The Rockford Files (1974) s01e13 Episode Script

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I want to file an assault
and battery complaint
and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
I was told that
you were very reliable.
Reliable, but chicken.
Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna break my fingers.
If our stock goes down
two or three points
it could cost the company in
the neighborhood of $10 million.
Did I catch over
my limit or what?
You're under arrest.
This is Jim Rockford,
At the tone, leave your name
and message.
I'll get back to you.
Hey, Jimmy.
This here is Dennis Garot. Remember me?
From the Army.
I'm stuck here in town,.
How about I come over
and bunk with you, buddy?
I don't care whether
that happens or not.
Listen, Morrie.
You're up to your sweet tail
in stock options and fringes
so don't give me a lot of bull about
what you can do or what you can't do.
You just get it done,
or I'm gonna cut off your water
and leave you swinging
in the breeze.
Okay, you do that,
then you get back to me.
You see the Center
City finance quotes?
Yeah. It's falling out of bed.
Down five-eighths.
We keep the pressure on
and the rumors flying
we'll be able to pick up
that thing for pocket change.
You seen Alec Morris around
last couple of days?
No. Why?
Morrie says he called in sick.
He's been acting funny.
Talking about resigning.
Maybe you better find him.
Why worry? He's fixed.
He's okay.
Look, Stan, when I want to
argue, I go home to Phyllis.
Find him.
I want to take
his blood pressure.
Okay, Leon. I'll have him here
tomorrow at 9:00 am.
Are you Jim Rockford?
Yes. Sorry, can't shake hands.
I've been fixing
my garbage disposal.
I've been pawing around
down in there.
May I come in?
It depends on what you want.
You buying, selling,
or collecting?
I'm hoping I might arrange
for your services.
Buying. Come on in.
I'm sorry, but I'm always
a little cautious about men
wearing pinstripe suits
with briefcases.
Yeah, I'm a sucker
for the Encyclopedia.
In my lifetime, I have bought
three complete sets.
You're joking, of course.
Yeah.
You said you were
interested in my service.
Well, I
Are we alone, Mr. Rockford?
You're looking at the whole spread.
If what I say sounds slightly
bizarre, I hope you'll
You any good at fixing
garbage disposals?
Have you tried the reset button?
Yeah. Nothing.
Come on over. You can kibitz
while I try to fix this thing.
Yeah, go ahead.
I'm involved in something very
dangerous, Mr. Rockford
and I'm involved very deeply.
What I need is somebody
to act as a go-between
a kind of liaison agent
between me and several
Federal agencies.
It'll depend on several
inquiries that I've made--
What? Don't do that.
Put your hand in there like
that when the switch is on.
Thanks.
What did you say
you're involved in, Mister
I'd rather not tell you my name just yet.
Would you mind if I didn't?
Look, it's your name.
You should be able to give it
out or keep it as you like.
Would you hand me
that broom, please?
Would you be willing to act
in such a capacity,
Mr. Rockford?
You said it was dangerous.
How dangerous?
I'm not certain.
Yeah, in all candor,
if it's really dangerous
I don't think I'd be
particularly interested.
I don't understand.
I was told that you were very reliable.
Reliable, but chicken.
Would you flip the switch
for me, please?
Look, I don't mean to be glib, but if
you don't tell me what the trouble is
I'm not gonna agree to help you.
It's as simple as that.
It's so bizarre,
I don't think anybody will believe me.
That's part of the problem,
you see.
That's my dad.
He said he'd come over
and help me fix this thing.
He's the one that
jammed it up.
Hey, pal, will you
give me a little help here?
Hey, Jimmy. You in there, Son?
Hey, sonny, you in there?
Here. You okay?
What happened?
I don't know. Wait a minute.
Yeah, I'm all right.
I told you to stay away from
that thing till I got here.
You're supposed to
turn the current off first.
Otherwise, you'd get burnt
good and brown.
Oh, no!
You didn't get hit?
It was the disposer, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was the disposer, Rocky.
Give me a hand, will you?
