01x05 - Trojan Horse

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Jafo, give me an e.T.A. To target.

I figure about another two minutes.

That should give us about
a half an hour to rescue that witness...

And get her back in time for the trial.

If we don't cut that, it's all over.

we're comin' up on

it, frank.
Going on whisper mode.

There it is.

Ah, a walled estate.

Perfect place to hide a kidnap victim.

Chaney to rolling
thunder. chaney to rolling thunder.

Do you read? We
hear you loud and clear, thunder.

- Are you in position?
- Yeah. Right near the gate.


is it a go? It's a go.

But remember, I
want that lady out in one piece.

There's a lot riding on this, guys.

make

it smooth. Like silk, thunder.
Soft and smooth.

Blast the hell out of that gate.

- Looks kinda solid, don't it?

- I'll let you know in
exactly two seconds.

Whoo! Somebody still
knows how to red dog down there.

Means you and I go
round the end. Hang on for turbo.

How are we gonna get

her out of there before
they decide to k*ll her?

Need just a little
confusion to draw them outside.

That oughta wake somebody up.

What's goin' on?
what on earth was that?

All right, everyone.
Take positions. Come on.

What do you say we dust them?

Hold it, suckers!

Drop your g*ns! Get those hands up!

Hit the house with the veri-Mikes.

Let's see what's going on inside.

Sounds like an army out there.

Let's take her out the side door.


yeah. Let's go.

What's that chopper
doin' here? Hold it right there.

Federal officers. You're under arrest.

Get!

You're a federal agent?

To tell the truth, ma'am,

I feel more like...
more like sir galahad.

Oh.

Watch your head.

Okay.

Not bad, Frank.
any time, bubba.

how you feeling,

ma'am? A lot better than
before you arrived.

But it's hard to get
my bearings. How long have I been here?

Lassiter's men
abducted you three weeks ago, ma'am.

Then it's too late. The trial's over.

No, ma'am, we got you just in time.

You're the one that's gonna
put Lassiter away for a long, long time.

Captain. Mrs.
Moynihan, this is captain braddock.

We're very glad you're safe, ma'am.

\-
hthank

you.

My name's minelli. I'm
with the district attorney's office.

And as you may
or may not know, your testimony...

These gentlemen
have explained everything.

- Then you'll testify?
- Against Richard Lassiter?

I'd crawl through
fire to testify against that man.

Thank you, captain.

Nice work, Frank.

Thank you, captain.

[ Reporter on TV, indistinct

[] hey,
jafo,

I've been chewing on this for the

last five minutes and I
haven't hit an anchovy yet.

Ski, may I make a suggestion here?

Look under the pastrami.

See, for reasons
unknown to the scientific community,

"anchovi" love
to gather and hide under pastrami.

The theory here is that it's

a instinct stamped into
their genetic code.

Well, I'll stamp your genetic code.

You know, last time you forgot to

order the mushrooms, and
now it's the anchovies.

Lay off the kid. And
stop drippin' on the captain's desk.

who's
drippin'? You are. you always drip.

You drip soup.
you drip mashed potatoes.

And now you're
drippin' that tomato sauce all over...

Hey, quiet down, guys. It's comin' in.

The trial of
financier Richard Lassiter...

Reached a stunning
and unexpected conclusion today...

When a witness whom the
prosecution had been unable to locate...

Suddenly appeared to
take the stand against her former employer.

Mary Alice moynihan,
Lassiter's confidential secretary,

furnished details about his

conspiracy of fraud, extortion
and intimidation...

Which gained him over
$60 million in ill*gal pension funds.

They swindled every cent of it

from poor people who could
hardly afford to retire.

An aunt and uncle of mine were

ripped off by him. Their
whole life savings.

Judge Arnold schulman sentenced

Lassiter to 25 years at
greenlake penitentiary,

a medium-security facility

located in the central
part of the state.

Lassiter was vehement about
the unexpected arrival of the witness...

Well, make yourself at home, fellas.

Oh, we thought you'd left, captain.

