- 5/5/2025
Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 13 Vote Of Confidence
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00:00is a beacon of enlightenment and understanding in private industry as well as the public sector
00:06education housing law enforcement social services the list goes on a leader not only to our southern
00:15neighbors but to the rest of the nation as well you know listen to any more of that crap it's
00:21gonna melt your brain down i'm just checking the pulse of the body politics party you ought to
00:28give the guy a chance gee i'd love to rico but see we have this date with these high-priced panty
00:37raids and i don't want to keep the ladies waiting he's almost through
00:44and with your help i believe with all my heart that i can show this grand and glorious state of
00:55hours the way thank you because the solution to your problems is right here in this bottle
01:04of snake oil ladies and gentlemen step right up here get your solutions right here get the hell
01:09out of here what is it with you man you like the other guy cowin he's a fascist yeah well at least
01:16he's a hundred percenter when it comes to the cops i like this uh limp rag pierce
01:22i thought you didn't vote statewide i don't can't bring myself to choose the least dangerous mediocrity
01:31everybody's in position
01:53so you got enough firepower for all them hookers they're splicing
02:16so
02:29so
02:31so
02:36so
02:42this is the metro police department you're about to be burning do not attempt to leave the train
03:06the park is over
03:10oh
03:13easy ladies
03:15i wasn't trying to buy you i just wanted to take you away from all this you seem like such a nice girl
03:24from all this you seem like such a nice girl i am a nice girl and how about for that
03:36well we got an old friend of yours crockett such a thing yeah
03:43it wasn't dude well so much for that fast rehabilitation huh an early parole
03:50piss off crockett what happened you get lonely you start missing them bump mates
03:58well don't worry looks like you're gonna be reunited real soon yep he's doing the best he can
04:09you know you better be glad i didn't use this all
04:15all right it's good night for the love trade hey sweetheart
04:20grabber will you come on where the hell is this one hey didn't you think you're going
04:28you see this fast how did she do a hell of a money off
04:37keep those hands right before we can see
04:43all right turn around nice and slow
04:50my god he's got my boat
05:03my god he's got my boat
05:16so
05:30so
05:38so
06:40And he weighs about 280 pounds.
06:43He's got a pacifier in his mouth.
06:46And he's crying out for his mother.
06:50And there's this gigantic woman, and she's telling him, naughty, naughty.
06:57I'm looking for Detectives Crockett and Stubbs.
07:00You mean Tubbs.
07:02Who the hell are you?
07:05Hazlitt, does this clown have your seal of approval?
07:08That's enough, Crockett.
07:09This is official.
07:10I don't give a damn what it is.
07:13OCB is off limits.
07:15You bringing whoever the hell this is in here compromises everybody that works undercover.
07:20David Macklin.
07:21I'm Congressman Pierce's campaign manager.
07:24Oh.
07:26Then you must be looking for a job.
07:28The tunnel vision of this cretin could deprive Florida of the governor deserves.
07:37Great.
07:37The campaign speech.
07:39Who put you up to it?
07:40Do what?
07:42To your display of puritanism run amok.
07:45That's police business.
07:46Lieutenant Castillo.
07:54Deputy Commissioner Heslin, how are you?
08:00I need to know the reason for you being here.
08:04It's about the badge controlling the brain.
08:08Commissioner's orders.
08:09In light of what happened last night, he thought it might be best if Mr. Macklin had a chance to talk with the arresting officers.
08:16Well, then, Mr. Macklin should improve his manners.
08:21Now, hit the bricks, bozo.
08:33The next time you have a problem with any one of my detectives, see me first.
08:41Follow the chain of command.
08:44Come into my office.
08:45Well, gentlemen, I think it's time for what some football coaches call a gut check.
09:09We're going to be pushing the rock uphill from here on out.
09:13Belaboring the obvious certainly won't help me out of this mess.
09:16Have you decided on a strategy?
09:19Yeah.
09:20Keeping questions like that to an absolute minimum.
09:22Shouldn't be too difficult.
09:25Well, we just have to keep the people's eyes on the issues and off my sex life.
09:31I got a call from Tallahassee.
09:34The League of Women Voters is preparing a formal denunciation.
