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00:00Once upon a time, there were three beautiful girls.
00:07Two of them graduated from the police academy.
00:11The other graduated from a top school for models.
00:16And they each reaped the rewards of their exciting careers.
00:22But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me.
00:26My name is Charlie.
01:26L70. Fair at 3rd and Main. Couple going to airport.
01:55T36. Go to Crest Hotel. Pick up Fair and Lobby.
02:02F24. Pick up at 213 Elm Street. Man with a dog.
02:15If you ask me, the train is still the best way to travel.
02:30Unless, of course, you just don't have the time. Then you have to fly.
02:35Frankly, I prefer to fly even when I have the time, which I don't have very much of right now.
02:40When we get to the hotel, wait for me. She'll be waiting in the lobby, and it'll only be a minute.
02:45Relax, buddy. We'll get you there with plenty of time to spare.
02:49At least 30 seconds.
02:51All right, wait for me. I'll be right out.
03:15I'll be right over there, on that corner where that kid's selling flowers.
03:18Okay, I'll be right back.
03:49Hey, Tom, move it there. Move it. Now, come on. You know you're not supposed to park there.
03:53Sergeant, I'm just going to get some flowers for Lori. I want to be a couple seconds.
03:57Seconds or hours or minutes don't matter. You know better than that.
04:00Now, you're not supposed to park there. The law's the law.
04:02I'll take my chances.
04:05All right, Tom. You break the law, you'll pay. They're going to tell you.
04:36Hey. One of these days, you're going to cut one too close.
04:48No way, man, because I'm the jammer, D, and the jammer always scores big.
04:54How about helping me score big with a dozen of your best carnations?
04:57Gotcha. From my private stock.
05:04Oh, beautiful.
05:06Later.
05:27Tom!
05:33Tom!
05:37Tom!
05:51But Tom will be all right?
05:54He says that if Tom continues to improve, he'll be out of intensive care in a week.
06:00It's a lucky thing he bought you those flowers.
06:03Yeah. He was very lucky. Again.
06:07Again? There were other incidents like this?
06:10Yes, there have been other incidents, as the police call them, but nothing like this.
06:15Somebody's trying to drive us out of the business.
06:19Any idea who?
06:21Tom and I have been over the possibilities a million times. We keep coming up with the same thing.
06:26Nothing. Please, will you help us?
06:29Of course we'll help you.
06:31Laurie, why don't you start at the beginning?
06:35About a month ago, we received a threatening phone call.
06:39He said he was going to ruin us just like he'd been ruined.
06:42And then about a week later, things started happening to the cabs.
06:45Tires blew. Brakes failed.
06:48And in one cab, there was this electrical fire.
06:51And now this explosion that's almost killed Tom.
06:55Did the bomb squad find any clues in the wreckage?
06:59That's what I want you to find out.
07:02Captain Brewster is willing to share everything he has with us.
07:05Okay, I'll call him right now. Set up an appointment.
07:08You know, whoever arranged all those incidents must be very mechanically inclined.
07:12Sounds like we should get close to some of the mechanics and the drivers.
07:15Captain Brewster, please. Bomb squad.
07:18Exactly. Now, Chris, there's a restaurant near the cab company garage.
07:22A lot of the drivers hang out there.
07:25Everybody knows cab drivers like to talk.
07:27Especially to attractive waitresses.
07:30I get the idea, Charlie.
07:32Charlie, shouldn't we check out everybody who had access to Laurie and Tom's garage?
07:36That's Julie's assignment.
07:39You'll see her there, Kelly, when you start your new job.
07:42What new job?
07:45Charlie.
07:47No.
07:51Thanks.
08:00That'll be $6.50.
08:04Keep the change, mate.
08:13You think we should have this cleaned or something?
08:15Don't worry. It'll spin just fine.
08:18What a way to start out.
08:20Yeah, well, working downtown is never dull.
08:23I believe you.
08:25Wait a minute. Maybe we'd better call first. They might have a fare for you.
