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04:00Do you know her?
04:02She swims every morning, about the same time.
04:04We never actually met.
04:06Do you see anybody on the beach?
04:08No.
04:09But, uh, that doesn't mean there wasn't anyone else here.
04:13I was studying late last night.
04:14I'm working towards an MBA.
04:16Look, it's a little early for me to be reading between the lines.
04:19What are you trying to tell me?
04:20It's as clear as a lifeguard insignia on his trunks.
04:23Rip McCord was asleep on my beach.
04:27I dozed off.
04:29Only for a minute.
04:30Maybe two...
04:30He cost Wendy Hewitt her life.
04:32You knew her?
04:32I'm making it a priority to know everyone on my sand.
04:36Lieutenant Buck Denton, city lifeguard.
04:39Wendy Hewitt is...
04:40was a freelance journalist and top-notch swimmer.
04:44She shouldn't have drowned.
04:45Are you suggesting some kind of foul play?
04:47I'm suggesting a lifeguard didn't do his job.
04:50Look, it was an accident.
04:52Lifeguards don't have accidents.
04:53People do.
04:54That's why we're here to save them.
04:55You wouldn't know about that, would you?
04:56All right, now's not the time.
04:58Yeah, now it's too late.
05:01You turn your trunks in, you're fired.
05:04I need this job.
05:05Not as much as Wendy Hewitt needed you.
05:15There's no room for mistakes when your job is saving lives.
05:19Oh.
05:22Benedict!
05:23Take care of him.
05:24I'll man the tower myself.
05:26Hold it, folks.
05:27Let me see him.
05:30Lifeguards are there for one reason, to save lives.
05:32It's the only thing we think about.
05:33From the minute we pick up our cans in the morning
05:35until we peel off our suits at night.
05:38I'm sorry.
05:40I start talking about saving lives and I can't stop.
05:42No, I find it fascinating.
05:45Believe me.
05:46Makes me want to just hurl myself in the ocean.
05:48Don't eat without me, you said.
05:51Order the French toast with a side of bacon, you said.
05:54I'll be right in, you said.
05:55That was 45 minutes ago, Jack.
05:56This, this is a, will you excuse me?
05:59This is a medical emergency.
06:00May I speak with you for a moment?
06:03What the hell is wrong with you?
06:04Will you stop talking?
06:05Can you see that I'm in the middle of a,
06:07I'm in the middle of a very important
06:10professional consultation here?
06:12Can you see that?
06:13And what profession might that be?
06:15Oh, wait, let me guess.
06:17Since we don't have any rocket scientists
06:18here at Community General,
06:19she must be the new brain surgeon.
06:21Hey, hey, she's saved more lives
06:23than a lot of doctors at this hospital, okay?
06:25Really?
06:25Yeah.
06:26You stiff me again for breakfast like this,
06:28and you're gonna have an opportunity
06:29to sample her skills.
06:30Really?
06:31Yes.
06:31I'll keep your little butt all over this house.
06:33Oh, yeah, really?
06:33We'll see.
06:33I gotta get back to work, Dr. Stewart.
06:35It was nice meeting you.
06:36Hey, it was very nice meeting you, Electra.
06:38I'll walk you out of here for you.
06:39Bon appétit.
06:40Thanks.
06:41Thanks for the job.
06:42Morning.
06:43Morning.
06:44Well, the good news is you're hardly fine.
06:47The bad news is that woman isn't.
06:50She died because I fell asleep.
06:53Well, why don't we approach this one problem at a time?
06:56Have you been under any stress lately?
06:59No more than usual.
07:00What usual is?
07:03Well, um, there's my lifeguard job, of course,
07:07and my night job managing the video store,
07:10studying for my MBA,
07:13which will probably be useless since no one's hiring,
07:16which will leave me with thousands of dollars
07:18in student loans.
07:20I'm still looking for a place to live
07:21since my girlfriend announced that she met a new guy
07:24and he's moving into our apartment,
07:26which is making it really tough for me
07:28to find the time to see my grandmother
07:29since Grandpa died last month.