09:38How self-righteous.
09:40Unfortunately, Tom, they cannot be ignored.
09:43They reflect public sentiment.
09:44Just keep pounding away on the issues.
09:48My record has to be good for something.
09:50All right.
09:52What about the press?
09:55Annie will be here in a couple of hours.
09:57I'll wait for her input.
10:01How's she holding on?
10:05Look, this is nothing she hasn't been through before.
10:08Well, it's nice to get an objective reading.
10:14You aren't anyone.
10:17Why do you think I have the highest conviction rate in this department?
10:21I don't take bad cases to trial.
10:24And your case against Pierce wouldn't fly if you put wings on it.
10:28The man was arrested on a rolling whorehouse.
10:31And what was he doing there?
10:33Well, he wasn't passing out campaign flyers.
10:36You don't know that for sure.
10:37So really, the sheets were still hot.
10:44So?
10:46So his playmate and the other girls go to court.
10:49Some of them get convictions and hot pants Pierce doesn't get a call.
10:54Kind of a double standard thing, don't you think?
10:57If nothing else, the double standard is consistent.
11:01A visiting fireman from Boise wouldn't face trial for frequenting a house of ill repute.
11:06And a candidate for governor should neither.
11:11Oh, what the hell is vice doing in business?
11:14Selective prosecution isn't a difficult concept to understand.
11:20Sounds more like selective protection.
11:24Look, detectives.
11:27Pierce may be guilty of bad judgment and questionable taste, but there was no crime committed.
11:33Find one that you can prove he committed, and I'll prosecute.
11:42Let it go.
11:43Lieutenant, I think what Sonny's trying to say is his pride speaking.
11:58Yours is too.
12:00I think you're both good enough cops to realize it's a dead end.
12:03There's something about the way that guy that has that lean on us that just strokes my feathers the wrong way.
12:11Clean up the cases you already have.
12:19Want to see the best pictures of the night?
12:21Forget it.
12:22Let me take a look, sir.
12:23It's kind of hard to find this exotic.
12:34Well, his name's Barry Bloom.
12:36He drove Pierce to the train station last night.
12:39So?
12:41Well, he works for Pierce, but he's got a real shaky reputation.
12:47Meaning?
12:49Well, his specialty's dirty tricks.
12:53Who told you that?
12:57Oh, a volunteer at Pierce's headquarters.
13:00Said he's real good at screwing up a guy's campaign.
13:05The other guy's campaign, I mean.
13:16Oh, this guy's a real charmer.
13:19Looks like he should be on a playground somewhere,
13:22giving candy to little girls.
13:28Angelica, if we didn't trust you,
13:30we never would have made the pitch in the first place.
13:34But since we did,
13:35and since things came together better than we ever imagined...
13:38You'd like me to keep my mouth shut.
13:40It's more of a bonus.
13:43For a job, well done.
13:44Did this come directly from Miles?
13:48Well, and me, of course.
13:51Of course.
13:53So we were thinking...
13:55Ten grand would be nice.
13:58No, thank you.
13:59You want more?
14:00I don't want anything.
14:01Be serious.
14:02Everybody wants something.
14:03I am serious.
14:06I said I'd help Miles Cowan because he's an old and valued friend.
14:11And frankly, Mr. Bloom,
14:13I'd rather have the future governor of Florida for me than against me.
14:20Beauty and brains.
14:21I like that, no woman.
14:25On second thought, Mr. Bloom,
14:29there is something I want from you.
14:32Well, that's what I'm here for.
14:34I want you to leave.
14:36You're quite detestable.
14:40Now you know why I'm so good at what I do?
14:43I like to find out how long those legs are.
15:04I doubt you could do anything about it.
15:06That's fine.
15:10So you're the romantic type, are you?
15:13Yeah, I developed my technique when I was covering cops.
15:16Beauty and Pierce should compare notes.
15:19I don't have to pay for it.
15:21Well, if you get your mind out of your crotch,
15:24I'd like to know how did Pierce get so far so fast politically?
15:30Well, I am desolate.
15:32You haven't read my stories about the rise of Thomas Pierce?
15:36It's on my list right after War and Peace.
