"Stop worrying, Jon." "Trust the old Poncherello almanac." "I just felt a raindrop." "It's a typical california morning." "Seen it a thousand times." "Yeah, but we can end up in a patrol car all day long." "If it rains." "It's not raining." "Then why is water dropping?" "Just a little sprinkle." "By the time we get to central, it'll stop." "I don't like it, Dawson." "They're hanging right on our tails." "Coincidence." "They don't know a thing." "Just think of all the money you're making." "Stop being so nervous." "I get nervous every time we work this town." "These freeways are lousy with cops." "Mr. Sanders is complaining again." "I'll be right back." "Are you taking care of everybody, dear?" "Good." "That's what I want, all winners here." " Call them out." " Everybody wins." "Everybody wins in this house." "Are you ready?" "Everybody wins." " What's the trouble?" " A bologna sandwich for breakfast?" "I'm accustomed to good hot food." "What'd you like?" "We'll have it at the next stop." "Bacon, eggs, hash browns and ketchup." "And hot." "You've got it." "Sweetheart, take care of Mr. Sanders." "Okay, deal them." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Down and dirty." "Hey, your wheel." "Hey, your wheel." "Pull over to the side." "There's something wrong with your wheel." "Wanna take a look at it?" "This is a new car." "Well, what is it?" "I mean, what's wrong?" "I don't know." "It was wobbling like it was gonna come off, you know." " It was shaking." " Oh, really?" " It was shaking." " This is a new car." "I don't understand." "Something wrong." "Smoking." "Things were happening." " I don't know what's wrong." " I don't know, it's a brand new car." "Hey." "Oh, he's a hitchhiker I just picked up." "Why don't you run back, get a cop on a phone..." " ... and I'll try to catch him, okay?" " Okay." "Wait a minute." "Do you know where a phone is?" "All right." "Just a little sprinkle, it'll stop." "Right, Ponch?" "Right." "It isn't sprinkling anymore." "Now it's raining." "L.A. 15, 7 Mary 3." "Roll a fire unit, 11-41 northbound Hollywood freeway south of Gower." "10-4." "Miss." "Miss." " Try to reverse the back." " Miss." "Miss." " What?" " Right here." "Miss." "Go to the rear." "Ponch, this car is gonna blow any minute." "Come on." "Go to the rear of the bus." "The window." "Smash the window." " What?" " Break it." "Get back." "Stand back over there." "This thing's gonna blow up." " Are you hurt?" " No, no." "Get me out of here." "Hey, Pon..." "Ponch, the fire's out." "I'm..." "I'm Juliet Smith." "Up until now, I've always been afraid of these." "Motorcycles or cops?" "Both, I guess." " Sure you're okay?" " I'm fine." "Really." "The steering wheel knocked the wind out of me, I couldn't catch my breath." "But I'm just thankful my kids weren't aboard." "I'm going to school, but later this afternoon I'm taking the class on a field trip if I can get another bus." "Would you like transportation?" "No." "It's okay." "I'll ride with the tow truck." "I think he has to go right past the school." "Okay, I think he's ready to leave." "Well, okay." "I don't know how to thank you, guys." "I love you both." "That won't do, ma'am." "It's either him or me." "Actually, it's against regulation for us to fall in love on duty." "He's right, you know." "But I think I'm about to break that rule." "How would you like to take the kids on a field trip to Central some time?" "I'd enjoy showing them how a Highway Patrol Station works." "I think that'd be great." "I think they'd love it." "I'll do it." "I promise." "Bye." "All right, Hunter." "I want you with Appleton today." "Now that's what I call a soggy-looking pair." "Don't you guys know, nobody loves a soggy chippy?" "Don't laugh, man." "It's raining cats and dogs out there." "Oh, I got it." "You bikers wear the boots so you can wade through the poodles." "Oh, funny." "Who writes your material?" "Getraer?" " Why aren't you wearing your slickers?" " Because we're soaked to the skin." "Should've put them on before." "Grossie, it wasn't raining before." "We didn't need them then." "It doesn't make sense, but it's true." "Grossman." "You're in car 26 today, all right?" "Okay." "But I won't feel any safer in a car than I would on my bike." "You two." "I hear you guys took a bath with your uniforms on?" "Oh, hilarious." "He ought to tour with Bob Hope." "The ski nose and the hard nose." "Poncherello, you can try your humor out in car 18 today." "That's your assignment." "Come on, sarge, you can't put us in a car." "Oh, yes I am." "I'm a hard nose, remember?" "Hey, that was a joke." "Can we make a deal?" "Sure we can make a deal." "Look..." "Go and change your uniforms then come to briefing and then go out in car 18." "You call that a deal?" "What do you call it, Frank?" "A deal." "That's thinking." "Now, we're getting a lot of pressure on this motorcycle car heist operation." "Unfortunately, we