You ain't on a case, right?
Right. I'm not on a case.
What are you looking for?
A guy in a pinstripe suit,
carrying a briefcase.
Somebody hit you.
Rocky, don't come down on me now.
Jim, if you weren't such a
What are you doing?
I'm calling Doc Wheaten.
I don't want to see Doc Wheaten.
Well, that's tough.
Look, I'm your father.
I got an interest in whether or not
your head is leaking on the inside.
Now, you're getting so dumb I'm gonna
have to take you out for walks
and hold your hand
in the market.
You're funny, Rocky.
You're funny. Not really.
All right, you want to be
a dummy, go ahead.
But if I was you, I'd get myself
a helmet and I'd sleep in it
'cause them head smashers is
starting to line up for turns at you.
Rocky, I'm okay. Really, I am.
Did you try the reset button?
Yeah.
Did you try the broom handle?
Yeah.
Are you gonna call the cops?
I don't think they'd want to
fix it for me.
That ain't really very funny.
You get on that phone and call the cops.
Tell them what happened.
Okay, I'll call them.
Lt. Becker, please.
Becker.
Dennis, this is Jim.
You gonna be around
for about an hour or so?
Yeah. What's up?
I want to file an assault
and battery complaint
and I'll give you a tip
on a kidnapping.
Who got beat up?
Who else?
Are you Mr. Rockford,
the private detective?
Yes, ma'am.
Could I speak to you
for a moment?
Sure. Would you care
to sit down?
What is it?
Have you been working
for man named Alec Morris?
I don't think so.
He said if anything
happened to him,
I should get in touch
with Jim Rockford.
What does he look like?
He's 6 foot, he weighs 180 pounds
Is his hair gray?
Then you do know where he is?
He came to my place
last night.
He didn't tell me what his
name was or what he wanted.
He just told me that
he needed a go-between.
We never got too far into it 'cause
two men broke into my place
and they knocked me out,
grabbed him and left.
No.
Who is he?
My husband.
Alec is my husband.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Morris.
I didn't know.
He wouldn't talk about it,
but something in that company scared him.
Where does he work?
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
The conglomerate?
Alec is the head computer
programmer for the company.
Will you help me find him?
Well, Mrs. Morris,
it's an open police case
and I don't work
on open cases.
The police? How are they involved?
I didn't call them.
I did.
Alec told me not to call the police.
He was very firm about it.
He was kidnapped
and I was assaulted.
When things like that
happen
the usual procedure is to go
to the police and tell them.
But don't you see
if Alec was kidnapped
and the police are involved
that might jeopardize
his safety.
That's a myth.
Believe me, the police know how to handle
these things better than you and me.
What are you doing?
Last night, when I made the report,
I didn't have your husband's name.
Now I'm gonna have to give it to them.
No, please. Don't!
I don't have any choice,
Mrs. Morris.
If I know something
and I don't tell them
that's withholding evidence,
which is a felony.
Hi, fellows,
what's going on?
You James Rockford,
the P. I?
Yeah. I'm not a private investigator
today, I'm a fisherman.
It's pretty good fishing
today.
Too many for me, if you like
fish, I'd be glad to split them.
Just keep your hands
right there.
What's going on?
Did I catch over my limit or what?
You're under arrest.
Anything you say can be held against you.
You have a right to an attorney.
If you can't afford one,
one will be provided for you.
Damn!
What was that?
I'm just getting a little sick of this.
Works both ways.
Okay, you're waiving your right
to your attorney. Is that right?
I'm not waiving anything.
I just don't see any point
in running up
a lot of lawyers fees
till you know whether you're
really in the omelet, right?
I found out about you
from CICD.
You know, guys with records
should be careful
about playing games with the
police department, Jimmy.
Yeah, that makes sense.
What kind of game was I playing, Danny?
I got a call on you.
I got a tip you're a wise guy.
So I figured we wouldn't
waste time going through P.D.
Since you're cold on this
thing, we'll just have a chat
and turn you over
to the county.