15:40Can we get a beer over here, please?
15:42Two.
15:43The man single-handedly brought the party together.
15:47Started out as an errand boy.
15:50You better believe Clark Kimball and Grover Watkins got that jolly.
15:53He's having a kid from Harvard Law fetch that coffee.
15:57And Pierce is smart.
15:58He made partner at Cannon McCarthy in the speed of light.
16:03And all the while, he was becoming a political white knight.
16:11He's on the right side of every issue.
16:12So, why should he play referee for husbands and wives who want to boil each other in the way?
16:19Huh?
16:19He chucked it.
16:21He chucked it all.
16:22He made state senate, congress, and he would have been governor if his hormones hadn't overheated.
16:28Is that a regular curse?
16:29Is that a regular curse?
16:30Formal.
16:31Comes with the territory, my friend.
16:34The power's an afrodisiac.
16:36He'd take some guy who's been living like a monk, plop him in public office, and six months later, he thinks he's Warren Bain.
16:44Did, uh, Pierce throw his weight around?
16:51Well, not so anyone would get a rash.
16:54Pretty much a straight shooter.
16:56Politically, anyway.
16:58Ooh, I gotta go.
17:00Press conference waiting for me.
17:06What'd you kill an hour?
17:07Tag along.
17:09Rare opportunity to see the implosion of a political supernova.
17:14An hour from now, Thomas Pierce will be a black hole.
17:26So, with that in mind, knowing full well that there is so much to be done,
17:33that I cannot allow myself to be sidetracked by small minds who wish to derail this campaign,
17:39I will continue to be your candidate for governor of this great state.
17:56Come on, man.
17:58No problem.
17:59Come on.
18:00I still have friends in the police department.
18:27I've heard all about you two birds.
18:30I'm sure I can't offer you some coffee?
18:35It's the official Grover Watkins recipe.
18:38It's a little early in the morning for coffee for us,
18:42but you better hang on to that family recipe.
18:46Cheers.
18:48Cheers.
18:50So, I guess you all want to know about Tom Pierce, huh?
19:02My boy, Tommy, really stepped in at this time, didn't he?
19:10With both feet.
19:12I was his rabbi.
19:17Introduced him to the briars and the brambles and political hoity-boity.
19:23Looks like he was a fast learner.
19:26First met him, he didn't know the difference between a plain brown envelope and a bag of groceries.
19:36Three years later, he ran my last campaign for me.
19:41I didn't know it was my last until I found out Tommy had made offers on my staff.
19:48That booger poil harbored me.
19:52Caused some bad blood between you two?
19:55What are you going to do with a fast learner?
19:58He was just following through in what I taught him.
20:01You should have taught him.
20:02You should have taught him to keep his zipper up.
20:06Try and understand something, both of you.
20:11Tom Pierce is out in the edge.
20:15He likes it there.
20:20Maybe he's lost his balance.
20:26Tommy lost his balance.
20:30A long time ago.
20:35Look up some of his campaign contributors.
20:41Sometimes I think the man will take money from the devil himself.
20:47Funny thing is, I can't figure out where it's all going.
20:52He's taking in way more than he's spending.
21:00It's the way it works, isn't it?
21:05He gets you, you get him.
21:08Pretty fast and under yourself, Kraken.
21:11You are right on.
21:21Pierce is pulling in money from half a dozen dummy corporations.
21:25Do you recognize any of the names?
21:27We could trace them, but I bet they'd lead to a dead end.
21:29Isn't the fact that he's receiving from fronts somewhat incriminating?
21:34Yeah, it may not look entirely kosher, but it's certainly not illegal.
21:39If it's not illegal, I'm not interested.
21:42Lieutenant, we got some new leads.
21:45Pierce looks dirty way beyond the bus.
21:47He might be receiving illegal campaign funding.
21:51That's difficult to prove.
21:53Well, I think we should talk to the man himself.
21:55It's worth a shot.
21:57Take the day.
21:59See what you come up with.
22:03Thomas Pierce is going to survive.
22:08That disappoint you?
22:10You've lost me.
22:12Cut the crap, Mr. Bloom.
22:13I want your resignation.