still don't have a good description of the thieves." "The victim never pays any attention to the passenger until it's too late." "And he thinks the driver is on his side, so he never gets the number of the bike." "Some place they have an accomplice who's either disguising the cars or sending them out of the state." "I want these guys." "I want their scalps." "The weather report is for heavy showers on and off throughout the basin all day." "I guess I don't have to warn you about high speed pursuits out there." "That's it for now." "Poncherello." "Baker." "Car 18 is brand new." "It was delivered last night." "There's not a blemish in it or on it." "Understood?" " Okay, understood." " All right." "Man, we put one scratch on this car and Getraer will suspend us for life." " We're lucky he gave us a new car." " Yeah." "Electronic spaghetti." " Nothing unusual." " Yeah, I know." "I read the manual." "Normal setup." "Blue emergency frequency." "Black is for us." "Outside speaker, and this is..." "You read the manual?" "Yeah." "That's the trunk button." "Does the manual say who gets out in the rain and shuts it?" "Trouble." "Mr. Sanders." "Okay." "Let's go." "The money I drop in this game." "He won't let me go light a pot or two?" "Hey, look." "I'm just as cold as you are." "What seems to be the trouble now?" "You're running a mitt joint." "How do you like that for trouble?" "Anybody else complaining?" "It's me he's dealing seconds to." "Me, me." "Hey, we don't want unhappy people here." "Yeah, well, I'm unhappy, buddy." "All right, sir, please come with me and I promise you, this will all be straightened out between us." "Everybody, have a good time." "Coswell, make a couple of winners there." "Mr. Sanders, if the percentages weren't with us, we'd go out of business." "I'm out, 100 percent, five grand." "And I'm not some cluck off a truck." "One way I could get stripped, a crooked game." "We work this town too often." "It's worth big money to us." "We couldn't keep coming back if the operation was gaffed." "Pull over." " Will you step outside." " Wait a minute." "Hey." "Mr. Dawson asked you to step outside." "I'm refunding the hundred you paid to come aboard." "You're gonna dump me out here?" "You can hitch a ride." "Hey, look." "Blue skies." "What do you say we go get the bikes and get out of this traveling booby trap?" "You heard the weather forecast, more showers." "Besides, Getraer's really hacked at you." "Yeah, that's right." "Well, what's wrong with two tons of Detroit iron, huh?" "At least if we damage it, I'm not driving." "Hey, take a look." "Hold it." "Hold it." "Hey, hey." "Hold it." "Don't fight, take it easy." "Come on." " I'll call an ambulance." "Get a blanket." " Sit down here." "Just take it easy." "Everything's going to be all right, okay?" "Room C?" "Hope you checked if I got pneumonia." " Any pain?" " No." "Just a king-size headache." "We're going to keep you overnight for observation, Mr. Sanders." "Stay here until we find you a room." "Mild concussion, abrasion on the left temple." "Lump on the back of his head the size of a pigeon's egg, but he'll do." "Well, I guess that's it, fellas." "Thanks again." "Before we go, Mr. Sanders, you want to tell us again what happened?" "I told you." "I was trying to hitch a ride, I slipped and I fell." "Next thing I remember, you guys were picking me up." "You a married man?" "Yes, why?" "You want us to give your wife a call?" "No." "I don't want to get her all upset." "Okay, Mr. Sanders." "I don't know." "Well-dressed middle-aged man with a hundred dollar bill hitchhiking on the freeway?" "I don't buy it." "Do you?" "I don't buy it." "I won't even take it as a gift." "Hello, Mrs. Sanders." "Officer Baker." "Officer Poncherello, ma'am." "Are you the wife of Samuel Sanders?" "Is he alive?" "He's alive, ma'am." "He's gonna be okay." "Come in." " Where is he?" " In the hospital, ma'am." "They're keeping him overnight, but it's nothing serious." "At first, we thought he had been mugged." "But they found his wallet on him and some money." "How much money?" "Oh, a hundred-dollar bill." "Here's the doctor and the hospital and the phone number." " We tried to get ahold of you, but..." " We have no phone." "Can't pay the bill." " Did he tell you what had happened?" " No, not really, ma'am." "He said he fell." "Well, he probably got beaten up by somebody he was gambling with." "That happens when he loses." "Sam loses." "When I think of how many years how many dreams and dollars and jobs and houses are just gone." "Well, they're just gone." "It's not new to you, isn't it?" "I guess you've seen it all." "No, Mrs. Sanders." "Those are human problems, you never see them all." "Has your husband tried to get some help?" "Help?" "Sam?" "He has no problem." "He doesn't need any help." "I mean, Gamblers Anonymous, that's for people who are sick." "And other people are sick, but Sam's