08:29All right.
08:31This is 7310. I'm empty at Meadowood Studios. Come in.
08:36Dispatch, come in.
08:38Dispatch, come in.
08:40Julie, it's Kelly.
08:42Hi, Kelly. How are you doing?
08:44Well, I just dropped off my first fare. You could definitely say it was interesting.
08:48Well, I got another one for you.
08:50Mayfair Towers, 268 South 3rd.
08:53The man will be waiting in the lobby.
08:56I'm on my way.
09:08All right.
09:30All right. That's a double cheeseburger, no fries and a coffee.
09:35Yeah, Marion's got us on another diet.
09:38I guess in the past 20 years, we must have lost 500 pounds between us.
09:43It must be hard.
09:45No. I mean, I really enjoy gaining it back, you know what I mean?
09:50Hey, I hear I missed all the excitement.
09:54What excitement?
09:56Wasn't one of your company cabs blown up?
09:59What about it?
10:00Well, according to the newspapers, it's a real mystery.
10:03And the police can't figure out why anybody would want to hurt the archers.
10:07Cops don't know nothing about cops.
10:10Bet you know a lot about a lot.
10:14I know some things.
10:16For instance, I know better than to ask too many questions.
10:21Well, when does a person know when they get to that one question too many?
10:26I think you're just about there.
10:29Apple pie?
10:31All right.
10:50Hey, what are you doing, lady?
10:52What are you doing?
10:54What does this look like I'm doing?
10:56I'm working on a cab. Why?
10:58What's it to you?
11:00I'm the new dispatcher.
11:01And if you're a mechanic, why didn't you check in with me?
11:03I didn't know there was a new dispatcher.
11:06Wait a minute. I don't answer to no dispatcher anyway.
11:09You answer to this dispatcher about anything that has to do with those cabs.
11:13All right, lady.
11:15I was working on the transmission because it wasn't shifting right, okay?
11:19Oh, yeah?
11:21Well, I don't sure work hard around the cab.
11:24That's because I was just test driving the cab and found out about it just now, you know?
11:29What's your name?
11:30My name?
11:32My name is Jake. Jake. Jake Barnett.
11:38Oh. Oh, yeah. There you are.
11:42Julie Rogers.
11:44Yeah. How do you do?
11:47Hey, I'm sorry about screaming at you, but I'm new here, and with all that's been going on...
11:50It's all right. I understand.
11:52How about I buy you a cup of coffee in the office?
11:55No, I think maybe I better get back to the cab.
11:58Come on. I want to know how this company works,
12:01and I got a feeling you're just the guy who can help me.
12:04Come on.
12:07I'll tell you what I can.
12:09Okay.
12:29Honk.
12:36Honk, honk.
12:59Hi.
13:01Hi.
13:03Kelly, this is Julie Rogers.
13:05Nice to meet you, Kelly.
13:06Hi. You must be the dispatcher. I have a thing about voices.
13:09This is our mechanic, Jake.
13:11How are you? Nice to see you.
13:13You must be the man who's going to take real good care of my cab.
13:16Yes, ma'am. You bet.
13:17Needs a good wash, Jake.
13:19I'll take care of it right away.
13:22What do you know about him?
13:24He's a good mechanic. Anything else I should know?
13:27Laurie, this isn't the time to be so trusting.
13:30I guess you're right.
13:32Julie, have you heard from Chris and Bosley?
13:35Yeah, they're going to meet us at the office.
13:37In fact, we should get started.
13:39I'd better go to the hospital.
13:41I've got to go to the hospital.
13:43I've got to go to the hospital.
13:45I've got to go to the hospital.
13:47I've got to go to the hospital.
13:49Yeah, we should get started.
13:51I'd better go to the hospital and see Tom.
13:53Laurie, everything's going to be all right.
13:56I know, Kelly. I really do.
13:58Okay, see you later.
14:20I must say, you meet some interesting people driving a cab.
