1. Police Squad! In color.
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2. Starring Leslie Nielsen.
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3. Also starring Alan North.
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4. And Rex Hamilton
as Abraham Lincoln.
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5. Tonight's special guest star,
Lorne Greene.
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6. Tonight's episode,
The Broken Promise.
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7. Sally, I just can't
cover up for you anymore.
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8. I'm in this thing
way too deep already.
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9. Oh, not as deep as I am.
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10. Oh, honey, please, my
orthodontist is getting anxious.
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11. He wants his money.
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12. Well, tell him
you haven't got it.
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13. - What can he do?
- What can he do?
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14. He'd beat up his own mother
when it comes to money.
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15. Oh, Jim, please, you gotta go
along with me or I'm in serious trouble.
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16. I'm sorry, Sally.
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17. Please, I only need
a couple more days.
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18. By then, the rubber
bands will be off.
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19. Yeah, sure, then next
week you'll need a retainer.
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20. There's no end to it.
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21. Jim, please, one more visit.
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22. Just for tightening.
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23. Sally, I'm sorry.
This is it. End of the line.
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24. All right.
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25. I'll think of something.
I've got to.
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26. Look, Sally, you know
I'd like to help you,
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27. but with the auditors coming
in, I've got to balance the books.
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28. Good afternoon, sir.
May I help you?
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29. I'd like to cash this check.
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30. Payroll check?
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31. Yes, I'm with
the Lerman Tire Company.
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32. At least I used to be.
I just got laid off today.
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33. Well, since this is
your first time here,
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34. can I see some
identification, uh, Mr. Twice?
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35. Yeah, sure.
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36. Here's my driver's license.
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37. Do you have
two major credit cards?
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38. Uh, thumbprint here, please.
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39. Now stand on that line and
look directly into the camera.
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40. Thank you.
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41. Now look to your left and cough.
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42. And again.
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43. Now, spread your toes, please.
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44. And the other foot.
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45. Thank you. Come and
see us anytime, Mr. Twice.
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46. Thanks.
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47. Sally!
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48. Sally!
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49. My name is
Sergeant Frank Drebin,
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50. Detective Lieutenant,
Police Squad,
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51. a special detail
of the police department.
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52. There'd been a recent wave
of gorgeous fashion models
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53. found naked and unconscious
in Laundromats on the West Side.
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54. Unfortunately,
I was assigned to investigate
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55. holdups at neighborhood
credit unions.
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56. I was across town
doing my laundry
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57. when I heard their call
on the double killing.
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58. It took me 20 minutes
to get there.
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59. My boss was already
on the scene.
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60. An attempted holdup, Frank.
Cashier's the only witness.
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61. According to her,
the gunman shot the teller,
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62. she grabbed the gun
and shot the holdup man.
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63. It's the same M.O.
as the others.
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64. It could be, but this one
has an interesting wrinkle.
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65. The gunman, Twice, is a good
family man with no prior record.
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66. - Could I talk to her?
- Sure.
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67. This is Sally Decker, Frank.
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68. - Hello, Miss Decker.
- Hello.
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69. I'm Captain Frank Drebin.
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70. I understand you've
had a pretty rough time.
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71. Yeah, it was pretty bad.
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72. - Cigarette?
- Yes, I know.
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73. Well.
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74. Do you feel up to any questions?
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75. I'll try.
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76. Where were you
when all this happened?
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77. I was right here
at my desk, working.
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78. And when was the first time you
noticed something was wrong?
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79. Well, when I first heard the
shot, and as I turned, Jim fell.
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80. Uh, he's the teller, Frank.
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81. - What, Jim Fell's the teller?
- No, Jim Johnson.
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82. Who's Jim Fell?
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83. Oh, he's the auditor, Frank.
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84. He had the flu,
so Jim filled in.
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85. Phil who?
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86. Phil Din. He's
the night watchman, Frank.
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87. If only, Phil, had been here.
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88. Now wait a minute.
Let me get this straight.
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89. Twice came in and shot
the teller and Jim fell.
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90. No, he only shot the teller,
Jim Johnson. Fell is ill.
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91. Okay, then after he shot
the teller, you shot Twice.
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92. No, I only shot once.
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93. Twice is the holdup man.
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94. Then I guess, I did shoot Twice.
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95. Oh, so now you're
changing your story.
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96. No, I shot Twice after Jim fell.
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97. You shot Twice and Jim Fell?
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98. No, Jim fell first, and
then I shot Twice once.
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99. - Who fired twice?
- Once.
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100. He's the owner of the
tire company, Frank.
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101. Okay.
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102. Wunce is the owner of the
tire company and he fired Twice.
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103. Then, Twice shot
the teller once.
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104. Twice.