- Obviously.
- Wait a minute, sir. not yet.

Nothing more than a mockery

of justice. This wasn't
a jury of my peers.

It was a jury of morons who

resent the fact that I
make more in one hour...

Than all of them put
together make in their entire lives.

I'm innocent
of any wrongdoing whatsoever.

And I serve notice that I

intend to use every means
within my power...

To regain the
freedom taken away from me...

By a biased
application of judicial nonsense.

Did you see the look in

his eye when he said
he was innocent, hmm?

All right, gentlemen, the

party's over. I got a
lot of paperwork to do.

He actually thinks he's above the law,

that he's some kind of

superior being who doesn't
deserve punishment.

Stop taking it
so personally, will you, Frank?

I mean, the man
was convicted. He was guilty.

He's gonna do 25 years
in greenlake prison. What do you want?

Captain, greenlake
is not a maximum-security prison.

Didn't you hear what he said? He said

he would use every means
within his power to get free.

He's talkin' about the judicial system.

He's talkin' about
lawyers, appeals, that kind of thing.

I don't think so,

captain. I think he's
talking about escape.

He doesn't
believe he belongs in prison.

You know, the
best time for that to happen...

Is when the marshals
are transporting him to greenlake.

All right.

I'll alert the proper authorities.

Now, will you do me a
favor and go home and get some sleep?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, captain, but
I think blue thunder should fly cover...

While he's being transferred to prison.

If there's any sign of
an ambush, we could spot it a mile away.

Now, look,

I don't wanna see
you, i don't wanna hear you...

Until tomorrow
morning at 8:00 when you come on duty.

Do I make myself absolutely clear?

Yes, sir.

Air 20, you're
cleared for takeoff to the north.

Watch for incoming bird, air 15.

Wind from the east, four knots.

There's nothing I'd
rather do at 6:30 in the morning...

Than go flying, Frank, but I

can't help but wonder,
what are we doing here?

That is a perfectly
reasonable question, jafo.

This is a training exercise. Hop in.

don't
lie to me, Frank. Lie to you?

I would no more lie to you than I

would disobey a direct order
from my superior officer.

- Tickle that computer and get

me a bearing on that convoy.
- What convoy?

The one that's taking

Richard Lassiter to
greenlake penitentiary.

You're gonna get us in trouble, Frank.

Ah, don't be ridiculous. That's

why I wanna know where
the convoy is headed.

So we can stay well
away from it... while we're training.

Blue thunder you're
cleared for takeoff to the west.

Watch for cross traffic.

Wind is from

south-southwest,
approximately six knots.

Air 10, please hold your pattern

until cross traffic has
cleared on the helipad.

Wind is from the
east, approximately seven knots.

This is unit 42 checking in.

Operation proceeding on schedule.

What's that truck doing there?

All units, they've stopped

us on the road. We'll
have to check it out.

Take cover!

We must've drifted off course.

What do you suppose we
have here? Can that be sh**ting I see?

I knew it. I knew
you were gonna get us in trouble.

I knew it the minute i woke up.

You had it all
figured out, didn't you, Lassiter?

You didn't figure on us.

- - Incoming m*ssile!
we've been fired on!

I should've known
he'd bring his own air force.

Wanna play for keeps,
Lassiter? That suits me just fine.

- Hang on for turbo.

He's trackin' us.


- How much time do we have?
- About eight seconds.

Can you jam it?

Not in eight seconds.

Okay, let's play a little dodgeball.

nice
flying. Yeah.

He's turning tail.
Maybe he doesn't like dodgeball.

Call in the
description of that plane, jafo.

We'll go down make
sure we still got Lassiter under wraps.

Code red. P-51
mustang, h-0937, armed and hostile.

nice work, blue

thunder. Thanks, sheriff.
Pleasure was all ours.

Him I didn't wanna lose.

As soon as they get us
more vehicles, we'll get him to prison.

Why wait for that, sheriff?
We'd be happy to deliver him for you.

Well, I'm not sure about that.