14:24For instance, I picked up a five-foot-four ventriloquist
14:27with a six-foot-four dummy.
14:29I hope you charged them two fares.
14:31Well, I couldn't.
14:33The ventriloquist was sitting in the dummy's lap.
14:36Then there was this psychiatrist
14:38who insisted on laying down in the back seat
14:41until I told him to get out of the car.
14:43I don't know why I did that.
14:45I don't know why I did that.
14:47He insisted on laying down in the back seat
14:50and telling me all of his problems.
14:52Oh, no.
14:53With all this, I didn't turn up a single late.
14:56The police weren't much help either.
14:58The bomb squad thinks the device
15:00was either in the back seat or under it.
15:02Anything on Tom's last fare?
15:04Yeah, he checks out a local businessman
15:06meeting his girlfriend.
15:08He just didn't want to get involved.
15:10Hm. Are you trying to say
15:12that he didn't want to get his wife involved?
15:14Probably.
15:15But I want to talk to him anyway.
15:17What about witnesses?
15:19Oh, there were plenty of them, but no one saw anything.
15:22PHONE RINGS
15:30Townsend Agency.
15:32Oh, hi, Charlie.
15:35Angels, are you all there?
15:37We're here, Charlie.
15:39Listen, did you come up with anything on Jake Barnett?
15:41Well, your mechanic is an ex-boxer and an ex-marine.
15:44His reputation is a tough guy.
15:46No record.
15:47Apparently not.
15:48Bosley, I want you to go over his military record,
15:51especially the circumstances of his discharge.
15:54Right, and Charlie, if he is a boxer, he's got to be licensed.
15:57I'll take a look through the Boxing Commission's file.
16:00You know, he mentioned someone named Marion.
16:02Could be an ex-wife or a girlfriend.
16:05I'll look for a marriage license.
16:07What about rival cab companies?
16:09There's plenty of competition for the downtown trade,
16:11but so far I can't turn up anyone hurting bad enough to resort to violence.
16:15Charlie, did you find anything on that list of Archer's former employees?
16:20Not so far.
16:22You know, this might be the work of a crazy who just doesn't like taxi cabs.
16:26That's true, Kelly, but even the most unbalanced mind has a logic all its own.
16:30I know you're right.
16:32It's just something about this case.
16:34You know, I've got a hunch that we're overlooking something
16:37that's going to seem quite obvious when it's all over.
16:41♪
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17:01♪
17:08Hello? Is someone there?
17:11♪
17:27I said, is someone there?
17:29♪
17:36Meow!
17:37♪
17:47♪
17:57♪
18:07♪
18:17♪
18:27♪
18:37♪
18:47♪
18:53Flowers, lady?
18:54Oh, no, thank you. What's your name?
18:56Jammer.
18:57Why they call you Jammer?
18:58Because that's what I'm training to be.
19:00You are looking at the next superstar for the L.A.T. Byrds.
19:04Wow, the roller games. You must be a great skater.
19:07Only the greatest.
19:09Terrific. Hey, were you around when Tom Archer got hurt?
19:13Was I around? I was the first one to him after the explosion.
19:17Oh, you saw him?
19:18Yeah, he had just bought some flowers from me.
19:21You didn't see anybody messing around with his cab, did you?
19:24Why do you want to know?
19:26Well, if anybody's messing around with these cabs I drive, I want to know who it is.
19:30I don't blame you.
19:32Well, how about it? Did you see anybody do anything to Tom's cab?
19:35Well, his ferret got out. Tom came over to my stand.
19:40No, wait. The old soldier Sarge.
19:43I saw him leaning into the cab while Tom was coming toward me.
19:47Now, you don't think that old man put a bomb in the cab.
19:50What do you think?
19:52Well, everybody knows he's a crazy old fool.
19:55And he was the only one?
19:57Yeah, I'm sure of it.
19:59If you think of anything and you can't find me, one of the waitresses at the drive-in is a friend of mine.
20:04Her name's Chris.