22:16And I don't want my husband knowing why you're leaving.
22:19He has enough problems without becoming paranoid about his staff.
22:23You're dropping a stitch. He needs what I can do.
22:26Try to understand something, Mr. Bloom.
22:30My husband and I want this very badly.
22:34There are even times when I think I covet being First Lady more than he covets the governorship.
22:40You've always been right there behind him.
22:43That's right.
22:48And that's why you're history.
23:04Hold it.
23:06Where do you think you're going?
23:08I've got a couple of questions I'd like to ask Mr. Pierce.
23:09Yeah, well, he's on stage in under an hour, so you just make an appointment and we'll get back to you, okay?
23:15Not this time, Macklin.
23:17Every time, Frazier. It's policy.
23:19I don't think the cops are going to be too happy about taking a number and waiting.
23:24And what's that supposed to mean?
23:25It means I'm here to pitch Pierce batting practice so he'll be ready for the boys with the badges.
23:34You wait here.
23:35Hello, Tom.
23:37Give me five minutes, Dave.
23:39Excuse us, will you, please?
23:40Hello, Tom.
23:43Give me five minutes, Dave.
23:45Excuse us, will you, please?
23:46Excuse us, will you, please?
23:47Excuse us, will you, please?
23:48Wait.
23:49for you, sir.
23:50Is everything all right?
23:51Hey, what do we have to do? File harassment charges?
23:53Hey, what do we have to do? File harassment charges?
24:16We'd like to speak to you in private, Congressman.
24:18No, no, no. He has got a speech to give me 15...
24:21It's all right, Dave. It's all right.
24:22But, uh, look, this won't take long. Stick around.
24:25Be glad to talk to you when I'm finished.
24:27I'd be fine, sir. Thank you.
24:31Excuse me.
24:38These are unsettling times for those of us in public service.
24:43We find ourselves being subjected to the kind of microscopic personal scrutiny...
24:50that only saints or children could withstand.
24:52No longer are we judged by our performance in office...
24:57or on our positions on the important issues of the day.
25:01Rather, our private lives are invaded.
25:04And incidents that are nobody else's business...
25:07incidents that have absolutely no bearing on our public duty become swords on which to impale us.
25:15The press dogs us all the way into our bedrooms.
25:20And while the police continue to worry about these essentially victimless crimes...
25:26real criminals of every stripe, from drug dealers to corporate executives, operate unchecked.
25:34Maybe all of this sounds like the whining of someone who has been caught and sees no way out.
25:40But I do not beg your forgiveness.
25:43If you're going to grant me that, it will have to come out of the goodness of your hearts.
25:53What I do ask, however, is that you appreciate the impossible nature of political life today...
26:01and that you understand why I am walking away from it.
26:12I'm sorry to say that recent developments have forced me to reconsider my earlier pledge to stand and fight.
26:23The press and the police won't have Tom Pearce to kick around anymore.
26:35To my friends and supporters, I say, thank you.
26:41And goodbye.
26:45To all the rest, I say, good Britain.
26:49Do you know that he was going to pull the plug?
27:02He didn't say a word.
27:05Sonny, we better grab this guy, quick.
27:10I don't believe this.
27:35Isn't that just like the politician?
27:41Never around when you need him the most.
27:47Why is it that the department is always trying to protect its backside by hanging us?
28:01Detectives, Thomas Pearce is one of the most recognizable men in the state, and he has completely disappeared.
28:11Plus, the rumor mills are heating up with regard to the train bust being a setup.
28:18Maybe my partner and I are trying to overthrow the government.
28:24Was the bust a setup?
28:27Every law enforcement agency in the state has known about that train for over a year.
28:36And you just happened to bust it on the night that Thomas Pearce was on board.
28:43Luck of the draw.
28:45And now Pearce has vanished just before he was going to talk to you two.
28:51You want to get to the point there, Millsy?
28:56The point is that it's not going to be very difficult for the Pearce people to start screaming harassment.
29:03And some of the press has already picked up the ball.
29:06Does the department think that we actually are stepped outside the confines of our jobs?
29:12Well, that hasn't yet been determined.
