knew it.

I mean, especially after
what you've been through.

Must have been a very
sobering experience.

And I'm sure you were
very tempted, but...

I know that you
know it's not right.

Thank you. These are
probably worth a lot of money.

What are you talking
about? I checked 'em out.

They're worthless. They're zip.