20:05Okay.
20:09Looks like I have to go.
20:22What a town. Don't none of you L.A. cabbies ever cruise?
20:26You have any idea the price of gas?
20:28Better than you do, lady.
20:30Look, I'm turning on the meter. You want to pay for talking or riding?
20:33Where to?
20:34Wherever. I want to see this town.
20:36Just follow the front of the cab. I'll tell you where to turn.
20:39Do it yourself, Mac.
20:41Hey, that's my name.
20:42Mac?
20:43Yeah, Mac Gossett from the Bronx.
20:45You're a long way from home, aren't you?
20:46Yeah, I'm out here on my vacation.
20:48I've just been seeing that Olvero street.
20:51You mean Olvera street?
20:53Olvera, Olvero, I don't know. Why don't they use numbers out here?
20:56Kind of cute, isn't it?
20:58Cute? How come everybody out here talks like...
21:00Hey, buddy, would you get that light out, huh? You drive like my mother.
21:08What was I talking about?
21:10I think you were just about to tell me how you were enjoying your vacation in L.A.
21:13Oh, no, I wasn't, because I ain't.
21:15How can anybody live in this dump?
21:17Manhattan, now there's a place to live.
21:20Did I tell you what I do for a living?
21:22I think you were just about to.
21:24Yeah, I got my own cab, a lot like this one.
21:27I could tell you stories about pushing a hack to make your hair stand on end.
21:30Say, you got a minute?
22:21Hey.
22:33Hey.
22:35You speak English?
22:37Yeah, I speak English.
22:39Thank God. Listen, I got separated from my outfit when we came over that bridge.
22:43It was awful. A lot of guys didn't make it.
22:46I lost my rifle.
22:48Wait! No, it's okay.
22:51Oh, he thinks he's in France in the war.
22:54Get down!
22:56It's okay, Sarge, please.
22:58It's not okay. They got flamethrowers. Can't you see them?
23:01But there are tanks.
23:03There are tanks? Are you sure?
23:05Yeah, I'm sure.
23:09You all right? He didn't hurt you, did he?
23:11No, no, thanks to Julie, he didn't even hurt himself.
23:14Does this happen often?
23:17It's not true. He just loses touch every now and then.
23:21Happens so often that Tom fired him.
23:24He ought to be back in the veterans' hospital.
23:26Jake, that's enough. Why don't you go get him something to eat?
23:29Take him over to the diner, please, Jake.
23:31Come on, Sarge. Come on. We're going out on patrol.
23:36Jake, I don't have my rifle.
23:38You just take the point. No worry about that.
23:40Poor man.
23:42What did Jake mean about Tom firing him?
23:45We used to let Sarge sweep up in the garage,
23:48and he started having these flashbacks, I guess you'd call them.
23:52Evidently, he carries a lot of guilt around
23:55because he lost his weapon in the battle,
23:57and somebody must have died because of him.
24:00Anyway, the flashbacks started happening too often,
24:03and it disrupted the business.
24:06Do you know his real name?
24:08Master Sergeant William Baker, U.S. Army, retired.
24:12You don't think old Sarge...
24:15When did Tom fire him?
24:17It was two weeks before the thing started.
24:21Yeah, it's a real odd getting out to Kennedy in less than an hour.
24:24You know, most people take the Vanwyck Expressway.
24:27That's where there's a lot of traffic.
24:29But I know this terrific shortcut.
24:31I'd better go.
24:33I'm gonna be late.
24:35We're gonna have to run out of gas.
24:37What about a drink?
24:38A drink?
24:40It's not a drink.
24:42A drink?
24:44I don't know what you're talking about.
24:46at the Van Wyck Expressway,
24:47that's where there's a lot of traffic.
24:48But I know this terrific shortcut.
24:50You know, you may wanna remember it
24:51in case you're ever there.
24:52Let's say you're in Midtown,
24:53you know, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street.