07:34What is it, Doctor?
07:36Do you know why I collapsed?
07:38Well, I have a rough idea, yeah.
07:40What amazes me is how you stayed standing
07:42as long as you did.
07:44Is it something serious?
07:46It's called exhaustion.
07:48I can't be tired.
07:49I drank a dozen cups of coffee this morning.
07:51Uh-huh.
07:52Well, you're gonna get some sleep now.
07:54Look, I'd like to keep you overnight for observation, all right?
07:57Okay.
07:58Okay, just relax.
08:05Hi.
08:06Hi.
08:06How is he?
08:07Well, physically he's fine,
08:08but emotionally you can imagine.
08:10Mm-hmm.
08:11It's hard to believe he was asleep
08:13when Wendy, you had drowned.
08:14That lifeguard tower was littered
08:16with empty coffee containers.
08:17He has been running on pure nervous energy.
08:20You know, eventually the human body's gonna break down
08:22no matter how many stimulants you pump into it.
08:24Yeah, maybe.
08:26We, uh, canvassed the area
08:27and we came up with a guy who was out in a sailboat
08:29around the time of the accident.
08:31He says he saw a lifeguard run into the water.
08:33Did you identify him?
08:34No, it was too far away.
08:36Well, how did you know it was a lifeguard?
08:38Well, he says he came out of the tower
08:39wearing red bathing trunks
08:41and carrying one of those red floats.
08:42When he came out of the water alone,
08:44the guy in the sailboat figured
08:45it was just a false alarm.
08:47You're suggesting the Ripper let that woman drown?
08:49I'm not suggesting anything, Dad.
08:51I'm just giving you an eyeball account.
08:53But if a lifeguard had something to do
08:55with Wendy Hewitt's death,
08:55McCord was the only one on duty this morning.
08:58Oh.
09:03Mr. Briggs.
09:05Miss McCord.
09:06Good morning.
09:07You look lovely this morning.
09:08I heard a rumor you left the IRS.
09:10Ah, utterly false.
09:12I realize that a narrow view of the tax code
09:14doesn't see a cat as a dependent,
09:16but if they would only realize
09:17that my cat's seaweed is like family,
09:18he's like a relative.
09:19Where is Dr. Sloan?
09:21Oh, he's in his office.
09:24I was just kidding about the cat.
09:30Ah, Miss McCord.
09:32Mitchell, isn't it?
09:33Uh, um, somebody told me you quit the IRS.
09:37Who starts these rumors?
09:39Then it's not true.
09:40I'd sooner stop breathing.
09:42Well, uh, if you're here because of that slight dip
09:45in my gross earnings,
09:46um, despite the raise I got,
09:48you see, I-I was trying to income average,
09:50and, uh, um,
09:52I hardly made any money in my teens.
09:54I want to see Dr. Sloan.
09:56Oh, go right in.
09:57Uh, you don't even need an appointment.
09:59I won't even announce you.
10:04Gretchen!
10:04No, I have not left the IRS.
10:08Well, you can't be here to audit me.
10:09I haven't filed my income taxes yet.
10:11Or maybe this is your way of returning my phone calls.
10:15Phone calls?
10:16What phone calls?
10:18You-you-you called?
10:20After evening out,
10:21you asked me to call.
10:22I did several times.
10:23That was six months ago.
10:25No, I-I never knew that you called.
10:27No one told me.
10:29Well,
10:30heads will roll.
10:33No, after our escapade,
10:34I was transferred to South Dakota.
10:37Something of a demotion.
10:39Very intensive training.
10:40I've just been buried under tax returns ever since.
10:42I just wangled a 48-hour leave
10:44so that I could come and see about my nephew.
10:47Nephew?
10:48Yes, he-the-the-the lifeguard headquarters
10:50said that he was sent here.
10:52Jake McCord!
10:53I never made the connection.
10:55Yes.
10:56Well, I'm on a very tight schedule.
10:58I've got to see about Rip.