You're beginning
to violate my rights.
I have a report here
signed by you
stating that a man named Alec Morris
was kidnapped while in your presence.
Do you acknowledge making this report?
Yeah, he was out at my place.
A couple of guys came in and knocked
me down and out and towed him away.
Later, his wife came to me
and said he'd been afraid
and it all had something to do
with Fiscal Dynamics.
That doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?
I mean, the part about FDI.
No, I got to admit that
that did bother me a little
but that's what she said.
The police talked to
Alec Morris.
He says that no such event
ever took place.
That makes you guilty of
making a false police report.
You think that's funny
or something?
You get your jollies wasting the
time of the police department?
I told you what happened.
You're in trouble, Rockford.
We don't think this is much of a joke.
As a matter of fact, just to show
you how unfunny we think it is
we're gonna drop you in the
county bucket for six months.
Where did you ever
learn to be such a jerk?
Getting worried?
Maybe the guy who was
taken out of my trailer
isn't the same guy you talked to.
Did you ever think of that?
Send in Mr. and Mrs. Morris.
Morning, Mr. Morris.
What's going on? What's happening?
You recognize them?
Yeah.
What are you trying to do, Mister
Rockford's the name.
He knows my name.
I've never seen you before.
For the life of me, I can't understand
why do you say that I have
or that I was kidnapped.
How about you?
I feel very sorry for you.
You must have
a deep emotional problem.
I'm beginning to get one.
Thanks for coming by,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris.
I'll have a car take you
back to your house.
I don't know about you,
Jimmy,
but I think
you're in the omelet.
I want to talk to my attorney.
You get those papers
over to me this afternoon.
Make sure your father co-signs that note.
Okay, Solly.
I better have the pink slip
to your car while I'm at it.
Will you cut it out?
It's not like we never met before.
How many times I ever
jumped one of your bonds?
You know the bail bond business, Jim.
It's cash and carry.
The only good risk is a
hooker with a big client list.
You skip out on this bond,
and I'm coming after you with a net.
When you come over,
bring the pink slip.
I never let my clients
use Solly. He's a bum.
I can't understand why you
keep going back to him.
Keep going back to him?
You make it sound like I never
get off the police blotter.
I don't keep going back to him. I used
him once or twice before, that's all.
Okay, Jim, we have a preliminary
hearing on the third. Wear a tie.
Who are you?
Is Alec around?
How did you get in here?
I took the elevator from the lobby,
I walked down the corridor
I opened the door,
and came in. Tricky, huh?
You better leave. They're pretty
careful about unauthorized people.
Well, you see, I'm Alec's sister's
cousin from Minneola, Washington.
Me, Harriet and the kids were
supposed to go to Disneyland
and Alec was supposed to pick up
the tickets. I guess he forgot.
I'm double-parked downstairs with
a station wagon full of kids
who'll feed me to the sharks if I
don't get back with six tickets.
If that qualifies me as a security
threat, you guys got a big problem.
Over there.
Thanks.
Hello, Alec.
How did you get in here?
I shot the doorman.
You got me into
a lot of trouble, Alec.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Okay. You want to start that
way, we'll start that way.
No, wait.
You don't understand.
Okay, we'll go
to the bathroom.
Little Jase can hardly wait
to climb the Matterhorn
and Julie, I swear I haven't
seen her this happy
since she got her
violin lessons last Christmas.
Men's room, 12th floor.
Come on.
All right, in here.
I thought you said we're going-- I lied.
Get in there.
All right, Alec,
start explaining.
And you better make
a lot of sense.
Do you know what it's like
to be terrified, Mr. Rockford?
No, I mean, really,
honestly terrified.
I don't sleep. When I eat,
I throw it all up 20 minutes later.
I'm so scared,
I don't know what I'm doing anymore.
If you think you can scare me,
you're plain out of luck.
You're just one man and I'm
not going to tell you anything.
What happened
when you came to my trailer
you said you wanted me
to act as a go-between.
Did I? I don't remember.
I suppose you know what you're
doing to me with the police, Alec.