29:18Yeah, you be sure to let us know when it is.
29:21You can bet on it, smart guy.
29:25So much for the civic lesson.
29:31If they were going to suspend you, it would have already been a fact.
29:35I think the IED's got a permanent poker with our name stenciled on it.
29:39Don't worry about IED.
29:40We do have enough business to take care of now.
29:43What's the line that Swiatek's got on that prankster, the merry prankster?
29:48Bloom.
29:49Let's see if we can get him to do cartwheels.
29:52Very efficient, Mr. Fraser.
30:05I owe it all the newspaper training.
30:08I may have more use for the press than I ever imagined.
30:11Yeah, I know the feeling of getting a little soft in the head about politicians.
30:15I'd like you to stay that way.
30:17Not that I mind you crucifying one of my rivals.
30:21$10,000 in cash, as discussed.
30:30I'll skip the count.
30:32I mean, if you can't trust the next governor...
30:34You have my word.
30:38My final word.
30:40Well, this is just for the primary, right?
30:47And there's still the regular election.
30:49I thought you were the political expert, Mr. Fraser.
30:52If I remember correctly, you wrote that whoever won the populist primary would be a shoe-in for governor.
30:59Well, here I am.
31:00A survivor and a shoe-in.
31:02Things could change.
31:04And what?
31:05The kind of things that could be prevented by having a reporter on your payroll.
31:10If I didn't have my newfound respect for the Fourth Estate, I'd say that you were hinting at blackmail, Mr. Fraser.
31:23Good enough for Pierce.
31:26But the reporter I've had on my payroll is much too fair-minded to even consider blackmailing somebody who's been his benefactor.
31:36You never can tell.
31:39It's difficult to know someone.
31:42I mean, really know him.
31:44It wasn't hard to get Pierce out to the train.
31:50All I had to do was tell him he could get his ashes home.
31:54Yeah, it makes sense.
31:57But his load was lighter.
31:59It'd make it easier for him to run from guilty.
32:02Well, you've got to know, Tom.
32:04He wants to make sure he samples everything on the menu.
32:07Who's he sampling now?
32:10I don't know.
32:12I didn't think he'd fall off the planet.
32:15How much did Cowan pay you?
32:18You guys are good.
32:26Don't flatter yourself.
32:29You ain't a well-kept secret, pal.
32:31We know you were kicked off from Pierce's staff before he walked.
32:36So you get caught, you leave.
32:38It's part of the game.
32:40Advertise rallies that don't exist, distribute embarrassing pictures.
32:43Hell, Tom would have done the same to Cowan if he had gotten to me first.
32:46That's wonderful.
32:49Such outstanding candidates we have for the voters to choose from.
32:54How'd you know about the bust?
32:57A leak at the courthouse.
32:59I probably knew the warrant had been signed before you guys did.
33:02Oh, for the love of it.
33:05Who else is in this sewer?
33:07How about I go out with some dignity, huh?
33:11Don't ask me to drag other people down with me.
33:15If this gets to the press, you all are going to be garbage.
33:19You tell that to your buddy Cowan.
33:24We ought to try life without it, Governor.
33:27Couldn't be any worse.
33:33The nerve of this bozo, huh?
33:35Cowan?
33:37Who the hell you think I'm talking about?
33:39You're not talking.
33:40You're blathering.
33:42Blather.
33:43Well, try this one out for size, sweetheart.
33:46Wait, I figure you've got plenty on Cowan.
33:49You'll never know.
33:51Look!
33:56Neither of us are virgins, right?
34:00You have any idea how much your trick book is worth?
34:06I don't ask them their names.
34:08Oh, like hell, you don't.
34:10If they're going to tell me, then that's fine.
34:12But I'm in the business to soothe nerves,
34:15not to put them on edge.
34:17Well, how about I splash you all over page one?
34:20I think this conversation just ended.
34:27I will tell you when it ended.
34:29You don't know the value of anything, do you?
34:31Not a bottle of perfume, not even a man's life.
34:34Shut up!
34:35Is this how you won all those journalism awards and blackmail?
34:39Well, let me tell you something, mister.
34:42Everybody knows what I think.
34:44But you, they think you're a star reporter.