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105. And Jim fell and
then you fired twice.
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106. Once.
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107. Mmm.
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108. Okay, all right, that'll be
all for now, Miss Decker.
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109. Now, we'll need you to make a
formal statement down at the station.
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110. Oh, of course.
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111. You've been very helpful.
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112. We think we know how he did it.
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113. Oh, Howie couldn't have done it.
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114. He hasn't been in for weeks.
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115. Well.
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116. Thank you again, Miss Decker.
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117. Weeks?
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118. Sol Weeks.
He's the controller, Frank.
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119. Sally Decker
told a convincing story.
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120. I thought she would make
a good witness
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121. if the case ever came to trial.
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122. But somehow,
something didn't sit right.
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123. I drove back to Police Squad
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124. to see what Homicide and
the lab boys had picked up.
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125. So, Billy, when
the moisture in the air
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126. comes in contact
with the cold pitcher,
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127. it forms water droplets,
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128. what we call
"condensation."
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129. Just like on your mother when
she gets out of the shower,
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130. glistening
with tiny little beads of...
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131. Oh, hi, Frank.
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132. That'll be all for today, Billy.
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133. Next week, we'll look into
some interesting experiments
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134. we can do
with discarded swimwear.
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135. Gee, thanks,
Mr. Olsen. Bye.
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136. You come up with anything, Ted?
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137. Well, we got
the coroner's report
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138. on the depth of penetration of
the bullet in Jim Johnson's body.
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139. If the holdup man had been
where Sally Decker said,
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140. the bullet should have
penetrated deeper.
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141. Let me show you what we did.
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142. These guns are identical to
the one that killed Jim Johnson.
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143. Watch carefully
as I test fire this gun
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144. into these videotapes of
Barbara Walters interviews.
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145. As you can see, it completely
destroys the Burt Reynolds interview.
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146. And everything from—from
Bo Derek to Paul Newman.
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147. But only up to the point where
Barbara asks him, "Is it difficult to love?"
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148. Now let me show you what happens
when the gun is fired from three feet.
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149. Which is the distance Sally
claimed the shots were fired from.
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150. Notice?
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151. Complete destruction.
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152. Right up to the point where
she asked Katharine Hepburn
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153. what kind of tree
she'd like to be.
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154. Our next stop was a
neighborhood known as Little Italy.
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155. A criminal investigation
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156. seldom follows a
straightforward, clear-cut course.
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157. This one was obviously
no exception.
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158. I felt we had to talk
with Ralph Twice's widow
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159. to see how much she knew.
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160. Oh, please go away.
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161. Please go away.
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162. I don't want to answer
any more of your questions.
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163. We're sorry to bother you
at a time like this, Mrs. Twice.
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164. We would have come earlier,
but your husband wasn't dead then.
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165. Oh, Ralph was such a good man.
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166. Who could have done
such a horrible thing?
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167. Did he owe any money?
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168. Doctor bills?
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169. Gambling debts?
Book-of-the-Month Club?
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170. No, nothing.
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171. Just two more payments
on our solar telescope.
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172. Oh, poor Ralph.
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173. Do you know what it's like
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174. to be married to a
wonderful man for 14 years?
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175. No, I can't say that I do.
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176. I did, uh, live
with a guy once, though,
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177. but that was just
for a couple of years.
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178. Usual slurs, rumors, innuendos,
people didn't understand.
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179. Oh!
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180. Ran him out of town
like a common pigmy.
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181. Did he have any enemies?
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182. Well, the
Democrats didn't like him.
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183. Sure, he was a physical
education major, but he had a mind.
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184. He could think. He wasn't all
muscle, all body, all sinewy limbs.
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185. He got married, you
know, later, had three kids.
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186. Never cared for her. Sent
a nice gift, never got a note.
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187. Now, I know this is a long shot,
but did he ever eat chop suey?
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188. Why, no. No,
he never did.
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189. It was just a hunch.
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190. I told him she was wrong.
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191. And that youngest boy, just
like his father, football hero.
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192. Lived with him for a
year. It wasn't the same.
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193. - Can't go back.
- Oh, poor Ralph.
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194. And what about my daughter?
What am I gonna tell her?
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195. Yeah, you're gonna
have to tell her something.
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196. Tell her he went on a long trip.
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197. Wait a minute.
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198. How about a big monster came
and took him to Daddy Heaven?
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199. Oh!
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200. - Nah.
- What about this?
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201. He threw himself on a grenade to
save the battalion? Yeah, that's it.
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202. No, no, wait a minute. He was killed
by left wing insurgents from Paraguay.
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203. No, Bolivia!
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204. I got it. I got...
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205. He—He was traded to the
Cubs for Reggie Jackson.