I'm sorry about that.
Your last chance, Alec.
You shouldn't hate me, Mr. Rockford,
you should pity me.
And check the bathroom.
Excuse me, I was looking
for Miss Garrity in Steno.
You know where I
might find her?
No, who do you work for?
Esteen Brothers Stationery Supplies.
Why, is something wrong?
Stu, Fred. Around here!
Here, I'll show you my business card.
Could you hold this for just a minute?
He's on the seventh floor.
Head him off by the staircase.
Here, pal, come on.
Let me give you a little hand.
Don't tell me
you're down to that.
No, I'm not looking
for quarters.
I'm looking
for my railroad watch.
Is that the one you took off
Mr. Sherman at the poker game?
You ain't seen it,
have you, sonny?
You might check
the garbage disposal.
You don't think?
Hey, Rocky, anybody call?
Come to think of it, I had it right
on this counter a couple of days ago.
Did anybody call, Rocky?
No.
Yeah. It's on the pad.
Some lady named Mrs. Parker.
Mrs. Parker, please.
This is Jim Rockford.
Mrs. Parker is in the garage.
You want to follow me?
Who are you?
I'm the maid.
Uniforms all at the cleaners?
I'm also a good mechanic.
Carburetion mostly, but I'm great at
front-end alignment and fine-tuning.
Teresa,
hand me the inch spanner, will you?
Mr. Rockford is here.
Mr. Rockford, excuse the way I look.
I'm trying to get this fixed before 5:00.
What happens at 5:00.
Turn into a pumpkin?
It gets picked up
by my head mechanic
and trucked out to Riverside
for the weekend.
You finish cleaning
the carburetor jet?
No, it's still in the wash.
But I'll get to it after class.
By the way, I didn't
get to the dishes either
and the kitchen is beginning to look
like a Salvation Army Reclamation Center.
Let's not worry about it
till later.
Go on to class. I'll see you
when you get back.
She's really a maid?
She's a lot of things,
but mostly she's a college student
trying to get her degree
in Chemical Engineering.
You didn't say on the phone
why you wanted to talk to me.
I'd like you
to see something first.
Well, that explains the guy with
the camera. I wonder why he ran?
Is it true what you claim? That two men
took Alec Morris out of your trailer.
I hope you won't think I'm
getting too cagey, Mrs. Parker
but I'm not sure I want to
discuss it with you.
Have they threatened you or what?
Who?
The people from Fiscal Dynamics.
Why would they threaten me?
I'm just a cluck
who goes around
giving false information
to the police.
I believe everything
in that article
and I think Fiscal Dynamics
is behind the whole thing.
Why?
Are you working on this case?
What, do you mean do I have a client?
The answer is no.
I'm just trying to get out
from under this false charge.
I'd like to hire you to
investigate my husband's death.
Who was your husband?
My husband was Guy Parker.
Guy was killed
in an automobile accident
on Mulholland Road
about 18 months ago.
That used to be
Guy's race car.
We used to team race it
at the local tracks.
Guy was one of the best
drivers in his class.
I couldn't believe that he lost
control of his car on Mulholland.
He was just too good for that.
How does it all fit in
with FDI and Alec Morris?
My husband had the same job
with Financial Dynamics
that Alec Morris has now.
I was always suspicious
of that accident,
but I couldn't get anybody
to help me.
The cops had it down
as a traffic accident
and they weren't about to
call it murder.
I think he was murdered.
And I think it has something
to do with that company.
Will you work for me?
You seem to be the only one willing
to stand up against that bunch.
Are you kidding?
I'm looking for a hole to climb
in before they plow me under.
But you made the charge.
That was before I knew what was going on.
I didn't even know
about Fiscal Dynamics.
I'm afraid I don't understand.
I thought--
Look, I'm about to get dumped
into the county jail.
I'm not looking forward to
spending nine months of my life
in a 20 foot square room,
being served creamed chip beef on toast
because I was a good citizen and
reported what I thought was a crime.
So I'm working on my own case.