34:48But we know that you're really just scum, don't we?
34:57The phones, as always, in the headquarters of a political campaign
35:01are ringing off the hook.
35:03Volunteers address envelopes, AIDS plan strategy.
35:07But here at 1400 Ocean Avenue,
35:10the feeling persists that these campaign workers
35:13are only going through the motions.
35:15They count the hours till election day.
35:18And each hour brings them closer to a confrontation
35:22with the unthinkable.
35:23Well, maybe they should try a seance.
35:25That'd be a good story.
35:27Pierce speaks from gray.
35:29Don't split the ticket.
35:31There are more questions than answers.
35:34Is he being held against his will?
35:36Is he still alive?
35:39And if not, did he take his own life?
35:41Conspiracy theorists are having a field day.
35:45Live from the Pierce campaign headquarters,
35:48David Jarvis, Channel 3 News.
35:51Our friends at IAD have their own conspiracy theory.
35:58They're not still maintaining that we overstepped.
36:06They haven't yet said you haven't.
36:08Great.
36:09Now everybody's playing politics.
36:12Nothing's changed.
36:14Oh, man.
36:15Oh, boy.
36:16So what's next, Lieutenant?
36:18Has anyone spoken to Pierce's wife?
36:22The steadfast politician's spouse?
36:28Yeah.
36:30Bet she could probably tell a tale or two about hubby.
36:33Make our heads spin.
36:36Well, give it a shot.
36:38Behind every great man.
36:40Would this be easier if we talked about this someplace else?
36:54If I got out of this chair, my reputation
36:56as the unflappable Mrs. Pierce would fall apart.
37:00We're very sorry to have to do this.
37:05Don't be.
37:08Living without my husband will be easier eventually.
37:16Do you have any indication that you won't see him again?
37:21Are you asking me if my husband took his own life?
37:25Well, there's been some speculation.
37:27Not his style.
37:33He loved being Tom Pierce more than anything in the world.
37:38So you think he ran away?
37:40Vanity breeds cowardice, can't it?
37:44You tell us.
37:46Why?
37:47I never saw it demonstrated up close until this past week.
37:53All of a sudden, things just started happening so fast
37:57even Tom couldn't handle it.
37:59You mean the arrest?
38:00It's not just that.
38:02There were other things.
38:05Pressures that he wouldn't talk to me about.
38:13He was afraid.
38:17Of what?
38:20He wouldn't say.
38:21I've been married to Tom Pierce for eight years.
38:26I could tell.
38:30Has he ever disappeared before?
38:34You mean for more than a weekend?
38:37No.
38:41Does he have anybody that he confides in politically?
38:45I don't know who he tells what.
38:47All I know is that he came out of an interview
38:50the day that he disappeared
38:52and he looked like his world had ended.
38:54An interview?
38:57With who?
38:58That awful man.
39:01What's his name?
39:03He's been pestering Tom and me for years.
39:05He writes for the record.
39:07Hank Frazier?
39:08Oh, that's the one.
39:19Thanks.
39:37I'm ready.
39:51I love you.
39:54I love you.
39:57I love you.
39:58Well, it looks like you're standard garden variety strength.
40:28No sign of anything sexual.
40:31Place was ransacked, so it's hard to tell if anything was taken.
40:38Whoever killed her just walked right in.
40:41Did you think it was a friend?
40:44Or maybe a business partner?
40:48Angelica Payson worked alone.
40:51Lieutenant, a neighbor said they saw someone
40:54fitting Bloom's description leaving this house.
40:57That campaign killer?
40:59Yeah, and he was really in a lather.
41:01Oh, that's how the lady remembered him.
41:03Excuse me.
41:06Castillo. Yeah.
41:11Thank you. Barry Bloom's been arrested.
41:14I'm going in.
41:18She was just somebody we were using, another tool.
41:21All I wanted to do was warn her,
41:23tell her things might get uncomfortable.
41:27We don't believe that you killed her.
41:30Maybe you should be a character witness.
41:33If it goes that far, he might need you.
41:35Just shut up, will you, Joel?
41:36I've got to trust somebody,
41:37and there's definitely no politician that meets my requirements.