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206. No further progress
was made in the next 10 hours.
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207. The following morning, I
reported back to Police Squad.
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208. About 10:00, Sally Decker
dictated a formal statement.
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209. She said the holdup man had come in
once before, to extort protection money.
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210. - Something new?
- Nothing.
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211. Anything here?
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212. Not until we get
the lab reports.
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213. AL: I got them
right here, Chief.
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214. Reports on our APB, negative.
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215. R and I rundown
on Twice, negative.
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216. Fingerprint identification,
negative.
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217. Well, if he was crooked, he
sure had a lot of people fooled.
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218. What about the final autopsy
report on Johnson and Twice?
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219. They should rest in peace.
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220. Yeah, anything unusual there?
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221. Yeah, take a look at that
section on bullet penetration.
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222. Mmm, according to this,
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223. the bullet canals in both
bodies took an upward course.
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224. And they were standing
face to face.
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225. Just a few feet apart.
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226. Get me Pete
Preussing at Homicide.
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227. Tell him I want to meet
him and a few of his men
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228. down at the Acme Credit Union.
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229. Right away, sir.
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230. Now, Preussing,
move closer, slowly.
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231. All right, that's it.
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232. This is the approximate distance
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233. the two men were apart
when the shots were fired.
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234. Now, McBeen, you're
gonna be the teller.
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235. Preussing, you're Ralph Twice.
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236. The tape indicates
the path the bullet took.
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237. All right.
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238. Holdup man enters,
demands money and fires.
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239. I spent most of the
afternoon trying to determine
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240. the possible angles from which
the bullets might have been fired.
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241. Reenactment of a crime in
this way can be a helpful tool
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242. in a criminal investigation.
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243. If the teller had his back turned
and then the gunman fired...
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244. Hmm.
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245. A ricochet.
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246. After several hours, I had
some interesting theories,
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247. but still nothing conclusive.
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248. When my boss called,
I gave him the information,
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249. but I knew
I needed more answers.
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250. And I had an idea
of where I could get some.
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251. What's the word
on the street, Johnny?
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252. I don't know.
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253. I hear a lot of things.
Pick a topic.
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254. Do you know anything about the
double killings at the Acme Credit Union?
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255. You're barking up the wrong
tree with this Ralph Twice.
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256. He's a good family man
and makes a decent living.
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257. Wasn't his fault he got
fired from the tire company.
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258. But who could predict that Brazil
would cut off the rubber supply?
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259. They're nationalizing
the industry in two weeks,
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260. so he would have gotten
his job back anyway.
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261. Now, Sally Decker,
that's another story.
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262. She used to be Joe Surlow's girl
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263. until she got involved
in the numbers.
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264. Before you knew it, she
was up to her pretty little neck
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265. in penny-ante bunko scams.
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266. Where do I locate this Surlow?
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267. He's working at this address.
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268. Thanks, Johnny.
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269. What do you know
about life after death?
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270. I wouldn't know
anything about it.
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271. You talking existential being
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272. or anthropomorphic deity?
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273. After taking care
of an urgent personal matter,
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274. I proceeded directly to the
address that Johnny had given me.
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275. It turned out to be one of
those all-night wicker places.
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276. Surlow had done some time
years earlier for a minor offense.
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277. He was one of those guys who had
come up through the school of hard knocks.
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278. Eventually, he admitted that he and
Sally had been long-time acquaintances.
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279. She had come to him recently
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280. to ask for money
to pay off an oral debt.
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281. The orthodontist
needed the money.
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282. Surlow had done
what he could for her.
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283. Fortunately, he had
remembered the dentist's name,
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284. Dr. Robert Zubatsky.
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285. Zubatsky's office was
located in Fox Point Heights.
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286. A fashionable area of town
where foreign imports
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287. and two-martini lunches
were the order of the day.
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288. His clientele were the sons
and daughters of the privileged.
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289. I decided it might be a good
time to have my teeth checked.
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290. Mr. Drebin, Dr. Zubatsky
will see you now.
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291. That's the second door
on your left, Mr. Drebin.
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292. You're next, Carl.
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293. As soon as this
impression is complete,
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294. we'll know a lot more,
Mr. Drebin.
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295. Are those x-rays ready,
Miss Frenzell?
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296. Yes, Doctor. Would
you like to take a look?
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297. Yes, I would.
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298. All right, let's get
started, shall we?
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299. Sally Decker? Sally Decker.
That name rings a bell.
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300. No, I can't place it.
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301. Look, I'm telling
you, I don't know her.
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302. All right, I know her.
She was a patient of mine.
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303. Her lower left quadrant was
all messed up, but so what?
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304. Okay, okay, now, look, uh, she's
a good—good—good-looking dame.