Maybe it involves your husband's death.
Maybe not.
How much do you charge?
$200 a day, plus expenses.
I'll pay it.
I guess you don't understand. I'm not
investigating your husband's death.
I'm trying to get loose
of this indictment.
I think it all comes down
to the same thing.
All I want for my money is for
you to report back to me
what you've learned.
How can that hurt?
You're working on it, anyway.
I'm offering to pay you.
You got a deal.
Mr. Rockford,
I'm sorry we have to meet
on my lunch break
but I'm in a final audit
with my clients.
You said you were interested
in hiring me. Yeah.
I need a good financial analyst.
How much do you charge?
It depends on the work.
I charge $70 an hour.
Or if you've got a good deal,
I might jump in for a percentage.
$70 an hour? Well, that's--
That's reasonable,
that's what it is.
I had a deal last week.
My client wanted to drop
$60,000 into Dynatron.
That's a little conglomerate
in Philadelphia.
I spent two hours,
found out the float in the stock was thin.
Recommended against it,
it dropped three points.
I've already saved my client
$150,000
and I charged him $150.
If I take my kids to Wonderland,
I can blow the same $150 in two hours.
I call that reasonable.
What do you call it?
All right, what do you
want me to do?
I want you to run a check
on Financial Dynamics Inc.
Jerry, give me one of those
chili things with onions.
You eating?
Two of those chili things.
Only hold the onions on mine.
So you want to drop
your little bundle in FDI?
That's a good choice.
No, Mr. Love.
I want to drop my little bundle on you.
I want you to tell me
all you can tell me on FDI.
You haven't been on the street
very much, have you?
Not a whole lot. No.
I don't want to seem offensive, Mr. Rockford,
I don't work for just anybody.
I'm a securities analyst.
I screen my clients very carefully.
Because good clients
are like good sailboats.
You invest your time in them and you
get to go for a nice little ride.
That's why I'm in the field.
You understand what I'm saying?
How many of your little sailboats
do you have floating around
in the Fiscal Dynamics puddle?
Hardly a puddle.
It's one of the largest
companies on the board.
Assets of over $2 billion.
You see, I think their
head computer programmer
is being forced to
do things against his will.
I think it's just possible that there's
a whole lot wrong with the company.
I'm willing to pay you
$70 an hour to
take a run through their financial
statement, just see what might be wrong.
You're the detective
in the paper, aren't you?
Yeah, my secretary clipped it
out and showed it to me. Funny.
You got yourself
hung out there, didn't you?
Look, Mr. Rockford.
There is absolutely nothing
wrong with Fiscal Dynamics.
I don't have to research them
for you
because I have personally been
through their financial statement
at least 10 times.
I've spoken to Mr. Fielder
a dozen times.
All of this before I let one of
my clients invest in the stock.
That company is so healthy
it's disgusting.
I'm giving you all this advice
for the price of a hotdog.
I got to get back to work.
$6.36?
I hope everything is finished.
Yeah,
I got it done last night.
After hours.
How come you guys
never look at the stuff?
We look at it, Mr. Bovino.
It's just we're in a hurry.
Mr. Gorrick, the money
you guys loaned me
for the new presses,
I really needed them.
But it seems like a lot of money
to pay back. You know what I mean?
What?
What is this?
I got to put so much of my profit
to you guys to cover the loan.
And I got to work overtime
for all that printing.
All I get is $700.
I think I should do better than
that, under the circumstances.
I don't understand you, Carl.
If you have a problem, speak up.
You got the problem,
Mr. Gorrick.
Carl, I don't like
what I'm hearing.
Now you know we have your note.
We can call it in anytime we want.
If you can't pay up within 10
days, I own this place.
I can make some phone calls,
you know.
I figured out what all this
printing is for.
Took me a while,
but I know what's going on.
Carl, you know why we have
these things printed up.
It's part of the insurance
brokers sales kit.
You go down to the street
and you'll find
that every broker
has this material.
You want to call the insurance
examiners or the SEC or the police
you go right ahead.