I promise you, sheriff.

I personally will see
to it that he gets to that prison.

In that armored chopper of yours?

Okay, he's all yours.

Come on, Lassiter. You
got a ticket on "one-way airlines."

Well, it seems like this

strange-looking helicopter
keeps popping up in my life.

I wonder what I did to deserve it.

Shouldn't be too tough to figure out.

Okay, let's get down to basics.

{\an1\pos[288,144]}I'll pay you each a
million dollars to fly me to Mexico.

A million dollars?

From there I'll guarantee you safe

passage to any country you
pick in south America.

I knew you were a swindler and a cheat,

but I didn't know
you ran a travel agency on the side.

one
million each.

what
do you say?

Ah, the noble warrior,

pure, honest and stupid.

Maybe so, Lassiter.

Maybe so. But I'll go
home and sleep in my own bed tonight,

and I'll eat the food I

choose, and I'll come
and go as I please.

I'm a free man. You
think about that for the next 25 years.

Okay, when the camera starts rolling,

the cameraman will
point and I'll start talking. Excuse me.

Just relax and
be yourself. Okay, you ready?

Five, four, three...

What's going on here, Douglas?

uh, just a press
conference, sir.

We're talking with officers

chaney and wonderlove of
the blue thunder unit.

I suppose he's explaining

why he disobeyed a direct
order of mine, huh?

I really don't know.

Officer chaney, how is it that you

happened to be at the scene
of the attempted escape?

Well, uh...

In all honesty,
all the credit should go...

To our commanding
officer, captain Ed braddock.

You know, the remarkable thing about it

is, it was nothing more than
a hunch, a gut instinct,

the kind of sixth sense
you develop only after years of police work.

There's captain braddock now.

What about that, captain braddock?

What was it that made you

send blue thunder to
escort Lassiter to prison?

Well, uh, I suppose...

I guess it's an
instinct, uh, as officer chaney said.

Thank you.

You'd just better
straighten up and fly right.

You understand what I'm tellin' ya?

Number two.

Are they treating
you all right, Mr. Lassiter?

Yeah, just great.

Listen, I intend to
get out of here as soon as possible.

Get hold of Jones.
His number's in my safe at the office.

- Mr. Lassiter, I don't think...

- Just do what I tell
you, understand?

- Remember who pays for the

clothes on your back.
- How much should I tell him?

Tell him he's bein' activated. I'll be

givin' further orders when
I've worked out the plan.

- He'll know what to do.
- Mr. Lassiter,

we still have legal avenues to explore.

No, you tried
that, and it didn't work, remember?

Forget about appeals.
They take too long.

Listen, I wanna get out

of this hellhole no
matter what it costs.

Do you understand?

Jones. That's the name he said.

Jones. I'm sure of it.

"Jones." Well,
that shouldn't be too hard to trace.

Shouldn't be more
than 50,000 joneses in this state.

What else did he say?

Well, just like I said.

He wasn't gonna stay
in stir any longer than he had to.

He was gonna give Jones
orders when he got the plans all set.

And he didn't care how much it cost.

Willie, did he say
how this plan was going down or when?

No, no, no. That... that's all I got.

Hey, I'm sorry.

That's okay, Willie.
Look, when you get back there,

you keep your eyes and ears open, okay?

Maybe you'll pick somethin' else up.

Yeah, well...
Well, you see, that's the problem.

I mean, uh, when I discussed
this with the warden, we made a deal.

Know what I mean?

What kind of deal?

That I'd come here
and tell you people what I heard.

Then I get a transfer to the farm.

I got only one more
night and I won't be there anymore.

Look, I'm really
sorry. You know what I mean?

But that place is hard time.

I'll be glad to leave, get outdoors.

Maybe grow some vegetables.

It's about time I
did something positive in my life.

Willie, thanks a lot.
We appreciate you talkin' to us.

You've been a big help.

Hey, uh, good luck, huh?

And I hope you
keep this guy in for a long time.

He's not a nice man.

Thanks again, Willie.
Good luck with the vegetables, huh?