41:41No, uh...
41:48There was Cowan's dirty tricks team,
41:50and who else was in on it?
41:54I'm still not selling anybody out.
41:57You tried to protect Angelica Payson.
42:00Look how she wound her.
42:04Stakes are a lot bigger now, Barry.
42:06I wasn't the only one that infiltrated the Pierce campaign.
42:16There were at least three others at lower-profile jobs.
42:20We need names.
42:24I'm not even sure who they were.
42:26Anonymity was our camouflage.
42:29Damn it, Bloom.
42:32This is getting us nowhere.
42:34I don't think we'll answer any more questions at this time.
42:37Fine.
42:38No, I said this was what I wanted.
42:43Our network went beyond the campaign.
42:46There were people outside who could help us.
42:48Who?
42:56A newspaper reporter named Frazier.
42:59Hank Frazier?
43:01Yeah.
43:03What did he do?
43:05Fed us dirt on Pierce.
43:09What kind of dirt?
43:13The sexual stuff, of course.
43:14Plus things about where he was getting his money.
43:18Had a lot of shady contributors, and Frazier seemed to know them all.
43:23Was he blackmailing Pierce?
43:26Possibly.
43:29Say he was.
43:32Was he blackmailing him for?
43:34Or was he just a wrong number?
43:37Debts.
43:39He had gambling debts.
43:40And whoever he owed money was leaning on him as hard as he was leaning on Pierce.
44:01I wish I could tell you I am surprised.
44:04You've had this problem with him before?
44:06Well, when he was working, he was fine.
44:09He's working now, as a matter of fact.
44:11He's in Atlanta with the Democratic National Committee.
44:15He says he's got a king held with a story about power struggle.
44:18What happens when his writing is finished?
44:20Let me put it this way.
44:22I have a 19-year-old daughter.
44:24And if I saw Hank coming up the path on a Saturday night, I'd pray to God he was a process server.
44:32So women aren't his only problem?
44:35No, there's also gambling. I'd put gambling in the first place.
44:39How's his luck?
44:40Lousy.
44:42Does it affect his work?
44:44It only affects the accounting department.
44:46I mean, he has to draw advances on his salary.
44:50Do the advances cover?
44:51I doubt it.
44:53So, if we told you that we think he might have blackmailed Pierce, that wouldn't surprise you?
45:04Yeah, it would.
45:05Mr. Chance, every good newspaper reporter knows things about powerful people that could be used for blackmail.
45:19But they don't use it.
45:21Frazier's the first person I know who might have done it, and that hasn't been confirmed.
45:27And you don't believe in the law of averages?
45:30Newspaper people are like cops.
45:34When they raise their right hand and take one step forward, it's like a vow of poverty.
45:41But they do it anyway because they love their work, and there's a small little voice inside of them telling them they're doing the right thing.
45:50Yeah.
45:52Sorry I asked.
46:00What do you think Frazier's little voice says to him?
46:04Whirl the way in the eighth?
46:11Rocket!
46:16Yeah, Stanley, do it right now.
46:19Dispatch it through a call from Frazier.
46:23Where are you?
46:25Shea Frazier, where else?
46:27Yeah, well stay put, you're gonna have company.
46:31Yeah, well, you better hurry.
46:34Now don't do anything crazy.
46:37Look, save your advice for someone who needs it.
46:40I'm not sticking my head in the oven.
46:43But there are a couple of guys who might do it for me.
46:47We talking bookie muscle?
46:50Oh, you heard, huh?
46:52You know how much I owe?
46:55My list.
46:56Seventy-five large.
46:59Seventy-five I don't have.
47:02So they're coming over here to give me that much of medical bills.
47:06Well, maybe you deserve to suffer.
47:09Well, you're not coming to save me.
47:14Hey, hey, hey, forget it.
47:16I don't have time to trade cheap shots.
47:19I just want to make sure you get my story straight.
47:22I'm still listening.
47:23Okay.
47:25Uh...
47:29Uh...
47:31First things first, okay?
47:35I killed Angelica Payson.
47:37I lost control.
47:38I needed what she had. She wouldn't help me.
47:40What did you get?