not..." "I'm sorry." "I know this is uncomfortable for you." "But I'm okay." "I'm not gonna come unglued." "You know, I could write a book about compulsive gamblers but even if I made a fortune, he'd probably go out and blow it all." "If your husband was assaulted, something can be done about it." "Give us a call, okay?" "Poncherello and Officer Baker, Central Division." "Thank you." "That was very good of you to come here." "I know I'm not alone." "He is." "But I still love him and I can't stop it." "I can't reach him anymore." "You have a way to the hospital?" "Yeah, there's a bus stop just down the street." "I'm sorry." "I didn't even offer you anything in this lousy weather." "I can fix you a cup of tea." "Oh, no, that's okay." "Thank you anyway." "We'd better be on our way." "Car's getting kind of dirty." "Yeah, it's gonna get kind of wet again too." "Man, I wish it would stop." "I feel smothered in this thing." "Did I see that?" "Or dream it?" "Driver in the gray BMW, pull over and stop, please." "Tell him to pull up underneath the underpass." "Driver of the gray BMW, stop beneath the underpass, please." "Pull up a little more, sir." "I'm sorry, officer, my windshield wipers broke." "May I see your driver's license, registration?" "Oh, certainly." "Here we are." "Registration is in the car." " You want to get it please?" " Sure." " Here we are." " Step over here, sir." " Is that a gun underneath the seat?" " Yeah." "It's mine." "How about that?" "That a shotgun?" "No, it's a riot gun." " For what?" " For riots." "That's my son's." "He jammed the cylinder practicing his quick draw." "I was taking it to the gunsmith, you know, to have it fixed." "Officer, that has no business being here." "My wife carries it to her dinner parties." "I guess she forgot it." "She's always doing that." "That's your dinner party gun?" "No." "That's my wife's dinner party gun." "Got any others?" "Oh, sure, in the trunk." "Want to step back here, please?" "Hey, listen." "I'm a solid citizen." "I'm with you guys, I mean, officers." "Why do you need a gun in the trunk?" "Simple." "The day I come home late one night get mugged, beaten, thrown in the trunk?" "No, listen." "It happened to a friend of mine." "Now, me, I'm ready." "You've got permits for these?" "Well, I had them registered when I bought them." "Registration is a condition of purchase." "You need a permit to transport concealed weapons." "Hey, just hold it." "I'm entitled to protect myself." " With five loaded guns?" " Six." "Five handguns and a shotgun." " Where's the other gun?" " At home in the shower." " You have a shower gun?" " Yeah." " What could happen in the shower?" " What could...?" "Didn't you guys see the movie Psycho?" "I can't believe it." "Never saw a guy so mad in my life." "Figure it out." "We impounded a thousand dollars worth of his weapons." "Yeah, all his pretty toys." "Except the shower gun." " Are you hurt?" " No, my car." "Listen." "You stay here." "Another patrol car will be here in a hurry, okay?" "You stay right there." "L.A. 15, 7 Mary 3." "In pursuit of a motorcycle southbound Hollywood Freeway from four level." "Please." "Remember, this is a brand new car." "Oh, no." "The gate." " Did you hit it?" " I'll tell you later." "L.A. 15, 7 Mary 3 is eastbound in the L.A. River bed from the Berdu." "Requesting backup." "Watch out for the center." "Watch it." "We're in a car chasing him?" "I tell you what I'd give for my bike." "Baker, Poncherello." "Good work on that car thief." "He's rolling over on the whole operation." "All right, sarge." "You want scalps, we'll bring you scalps." "We also learned some things about the gambler you brought in this morning." "There'll be a special briefing on it in five minutes." "Poncherello." "Not so fast." "Any problem?" "Rainy days we always have problems around here." "In fact, what would you say are our busiest days around here?" "Oh, rainy days." "What kind of days would you say would be the worst days to invite visitors here visiting?" "Rainy days?" "Then why did you pick today of all days to invite the public schools through here on a tour?" "Boys..." "James, off the counter." "Off the counter." "Community relations?" "Do you know who's gonna answer all their questions?" "Show them through the whole station, every inch of it?" "You." " Then I won't have to go back out, right?" " No." "Then you will have to go back out." "Officer Poncherello." " This is Juliet Smith, their teacher." " I know." "The officer here will be your guide." "Have a nice tour." "Hi." "How are you feeling?" "Any bruises?" "Oh, nothing serious, really." "Our tour to the zoo was rained out and they were so disappointed." "I know this is kind of taking advantage, I mean, you didn't say come today." "Oh, hey." "That's okay." "You know I was hoping to see you again." "Children, say good afternoon to Officer Poncherello." " Hi." " Hi." " Hi." "How are