Yeah.

I knew Lassiter
wouldn't sit in prison for 25 years.

Come on. It's not our case. I don't

even know why the warden
sent the snitch down.

It's because he's smart enough to

know that this unit is the
best way to hold Lassiter.

That's ridiculous. There's

over 500 well-trained
federal guards in there.

They can handle the situation. They

can't keep 'em on full-time
alert for Lassiter.

Blue thunder
unit can do the work of 50 guards.

Please, captain,
get on the phone. Call apex.

Get us on the case.

What if they say yes? what then? Huh?

First, we figure out his plan by

sending ski and bubba
undercover as prisoners.

Now wait a minute.

-
say

what?

Put them in with


Ought to be a fair fight.

Hey, captain,
you don't think we can handle it?

I can be the
baddest mother you ever laid eyes on.

You mess with me,

and I'll be
the last thing you'll ever see.

You got that, sucker?

I thought
that sounded pretty tough to me.

Scared me.
thanks, jaf.

I can work with
'em, captain. i mean, really.

They can handle it.

Now, please,
call apex. Get us on this case.

If they say no, Frank, that's it. No.

They won't,

'cause I
know how persuasive you can be.

Get me apex.

Air 10, you're cleared to land...

As soon as air 12 has taken off.

Air 6, please
hold until air 10 has landed.

The warden and the head guard.

They'll be the
only ones who know who you are...

So you're gonna
have to rely on yourselves.

- Any questions?
- no,

sir. we
understand.

There's one other thing.
One of you's gotta go in as a guard.

It'll allow you more
flexibility. You can move around.

Okay, I'll be the guard.

Wait a minute. I should be the guard.

-
how

come?

Because I'm bigger than
you, and you couldn't keep me in line anyway.

- Since when?

- Okay, fellas, take it easy.
wait a minute.

You don't
have to get into character yet.

Hello, this is braddock.

Yeah, put him through.

Yes, warden. No, they're still here.

Yes, I'll tell 'em. Thank you.

He's not gonna
cancel the mission, is he?

No, no.

He just called
to tell you guys to be careful.

They just found our friend

Willie in the yard with
a knife in his back.

Good. Now, in rhythm.

In rhythm there.
Go on. What's wrong with you?

All right,
gentlemen, keep the lines tight.

I know you're dyin'
to get to work, but keep it orderly.

Come on.

Come on. Get movin'. Pick it up.

Get goin', grunt.

why,
you...

That stampin'
machine is waitin' on you.

Hey, fresh fish.

Big tough guy.
he

don't look
so

tough to me.

It's that mustache.
Maybe I'll rip it off his face.

And maybe I'll
rip your arm off your shoulder!

Then you gotta go for me left-handed!

Knock it off, big man!
We know you're bad.

Yeah, I'll show you how bad I am!

You wanna get back to work now?

Now you're
destroyin' government property.

And I'll destroy you if

you hit me with that
thing one more time!

- Take it easy.
- Come on. Make it look good.

You're killin' me.

You're the one that
wanted to be the guard, remember?

All right, all
right, all right! You got him.

I have a
special place for you, my friend.

It's so deep underground,

they're gonna have to pipe
the light down to you.

Take him away.

Okay. Back to work.
The fun's over, guys.

Let's go. Move it.

you
see that?

it
took three guards

to take
him down. He could come in handy.

We're gonna need some

muscle when the time
comes out in the yard.

Look, Lassiter, he just got here.

We don't know him. He could be a plant.

I'm not interested in

what he could be. I
wanna know what he is.

You're a trusty here, Duffy.

You got this
whole joint wired, don't you?

You can find that out for me, can't

you?

\-
hyeah.

Okay, come on, fella.
You can come out of there.

Looks like you stood the hole

pretty well. i've
been in worse places.

You know, they add time
to your sentence for every infraction.

That doesn't bother
me, buddy, 'cause I'm not planning...

To be around here
long enough to do the time I've got.

Oh, you got a plan to escape?