24:56You go crosstown to 3rd, then you go uptown,
24:58you take the 59th Street Bridge over to Queens.
25:00You get off the bridge, you're at 22nd Street, right?
25:03You take that, you follow that out to Northern Boulevard,
25:06and you go toward Flushing Meadow,
25:07and you follow all signs to the airport.
25:10You got that one?
25:11All right, now I'm gonna give you LaGuardia
25:12because that's the really tough one.
25:13Oh, no, no, that's all right, that's all right.
25:16Hey, it's just myself.
25:17Just trying to help.
25:22♪♪♪
25:43♪♪♪
25:48♪♪♪
25:53♪♪♪
25:58Why can't I sweep up anymore?
26:01Because you flip out like you did today.
26:03Nobody can trust you anymore.
26:04But why, why?
26:06I didn't do anything bad.
26:09You didn't see how scared that new dispatcher was, did you?
26:12You scared her.
26:13I don't want to hurt nobody.
26:15I just want my job back.
26:16You can't have it back.
26:17You're fired.
26:22Listen, you just wait until Tom gets out of that hospital.
26:24You just wait.
26:25I'll talk to him.
26:26Sarge, Tom is the one who fired you.
26:28He's not gonna change his mind.
26:29Yes, he will.
26:30Yes, he will.
26:31♪♪♪♪
26:36I want my job!
26:38I need my job!
26:39I want my job!
26:40I need my job!
26:41You can't have it, Sarge.
26:43They don't trust you.
26:45Yeah?
26:46They don't trust you either.
26:52Sarge, what are you talking about?
26:55They don't trust you anymore than they trust me.
26:59How do you know that?
27:00The other night, I went over to the garage to see Laurie.
27:03She was too busy.
27:04I hid behind the cabs.
27:05I heard them talking.
27:08Who?
27:09Laurie and the dispatcher and one of the new drivers.
27:12A girl?
27:14Kelly Garrett?
27:15What'd they say about me?
27:17Oh, nothing.
27:18They said you was a good mechanic.
27:20But they said that Laurie was maybe she was too trusting.
27:23Did Laurie say she thinks I want to hurt her?
27:26Oh, no, nothing like that.
27:27They didn't just...
27:28Well, she just seemed kind of upset, though.
27:32You know what I think, Sarge?
27:33I think that that new dispatcher and that new driver could be cops.
27:36Cops?
27:38Yeah.
27:39Why? Because of what happened to Tom?
27:42Maybe they're trying to put you back in the VA hospital.
27:45No, Jake.
27:46No, I ain't going back there.
27:47I ain't going back there, Jake!
27:48I ain't going back!
27:49Don't worry about it, Sarge.
27:50Don't worry about it.
27:51I'm not going to let you go back.
27:52I promise.
28:06Well, you'll have to admit the weather's beautiful here.
28:25You actually like the weather in L.A.?
28:27Sure. What's wrong with it?
28:29What's wrong with it?
28:30What's wrong with it?
28:31It never changes.
28:32The palm trees always look the same.
28:35In New York, the seasons always change.
28:37You can always tell what time of year it is.
28:40I could drive by in my cab and watch the trees change color.
28:44Look, L.A.'s not all palm trees.
28:47This is a sightseeing trip, right?
28:49Yeah, right.
28:50Why don't you let me show you around?
28:51There's some old parts of town up in the hills where the trees change colors.
28:55You're going to love it.
28:56I doubt it.
28:58Would you at least try to have an open mind?
29:00Yeah, right. Lead on, Don Quixote.
29:05Isn't it beautiful around here?
29:07It's okay, but it never rains around here.
29:10It does, too.
29:12Take it from me.
29:13There is no place in this world more beautiful than New York City after a rainstorm.
29:18Listen, Mac, if New York City is so great, what are you doing out here?
29:22Why don't you just go home, take two weeks, drive around in your own cab,
29:26and watch the trees change colors?
29:29What is it out here?
29:30Ain't nobody out here friendly in this town?