you?" " Hi." "Okay, kids." "Listen up." "Everybody calls me Ponch." "You got that?" "Yeah." "So if you're going to say good afternoon say it like you mean it." "Now let's hear it all together." " Good afternoon, Ponch." " Louder." "Good afternoon, Ponch." "All right." "As I was saying, I have here a Sheriff's Department advisory." "An outfit called the "creeper Gang" may be back." "A man was found on the freeways this morning under circumstances that seem to confirm this, though he refuses to talk." "Otherwise, all the sheriff has now is street talk." "High rollers not showing up to the usual haunts, that sort of thing." "Maybe a floating game that meets at private homes or maybe at a club on one of the canyon roads." "Now, watch for any group of expensive vehicles in some unlikely spot." "Or a vehicle of that description that's parked too long in one spot." "If you see anything suspicious, notify the sheriff's department." "Now?" "All right." "All right, kids, come on." "Here we go." "This way." "Okay." "This is our Briefing Room." "And this here is our sergeant." "His name is Getraer." "Say hello to the sergeant." " Hello, sergeant." " Hello, children." "Hey, hey, hey." "Come on, get back here." "I told you guys to stay together now." "Come on, you stay with me." "Now, in the briefing room is where all the officers meet." "The sergeant tells us who the bad guys are." "And we write the bad guys' names down in our notebooks." "So, kids, listen up, don't get your names in the notebooks now." "When you grow up, drive carefully." "And you be good guys, okay?" " Okay." " Okay." "Now, all those who are gonna be good guys, say I promise." "I promise." "All right." "Great." "Now say goodbye to the officers and let's go." "Goodbye, officers." " Bye, sergeant." " Goodbye, kids." " Bye." " Goodbye." " See you later, partner." " Stay in a group." "Ethyl, I thought you'd be at work." "I was fired last night." "You're what?" "I asked for another advance to pay the rent." "It's just once too often." "Okay." "Look." "Listen." "Everything's gonna be all right." "What are you gonna do?" "Hock your shotgun?" "I'm gonna get my money back." " Where'd you get it this time?" " Honey, don't worry about it." "Sam, the only money we had was that annuity." "You've already forged my signature to cash that in." "I'll get it back." "Police were here." "The highway patrol." "I told them I didn't want them to bother you." "Oh, well, you just won't have to be so considerate of me from now on." "Okay." "Okay." "I got sucked in by a subway dealer, but I'm gonna get my money back." "And I promise you, babe, from now on, it's gonna be different." "Yeah, it's gonna be different." "Because this time when you come back..." "If you come back." " I'm not gonna be here." "Remember now, kids, if you're in trouble and you hear a siren, don't be scared." "Because sirens mean that help is on the way." "Friends are coming, okay?" " Okay." " Ponch." " Goodbye." " Bye." "Bye." "You would be a terrific teacher." "I don't know how much I could take." "But I can see you're a pretty busy lady." "Yeah, with first graders, I don't have homework to correct or anything, so my evenings are pretty free." "By free you mean to go out for pizza?" "Oh, yeah." "Thanks." "I'd love to." "Yes." "All right." "But if you'd..." "If you just hold on, all right?" "Jon, you have a call on line 2." "All right." "Hello?" "Can you give a description of the truck and the license number?" "He's driving the truck and I thought he was going to pawn the shotgun but he's got ammunition with him too." "You did the right thing, Mrs. Sanders." "Will you be at home?" "Oh, no, no, I'm..." "Yeah, I'll be at home." "Yes, ma'am." "Okay." "Bye-bye." "Loser's last resort." "I'll put out an APB." " Sanders!" " With a gun." "Go." "Go!" " Did he follow?" " I don't know." " He's right behind us." " Move it." "Hey, Ponch." "Isn't that Sanders' truck?" "L.A. 15, 7 Mary 3 in pursuit of motor home and pickup described in APB." "Northbound Glendale Freeway north of construction zone." " Ned, you gotta pull over." " Lf I pull over, that guy will kill us." "Motor home, pull over and stop." "If I pull over those cops will bust us too." "Try not to scratch anything, Jon." "Motor home, pull over and stop." "Pull over, Ned." "Pickup." "Pull over." "Everybody out." "Now." "Hands on top of your head." "Face the camper." "He doesn't always lose." "Put your hands on your head." "I'll call it in." "Anything you need?" "Yeah." "Bus." "Looks like it just came off the assembly line." "Yep." "All except one minor detail." " We're just gonna have to face it." " That's right, it couldn't be helped." "Hey, you want to flip and see who tells Getraer?" "Flip my foot, man." "I wasn't driving." "You said you'd face it." "Hey, I said we'll face it." "Okay, Jon." "You did it." "If you wanna flip to see who tells Getraer you did it, then flip."