You want the telephone
numbers, call my secretary
she'll be happy to help you.
But I don't like being threatened and
I don't like being called a crook.
I guess I was wrong.
That's okay, Carl.
Anyone can make a mistake.
The only unforgivable sin is stupidity.
Mr. Rockford?
Yeah.
I'm Ted Beaton.
I wonder if I might speak
to you for just a moment.
Yeah, what is it?
Mr. Leon Fielder would like
to have a chat with you.
Leon Fielder? Fielder?
He's the President and
Chief Operating Officer of
Fiscal Dynamics Incorporated.
Never heard of him.
He said it was really
important that he see you.
He said he would make himself
available to meet wherever you want.
However, if you could
come down to FDI
it would be a bit more
convenient for Mr. Fielder.
What do you guys do?
John is a marketing analyst
and I'm in product research.
You can tell Mr. Fielder
I'll call about 3:30.
Could we convince you
to come now?
It depends on how you
want to go about it.
Please come now.
Sorry.
Okay, 3:30 then, Mr. Rockford. That
will be fine. Thank you very much, sir.
You know, I think you'll really
enjoy meeting Mr. Fielder.
He's quite an exceptional man.
Mr. Fielder
will see you in a moment.
Mr. Rockford,
I'm Stan Gorrick.
Hi, Stan. How's your head?
Mr. Fielder will see you now.
Sit down, Mr. Rockford.
If you're in the market and want a
tip, buy North Eastern Life.
It's going to climb the ladder.
The markets that I go to
sell things by the pound
and wrap them in brown paper.
What are you up to,
Mr. Rockford?
What's going on in your head?
Sir, it's Arnold Love.
What is it, Arnold?
Mr. Fielder,
I thought should let you know.
There's a guy saying some
disquieting things about FD,
What's that? He wanted me
to look into your company,.
He said there was
something crooked going on,.
It's absurd, of course
but this is really the wrong
time for rumors of any kind.
You got a point there. Who is he?
The guy's named Jim Rockford,
That's the strange part,
The same one who claimed Alec Morris
was kidnapped from his office,.
He seems very determined.
With the North Eastern merger
coming, we don't need any yahoos
kicking the slats
out of the stock,
I figured you'd want to
know about it.
Maybe you can
head this guy off.
Thanks, Arnold.
I'll look into it.
Would you care to comment?
Yeah.
Isn't it against the law to give
out inside information like that
to guys like Love?
Technically, I guess
you could say that,
but this sort of thing
happens all the time.
My associates tell me
that you've been here before.
That you tried to see
Mr. Morris
you hit Mr. Gorrick here
and then when some of our junior
executives tried to help you
find out what you wanted,
you ran away.
Mr. Rockford, now that
I've met you
I can't imagine you
doing any of those things.
You had to be there.
Mr. Gorrick wants to
notify the police.
It's a felony when you
go around hitting people.
I've convinced him
not to do that.
I personally would rather
hear from you
what you think is
going on here.
I think you're a company
full of sweethearts
and I wish you all the success
in the world.
You see, Stan, I told you.
This is our kind of guy.
That's all, Stan.
I like you, Rockford.
I just want to tell you one
other thing before you leave.
Would you let go of my hand?
I think you're gonna break my fingers.
You see, you got to quit messing
around with Fiscal Dynamics.
And the reason you have to
do that is very simple.
Will you let go, please?
This company uses its stock
to acquire other companies.
We trade stock. If you
spread rumors about FDI
and that causes our stock
to go down
take this North Eastern
acquisition for instance.
If our stock goes down
two or three points
it could cost the company in
the neighborhood of $10 million.
Mr. Fielder, if you don't
let go of my hand
I'm gonna have to
take a shot at you.
I'm sorry.
You see, sometimes I forget
how powerful I am.
Mr. Rockford, you're gonna have to quit
running around and causing trouble.
Because if you don't quit
spreading rumors about us
I will have to get
a hold of our lawyers.
And we're gonna have to institute
a stock holder suit against you.