29:34Gee, Liz, they talk about New Yorkers. I can't believe you people.
30:00Hey, why don't you learn how to drive?
30:02Hold on, Mac. We don't have any brakes.
30:04You're kidding.
30:05No, I'm not kidding.
30:09You're not kidding.
30:14Look, you can let me off anywhere along here.
30:21Hey, are we in a movie or something?
30:32Whoa!
30:38All right.
30:45Are you okay?
30:46Yeah.
30:48What, no guacamole dip?
31:03Are you sure you're okay?
31:05Oh, I'm fine, really.
31:06I did learn one thing.
31:08That kid that sells flowers down by Union Station saw the old man Sarge
31:12doing something to Tom's cab right before it exploded.
31:15Laurie told me that Tom fired him about two weeks before the trouble started.
31:19Is that true?
31:20Yeah.
31:21Well, I'm going to go check on him.
31:22Okay.
31:23Bye.
31:24Bye.
31:25Bye.
31:26Bye.
31:27Bye.
31:28Bye.
31:29Bye.
31:30I'm glad he's okay before the trouble started.
31:32Is being fired really enough reason to almost kill someone?
31:35Kelly, he's a shellshop case.
31:37This morning, I saw him completely flip out.
31:39He thought he was back in France during the Second World War.
31:43Then an hour ago, Chris called me and told me that Sarge and Jake were having coffee.
31:46She couldn't hear what they were saying, but they seemed pretty upset.
31:49Right, Jake?
31:50That's right.
31:52I think we have a number one suspect.
31:55Laurie.
31:56What's wrong?
31:57Oh, nothing's wrong.
32:01It's just that my husband's in the hospital.
32:02You and your fare are almost killed.
32:04And I'm scared to get in my cab.
32:07And I wouldn't blame the drivers if they
32:08never came back to work again.
32:10Oh, Lori, don't cry.
32:12We're making progress.
32:13We really are.
32:15You can't let him win just because you quit.
32:19It just feels like I don't have much left.
32:23If we're right, you won't need much more.
32:26Come on, let me take you home.
32:27OK.
32:30As soon as I fill out the police report,
32:32I'll meet you at the office.
32:33OK.
32:49Lori, wait a minute.
32:54I know who cut your brake line.
32:55Meet me at the drive-in in an hour.
32:57Maybe the police can lift some prints from the paper
33:00or identify the handwriting.
33:02In less than an hour?
33:04You're right.
33:05I'll tell Chris you're coming.
33:25OK.
33:40Jake.
33:41You've got to promise me that I won't
33:42have to testify in court.
33:44Testify? What are you talking about?
33:45Never mind that.
33:46I know you and that Julie are cops.
33:48Look, we're not cops.
33:49We're private detectives.
33:51Your note said you had some information.
33:53All right, just promise me that you will
33:54keep my name out of it, OK?
33:56I can't promise you anything, but I'll try.
34:00All right, last night I went back to the garage.
34:03I forgot my time card, and today is payday.
34:06I heard a noise by the cab, so I decided to look around,
34:10considering what's been going on.
34:12I heard a hood slam, and Sarge came out between the cabs.
34:15I didn't think anything of it until what happened today.
34:19You didn't actually see him tamper with the car?
34:22No, I didn't actually see him.
34:24But I'll tell you something else.
34:26Sarge was married.
34:27His wife used to take care of him when he
34:28came home from the VA hospital.
34:30He was married?
34:31He was married, but about two years ago,
34:34his wife was killed in a traffic accident.
34:37She got hit by a cab.
34:40I knew he'd been acting crazy.
34:41I knew something was going to happen to him.
34:44Do you have any idea where he lives?
34:45Yeah.
34:46The last I knew, he lived in a room in a hotel
34:49over on Fifth Street.
34:50Oh, God, he's a good guy.
34:51It's just that.
34:52Yeah, that he's sick and he needs help.
34:54Thanks to you, he's going to get it before it's too late.
34:56Yeah.