All I know is, that big
guy with the stick...

Messes with me one
more time, I swear I'm gonna k*ll him.

They can put me in the gas

chamber, but at least
I'll be out of here.

You really mean that, don't you?

-
why

not?

I spent most of my life in

prison. I might as well
spend the rest of it dead.

I got a proposition for you...

A financial proposition.

A great deal
of money for you and a ticket

out of here. in
return for what?

Just doin' what I've
already seen you do for no money at all.

Okay, hurry it up. No slackin'.

you
look like a man

carryin'
contraband. Lay off of me.

I'm warnin' you!

Okay, keep movin'.
Mind your own business. Come on.

Tomorrow? You sure?

Boy, he's fast. This guy's fast.

Right after breakfast.
Lassiter's on the laundry detail.

They're gonna decoy bubba
out of the way with a fake phone call.

Then I'm supposed to start
a fight to distract the other guards...

While Lassiter gets in the hamper.

Then they wheel him out to

the yard where the truck
makes its pickup.

There you go, ski.
Two-way communication with blue

thunder. \-
hgood.

As soon as it starts to go down,

I'll let you guys know.
We'll stop it cold.

No. I want you to go
ahead with the plan like Lassiter says.

- What are you talkin' about?

- Look, we wanna nail
this guy for good.

Just wanna make it clear to everyone...

That he's capable of
breaking out of a place like greenlake.

So we gotta let him out...

At least outside the gate.
Then we pop him.

Then they'll put him someplace

where they can keep him...
maximum security.

Okay?

- Yeah.
- Let's go.

Excuse me, officer.

There's a call for you
at the duty station.

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! Come on!
Knock it off! Break it up! Break it up!

Hey! Hold on,
you guys! Up against the wall!

Spread 'em, now!
Hey, hold it. Up against the wall.

Yeah! Yeah, you! Come on.

Come on. party's
over. Come on. yeah, spread 'em.

Shut up over there, okay? Come on.

There's the laundry truck now, Frank.

- Going on whisper mode.

Are you sure Lassiter's in there?

Hit the rear of
that truck with a thermograph.

Sure enough. Looks
like he's curled up in a laundry cart.

And he's squirmin' around in there.

you wanna take him? No.

We'll follow him to his rendezvous.

I wanna bust the whole rat pack.

Man, I hope
you never get that mad at me.

Sir, I really
shouldn't be in here any longer.

If you could take me in,

uh, to the warden, he'll
explain everything.

Listen...

Forget it, buddy, huh?

Blue thunder from ski.

- Come in. Come in.
- This is blue thunder. we read you.

I'm standing here in the exercise

yard, and guess who's
standing 20 yards away.

Mr. Richard j. Lassiter. What?

You heard me. Lassiter.

- He's right
here in the yard, big as life.

- Then who's in the truck?

There's somebody in there. Who is it?

We've got to stop 'em, now.

Pull it over. We're federal agents.

We're federal officers.

Pull over to the side of the road.

If you don't stop your
truck, we'll be forced to open fire.

Come out of
the truck with your hands up.

I repeat, come out
of the truck with your hands up.

what are you

doin' here? Life's full
of surprises, isn't it?

Well, how come you're
not in the truck? Something go wrong?

On the contrary.
Everything's goin' just fine.

Well, when do I get my money?

You'll get it. Don't worry.

Back off! back off!

what's
goin' on? Shut up!

Attention, police air unit.

This area is prohibited.
You are not permitted to approach.

This area is prohibited.

Check with your warden, officer.

We're on detached
service from the U.S. attorney's office,

bringing you a government

prisoner for a two-week
security quarantine.

Do not attempt
to land, police air unit.

We are authorized
to fire if you attempt to land.

Check with your warden, officer.

We're under federal
statute and we're coming in.

Hold your present
altitude and position. I will verify.

All right, you guys, back

inside! Break it up!
Get in there now! Now!

Stay put or I'll k*ll him! Come on!

Get in!

Hey! Hey! Wait! Wait! Stop!