You could be sued for the entire
amount that your rumors cost us.
That could be millions.
That sounds very dangerous.
You know, our stockholders
are just people like you.
All kinds of people. They are widows,
they are plumbers, school teachers.
Now, when you hurt us,
you hurt them.
And what I am interested
in doing, Mr. Rockford
is protecting their interest.
Do you understand that?
I really had no idea it was that sensitive.
I really didn't.
You mean to tell me that I can
ask a few silly questions
and this great big company
could lose $10 million?
Investors are very cautious.
It doesn't take much.
Right now we're in the middle
of a big acquisition.
Don't mess with us, Mr. Rockford,
unless you want a pile of trouble.
You really made your point,
Mr. Fielder.
You can bet from here on
I'll stay out of your way.
Say, would you apologize
to Mr. Gorrick for me?
Now that I've met him,
he seems like a very nice man.
Would you let go of my hand?
This is very childish.
What?
It is, isn't it?
Can I expect no further trouble from
you, Mr. Rockford?
No further trouble.
That's good, because
if there is
I'm simply going to start
legal proceedings against you.
What is it? What do you want?
We got to talk to you, Mr. Bovino.
About what?
Some printing. We need
some printing done.
Come back in the morning.
I'm closed. I got to go home.
We got to talk now.
Right now?
That's right, Mr. Bovino,
right now.
You can't quit.
They didn't threaten
to sue you for $10 million.
Let me tell you something.
If I'm your agent in this investigation
they're gonna find out
about it, they're bound to.
And then they're gonna
name you in the law suit
and they're gonna take your red racer down
the drain along with my father's truck.
Not to mention everything else
we own.
I don't care.
They killed my husband.
I wouldn't doubt it for a minute,
but what am I supposed to do?
I don't have anymore leads to follow.
Yes, you do.
That's why I asked you
to come over.
His name is Carl Bovino.
So?
When I first
read that article
the name rang a bell,
but I couldn't quite place it.
My husband told me that
Mr. Bovino was a printer
who had been contracted out by
FDI to do the annual report.
Guy thought it was strange they
use a little printer like Bovino
instead of one of the big companies
that usually do annual reports.
It says here his shop
was burglarized.
He was working late,
surprised the thieves and was shot.
It just could have
happened that way.
What is it with you?
Do you want to go to jail for
false reporting of a crime?
I don't understand.
This may be a big break.
I had a talk with my lawyer.
She says if I'm a good boy
I don't write on the walls I might
get out of this in about four months.
And I figured that's
four months well spent
if it keeps me from being
sued for $10 million.
You're turning into
a big disappointment for me.
Don't you ever think
about anybody but yourself?
No. Well, yeah,
sometimes at Christmas.
All right, I do know a guy
down at the police department.
I'll talk to him
about this printer.
I'll find out
what the cops know.
They're just gonna tell you
it was a robbery.
You've got to get in
to take a look at his files.
Absolutely
out of the question.
But don't you see? He must have
kept records of his work for FDI.
You've got to see what kind of
printing he was doing for them.
Tell you what. Why don't you break
into Bovino's shop and look around?
I'll go out to Riverside this weekend
and drive your little red racer.
But I'll compromise.
I'll go with you if you want.
I'm not afraid
to break in there.
What I meant was--
Chicken?
Yeah, kind of.
It's sort of scary, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Look, maybe you should talk to
your friend on the police force.
You were right about that.
We should talk to him first, and then maybe
we wouldn't have to break in here at all.
You're really turning into a big
disappointment for me, Doris.
In your living room
you sounded so confident.
Okay.
You're gonna be the wheel man
on this caper.
So get out
and get behind the wheel.
Get out.
Now if the police arrive
and you take off without me
I'll come after you
and strangle you.
I won't leave you.
Besides, why would
the cops come?
The burglar alarm,
I'm gonna have to dismantle it.
You're pretty good at that?
I don't know. I've never
done it before.
Please be with us next week
for the conclusion
of Profit And Loss.