34:57Remember, keep my name out of it.
35:02What's up?
35:03Oh, Sarge's wife was killed by a cab.
35:07I think I know where to find him.
35:08Julie and Boz can meet us there.
35:10Where's the phone?
35:11Come on.
35:22Sixth floor, room 627.
35:36You sure he's up there?
35:39The desk clerk said he hadn't been out all day.
35:41OK, where's Bozlee?
35:42He's checking the accident report on Sarge's wife.
35:45I don't think we ought to wait.
35:46Julie and I'll go up.
35:47Maybe he'll talk to us.
35:48All right, I'll tell you what.
35:49I'll go around back and cover the fire escapes just in case.
35:51Good idea.
35:52OK.
36:00Who is it?
36:01It's Kelly and Julie from the garage.
36:03Let us in.
36:05Sarge, wait!
36:09Can you pick it?
36:10Not fast enough.
36:12Look out.
36:19Kelly, above you!
36:20He's heading for the roof!
36:22Kelly!
36:50Sarge, wait!
36:51I only want to talk to you!
36:53No!
36:54No, I'm not going back to that place!
37:22Buzz?
37:22Pierce, what happened?
37:24It's Sarge.
37:25He tried to jump, but he didn't make it.
37:27Oh, no.
37:28It wasn't him.
37:29What?
37:30The story that Jake gave Kelly about the old man's wife
37:33being killed by being hit by a cab, it wasn't true.
37:35What wasn't true?
37:37Sarge's wife didn't get killed by a cab.
37:41She died of a heart attack in her sleep seven years ago.
37:45Oh.
37:48You're saying Sarge died for nothing?
37:54Yeah, we were wrong.
37:58We were wrong.
38:15Kelly, you're being too hard on yourself.
38:18There's no way anyone could have predicted
38:20the old man's behavior.
38:21I shouldn't have been so fast to believe Jake Barnett.
38:23We all believed him.
38:25Julie's right, Kelly.
38:27We're all equally to blame.
38:28It doesn't help.
38:30I know what might help, nailing Jake Barnett.
38:33I don't know.
38:34I don't know.
38:35I don't know.
38:36I don't know.
38:37I don't know.
38:38I don't know.
38:39I don't know.
38:40I don't know.
38:41I don't know.
38:42I don't know.
38:42I don't know.
38:43Nailing Jake Barnett.
38:45Kelly, slow down.
38:46If he's not guilty, why did he lie to me?
38:48He had the same opportunities to sabotage the cabs.
38:51More, in fact.
38:52But why?
38:53What would his motive be?
38:55It's there.
38:56We just can't find it.
38:58Well, I've put together an extensive file on Jake Barnett.
39:01And he's never been arrested.
39:03And his military record is clean.
39:06Can I see that?
39:07Yeah, sure.
39:09You know, Kelly, there is another possibility,
39:12which is that Jake did not lie to you,
39:14but told you exactly what Sarge told him.
39:17Why would Sarge make up a story like that?
39:20I don't know.
39:21But anyone who has flashbacks about the war
39:25could well have hallucinations about something else, too.
39:29There's nothing in here about Jake's wife.
39:31No, there's no record of his ever being married.
39:33Wait a minute.
39:34Wait a minute.
39:35The first time I ever met Jake, he
39:37mentioned a woman named Marion.
39:39What did he say?
39:40Something about a diet that over the past 20 years,
39:44they probably lost 500 pounds together.
39:46It certainly sounds like a man talking about his wife to me.
39:50Something's not right here.
39:53Bosley, didn't you compile a list of all the accidents
39:55involving the Archer's cabs?
39:57Yes, I've got it right here.
40:00There is notation made here of an accident that
40:03happened two years ago at the corner of First and Hill.
40:07A woman was hit and killed by a cab.
40:10Her name was Marion Reed.
40:13Does it list an address?
40:16Yes, 2642 Carroll, Apartment 4.