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305. We went out and had, uh, laughs,
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306. a couple of drinks, but, uh,
uh, that's the whole story.
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307. Look, look, I—I don't
need trouble. I'll cooperate.
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308. My God, you're an animal!
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309. I am not an animal!
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310. I am a human being!
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311. Zubatsky's information
pointed in the same direction,
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312. Sally Decker.
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313. The pieces were now coming
together, but they still weren't enough.
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314. We needed something more
for a conviction.
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315. I stopped back at Police Squad
to set the trap.
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316. When I got to the elevator, my
boss was already on the scene.
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317. Any luck with the
dentist, Frank?
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318. Sally paid him up in full, one day
after the double killing and theft.
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319. How do you know that?
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320. Went through his files.
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321. Sally was seeing Zubatsky,
six years, maybe seven.
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322. Eight times a year.
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323. Always in arrears. Then
suddenly, 24 hours after the killing,
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thing up to her pretty little ears.
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326. Was the, uh, dentist
cooperative?
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327. Yeah, he gave us plenty of rope.
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328. Now we have to see
if we can get Sally
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into the noose.
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330. Yeah.
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331. Hello?
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332. Hello, Sally,
this is Dr. Zubatsky.
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333. I need to talk to you.
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334. Sorry, B.Z.,
we're through.
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335. I paid you in full.
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336. I made an appointment
with another orthodontist.
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337. That's right, Sally.
You did pay me.
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338. I have the money right here.
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339. Fresh from the mint, traceable.
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340. You wanna talk?
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341. Yeah, okay, you win.
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342. Half an hour.
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343. Corner of Cherry and Galena.
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344. What was
the phony phone call about?
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345. Just socializing.
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346. Talked to our little
friend, Sally Decker.
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347. Well, outside of the fact
that she paid off the dentist,
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348. we still have no real proof
and no motive.
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349. Well, I say dippin'
into the till for $1,200
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350. is a pretty good motive.
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351. Not enough, Frank.
We'll need more.
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352. Don't worry.
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353. I got a date with her.
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354. Frank, one thing.
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355. Now, if you're right,
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357. You'd better watch your step.
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358. Sergeant Drebin!
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359. Hello, Sally, you
waiting for someone?
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360. I was just about to leave.
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361. Yeah, that's the
trouble with doctors.
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362. They always keep you waiting.
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363. I don't know
what you're talking about.
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364. Come on over here
and sit down. I'll tell you.
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365. I've been doing some
checking up, Sally,
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366. and it doesn't add up.
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367. What do you mean, Lieutenant?
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368. I don't think that
Twice shot Johnson.
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369. I don't understand. I was
there when it happened.
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370. I think that you took the
money, to pay your orthodontist.
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371. Oh, Captain Drebin!
That just isn't true.
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372. You knew it was
just a matter of time.
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373. You knew that, until the
payoff was discovered.
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374. But that's impossible.
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375. I haven't ever been involved
in anything so heinous.
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376. Yeah, that's right.
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377. Sally Decker has no record.
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378. But Sally was formerly
Babs Caltrane.
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379. Notorious gunrunner in Memphis.
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380. Only difference is,
Babs has red hair.
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381. And before that, she was a
brunette hit man named Zazu Pitts.
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382. And before that, she sang
backup for Aretha Franklin.
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383. All right, Frank,
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384. did your research
reveal that I did a stint
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385. with the marines and reupped?
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386. No, I can't say that it did.
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387. Sally! Sally Decker!
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388. This is the police.
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389. You are surrounded.
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390. Throw down your gun
and surrender.
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391. You do not have a chance.
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392. All right, Sally,
you're under arrest.
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393. Sergeant, take her
away and book her.
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394. Sergeant Takeraway.
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395. Sergeant Booker.
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396. Well, that was some pretty
fancy police work, Frank.
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397. I know you got Sally's
record from R and I,
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398. but how did you know she
handled the loan office heist?
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back at the office.
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400. Thought so.
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401. I brought that little
hunchback with me.
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402. Charlie, come out here.
Charlie, good going.
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403. Oh, hi, Frank.
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404. Hi, Ed. Just got back
from the arraignment.
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405. Sally Decker's, gonna have
to get her teeth straightened
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406. in the Statesville Prison
from now on.
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407. Good.
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408. And there'll be plenty
of time to do it, too.
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409. Got something on the
side of your mouth, Al.
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410. No, no, no, the other side.
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411. You know, Frank, there's one
thing I still don't understand.
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412. Now, how did you know
that the money
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413. Sally gave to Dr. Zubatsky
wasn't traceable?
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414. - I didn't.
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415. But neither did Sally.
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416. Be sure to tune
in next week for another exciting story
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417. from the files of Police Squad!
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