I was supposed to go with you! Wait!

Wait!

It's crazy. I
was walkin' down the corridor.

Somethin' hit my head.
The next thing I knew, I was in that truck.

They were onto you. The escape

was a ruse to draw us
away from the prison.

You'd better blitz on
back. I'll take care of these dudes.

Let's go, jafo.

all
right.

- Who's he?
- Police spy.

They planted him
on me to see what my plans were.

now

they know. What'd you
bring him along for?

Insurance. Even the best

laid plans run into
unforeseen complications.

All units, there's been
a break from greenlake penitentiary.

Be on the lookout
for a huey chopper heading south.

I've got him on radar.

I'll activate the zoom.
We can pick him up sooner on the camera.

There he is now.

2:00 high, Frank.

That's it. They
took him on a police helicopter.

Nothing short of brilliant.

I blame myself. I took
him in in a chopper. I showed him how.

Here we go, jafo.

Federal officers. Acknowledge.

Answer on emergency channel nine.

I guess that's their answer.

I was hoping you'd do that.

Wait, wait, wait. Listen, Frank.

We have a hostage on board
and we will not hesitate to k*ll him...

Unless you discontinue your pursuit.

Do you read me?

Roger. We acknowledge.

Frank, what are we gonna do?

Clear away, blue thunder.
We won't hesitate to k*ll this hostage.

- Blue thunder from ski.
- Ski, where are you?

Look out your window.
I'm the hostage, Frank.

- Are you hurt?

- Just a bump, but
my hands are cuffed.

- Behind your back?
- No, in front.

- I'm lying on the deck. they

still think I'm out.
- We've gotta try something.

Otherwise, you don't
have a chance. You know that, don't you?

Yeah, well,
what have you got in mind, coach?

How close can
you come to the instrument panel?

How close do you need?

There's a switch with a red handle

in the middle of the panel,
the fuel shutoff valve.

Yeah, I see it.
What do you want me to do with it?

I want you to rip it
right out of the board. Can you do it?

Maybe. Then what?

The engine will
conk out. You'll have to go down.

If that's the best
you can come up with, forget it.

No, no, no. You'll
auto-rotate. It'll be like a dandelion.

The last time I stepped on a scale,

I weighed a lot
more than a dandelion, Frank.

Ski, listen to me.

If he gets away with
this, chances are he'll k*ll you.

I know. Well,

let's blitz 'em.

Stop him! Get him away from here!

He pulled the shutoff valve!

Get him! Take him out!

Hang on, ski. We're comin' for you.

- What's wrong?
- He cut the fuel! we're goin' down!

He's gonna sh**t ski.

Well, I'll
just hit him with a ram shot.

Go ahead. Make my day, Lassiter.

Had a rough ride, Mr. Lassiter?

Well, you're under arrest.

you
all right? Yeah. Thanks.

But if there's a
next time, and if you don't mind,

I wanna take an elevator down.

-
[

[ laughing ] All right?

A home-cooked meal.
After a week of that prison food,

this is sure going to be a treat.

Yeah, they
served us macaroni and cheese...

Twice a day for four straight days.

Gentlemen, a victory
dinner celebrating the fact...

That Lassiter is
now in a maximum-security prison...

For a long time to come.

To you guys. You did a great job.

right on. Hear, hear.

Let's eat. yeah,
what'd you make, frank?

Gentlemen, a homemade specialty...

Macaroni and cheese.

- Is this your idea of a joke, man?
- What do you mean, "joke"?

What joke? I
broke my back on this all day.

Jafo here said
this is exactly what you wanted.

I... well, I
guess i better be going now.

I gotta wash
my hair, water some plants,

and, uh, there's
a few other things that I...

we wouldn't want

you to miss a
home-cooked meal. Sure.

It was a joke.
I was kidding. You guys, come on.

Now sit down like a good

little boy. this
is not nice.

Oh, lookit. oh, here
she comes. ski.

Watch it. Watch it. Here it comes.

- You only have
about two more quarts to go. -