40:21It says right here when Jake Barnett renewed his driver's
40:24license three years ago, the address he gave
40:27was 2642 Carroll, Apartment 4.
40:29So they were living together.
40:32Why would he tell me a story like that?
40:34The truth had to come out.
40:36He's crazier than Sarge ever was.
40:39A lot more dangerous.
40:41Well, I'd say that Jake Barnett's our man, all right.
40:43But we're going to have to catch him red-handed to prove it.
40:47That's going to be tough.
40:48He knows we're onto him.
40:50Well, we can't spend the rest of our lives
40:51protecting a cab company.
40:53We won't have to.
40:55What do you have in mind?
40:56I think I'm going to have a little talk with Mr. Barnett.
40:59What good would that do?
41:00It depends on who's listening to what we have to say.
41:09Jake, uh, something's wrong with my cab.
41:32Can you take a look?
41:35What's the matter with it?
41:36I don't know.
41:37The engine's really running rough.
41:39Why don't you take a ride?
41:40You'll see.
42:09Ah, so, uh, so what's wrong with the cab?
42:28Nothing.
42:29I just wanted an excuse to talk to you alone.
42:32Talk to me about what?
42:34You know what about.
42:36You mean about old Sarge?
42:38It's over.
42:39He's dead.
42:41I don't think it is over.
42:42Why not?
42:43Sarge's wife died seven years ago in her sleep.
42:46Why would he tell me that she was hit by a cab?
42:50I don't think he did.
42:55I think maybe you better stop this cab someplace.
42:59Yeah.
43:00How about that parking lot?
43:03That'll be fine.
43:04This could be it.
43:08Yeah.
43:26Jake, I know about Marion.
43:28Marion, don't you even say her name.
43:32She shouldn't be alone with him.
43:34I'm going to take a cab.
43:35At least I'll be close by.
43:36OK.
43:39But I have to say her name.
43:41I have to keep saying Marion's name
43:43until you admit the truth.
43:45I didn't do anything.
43:47Two years ago, Marion was killed by a cab.
43:51You were so full of grief and anger
43:53that you wanted to get even with a cab company.
43:56You got a job with them so you could figure out what to do.
44:00You decided to put them out of business.
44:02You almost did that, Jake.
44:04Almost?
44:05I did it.
44:06I get drivers, and the ones they do have,
44:08nobody will ride with.
44:10In a month, they'll be busted.
44:12Wrong, Jake.
44:13I'll drive for them.
44:14I have friends that'll drive for them.
44:15We're not going to let you put them out of business.
44:17We're not going to let you win.
44:19Your friends might not be so brave
44:21if something happens to you.
44:23Nothing's going to happen to me.
44:25Don't you be so sure.
44:26Oh!
44:30Give up, Jake.
44:31They taped the whole thing.
44:37Wait, Jake!
44:48What happened?
44:49Let me drive.
44:50Move over.
45:077310, come in.
45:107310, come in, come in.
45:14It's no use.
45:36Oh!
46:06Oh!
46:22Cover the rear.
46:37Jake.
46:51Drop it, or you'll go down with it.
46:55Jake, please.
46:57There's no place else to run.
47:07Oh!
47:33According to people who knew the Mangels,
47:35Jake lived with Marion Reed for more than 20 years.
47:38It's amazing they never married.
47:40Well, apparently they were more married
47:42than most people who have the piece of paper.
47:45They must have been very much in love.
47:47I guess that's what flipped him out.
47:49Well, all I can say is I'm glad it's over,
47:52thanks to all of you.
47:54Well, actually, Kelly gets most of the credit.
47:56Where did you learn to drive like that?
47:58Oh, I just sort of picked it up along the way.
48:01Not that kind of driving.
48:03I bet you went to some kind of driving school.
48:06Well, to tell you the truth, I learned from this guy
48:09I used to go out with in my old neighborhood.
48:11You mean he drove racing cars?
48:13No, he drove stolen cars.
48:15Oh!
48:16No!
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