47:41Names, Crockett. I needed big names.
47:42For what? For Cowan?
47:44Cowan?
47:46Cowan?
47:48Cowan was one of the ones I was trying to blackmail.
47:49No, for me.
47:51What did you use against him?
47:52He's been getting money from some of the same slugs as Pierce.
47:53And you were blackmailing Pierce.
47:54Yeah, you bet I was.
47:55Then the doofus decided a vanishing act was more appealing.
47:58Uh-oh.
47:59I think you lost the race, Crockett.
48:02Blackmail, no, for me!
48:05What did you use against him?
48:07He's been getting money from some of the same slugs as Pierce.
48:10And you were blackmailing Pierce?
48:12Yeah, you bet I was.
48:14Then the goofus decided a vanishing act was more appealing.
48:18Oh.
48:20Think you lost the race, crack.
48:25You're gonna have to excuse me, the bad guys are here.
48:29All right, Fraser, listen. You got a gun?
48:32I'm a pacifist at heart.
48:40Just a minute, I'm on the phone with my money man, okay?
48:46Fraser?
48:49Fraser!
48:54What happened?
49:02I'm the one I'm on the phone with for a long time.
49:08Okay, I can stop here.
49:10Just a minute.
49:12The line is on.
49:14I'm the one I'm on the phone with.
49:16I'm on the phone with and it's on.
49:17I can still continue.
49:18You soon.
49:19I'm sure you are gone with others.
49:20You soon have a seatbelt.
49:21You soon have a seatbelt.
49:22I can still continue to get a seatbelt.
49:23I can still continue to get a seatbelt.
49:24It's a dude.
49:54Yeah, and so is the case.
50:10Hey, Sonny, have you seen the morning edition?
50:16Here's to announce that he will resume his candidacy.
50:22Quote, with a vengeance. Down but not out.
50:27They never are for long.
50:30Metro says they got the bookie muscle that killed Frazier.
50:33Sounds very solid. Prints and fibers match.
50:36About time something broke on this.
50:38Here's his people just called.
50:40He says he owes you two guys to talk.
50:42He'd be more than happy to comply.
50:44After three weeks.
50:48What is this, unfinished business day?
50:51Sounds like they're trying to cover any toe holes in the character issue.
50:55Don't you mean, bless me, detective, for I have sinned and I need a clean press release?
51:02You got it.
51:03Well, I say we go see this gentleman before he changes his mind again.
51:08Yeah, it becomes invisible.
51:11So what do you think?
51:13All these people here to see the freak show?
51:28No way.
51:29These people have the true beliefs.
51:32Nice to have believers with checkbooks.
51:45Yeah.
51:50Slumming, fellas?
51:52Yeah.
51:54How about you, Ms. Sorelli?
51:57Tom Pierce is the party's best candidate.
52:01I'd like to help him.
52:04You already have, haven't you?
52:07Things are never what they seem, Crockett.
52:10You ought to know that.
52:12You also ought to know that we play by the same rules.
52:16Uh-huh.
52:19And what about Pierce?
52:21What rules does he play by?
52:23The same ones as every other candidate.
52:26Does that make it okay?
52:29Nature of the game, guys.
52:32All these things you don't like.
52:35All these people you don't trust.
52:38Sooner or later, you gotta put all that aside and...
52:42and believe in someone.
52:45You mean sell yourself short.
52:47Sometimes that Shangri-La attitude does more harm than that.
52:59Maybe you'll learn something from us.
53:04Annie and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
53:09And let me add that it's good not to be the invisible man anymore.
53:24Now, it's no secret that I've been gone for these past three weeks.
53:31And during that self-imposed solitude, I've learned many things.
53:36I've wandered the back alleys and streets of this great state.
53:41And I've gazed upon its sickened heart.
53:45And that discovery led me to one conclusion.
53:48A decision that was based upon the people's need for leadership
53:52rather than my own comparatively insignificant need for privacy.
53:56And it is with that in mind that I have returned.
54:01And I have every intention of giving this grand state of ours
54:06what it needs to attain greatness.
54:13It should make for an interesting guest wing at the governor's mansion.
54:27Thank you very much.
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