11:00Where is he?
11:00Well, he's-actually, he's down there.
11:02No, he's-
11:03Oh.
11:08Aunt Gretchen.
11:13Your mother told me you were in terrible trouble.
11:15She authorized me to come and look into the matter
11:18and take whatever steps are appropriate.
11:20She couldn't come herself.
11:22Well, she-
11:22Don't tell me it's harvest time at the ashram
11:25and Mahesh Swanshi isn't granting any passes.
11:27Mahesh Swanshi?
11:28Well, my sister is a great believer in alternate lifestyles.
11:34You see where it's led.
11:35Now, my advice to you is to confess immediately.
11:38There is no point in dragging this kind of thing out.
11:42Darling, was it a crime of passion?
11:44Wait a minute.
11:44He hasn't been accused of anything.
11:46He's a suspect.
11:47I got that from your son,
11:49who dresses awfully well for a policeman's salary, you know.
11:52Wait.
11:52What am I suspected of?
11:54Well, it seems that someone saw a lifeguard go in the water
11:56after Wendy Hewitt.
11:58It wasn't me.
11:59I-I was asleep.
12:00Oh, yeah, of course you were, darling.
12:03Just remember,
12:04the best time to come forward
12:06is before they've spent any time and money on the investigation.
12:10Believe me, I know.
12:11Wait a minute.
12:11You're assuming he's guilty without hearing his side.
12:13Well, I did hear.
12:15He was asleep.
12:16I was.
12:18Rip, I believe you.
12:19Excuse me.
12:20I hate intruding on family reunions.
12:23Dr. Kuhlman to go.
12:24Hey.
12:25Hello, Matt.
12:26Hey.
12:26I got the test results on Rip McCord.
12:29The guy was on tranquilizers.
12:31It's very strange,
12:32because the nurses keep catching him snitching coffee
12:33from the doctor's lounge.
12:35You know, there's something not right about this.
12:37What does Steve say?
12:39Steve doesn't buy Rip's story at all,
12:41and even his aunt thinks he's guilty.
12:42She doesn't know what of.
12:43No, Mark, I think he's a good kid.
12:45What do we do to help him?
12:46Well, Steve said that Wendy Hewitt was in
12:48interviewing the owner of the fish shanty
12:50before her swim.
12:52Thought I might go down there
12:53and find out what she was interviewing him about.
12:55Well, I can check out the autopsy report.
12:58I can go down to Lifeguard headquarters
13:00and ask around there.
13:01I want to be down there anyway.
13:02I can go by.
13:03No.
13:04Hmm?
13:04No.
13:05Look, you're way too busy.
13:07I mean, you're the chief of internal medicine.
13:10You have things to deal with,
13:11like Norman and all that stuff.
13:14You know I love you,
13:15and it's the least I could do for you.
13:16Well, thanks, Jack.
13:17It's no problem at all.
13:18Appreciate it.
13:19I'll do a great job.
13:20Girls.
13:27Those signing up for rookie lifeguard tryouts,
13:29please take a number.
13:33Hey, how you doing?
13:34I'm, uh, here to see Elektra.
13:36Take a number.
13:37I don't, uh, I don't think you understand.
13:42Hey, I can't believe you're here.
13:44Yeah, uh, thanks for your help.
13:48I, uh, you made quite an impression on me this morning.
13:52In fact, I haven't been able to stop thinking about you.
13:56But you're a doctor.
13:57Where are you going to find time for this?
13:59A couple of days off coming up.
14:01Besides, being a doctor is only part of what I do.
14:04Some things are too important to let your career get in the way.
14:07You know what I mean?
14:11He won't be needing this.
14:14You're moving to the front of the line.
14:16Just sign here,
14:17and then, uh, grab a swimsuit, Alba Laga.
14:21What?
14:23Whoa, hey, wait a minute.
14:24I'll see you at four.
14:25Come on.
14:32Yeah, how can this be?
14:33Come on.
14:33Come on.
14:52Congratulations.
14:53You raced the qualifying swim.
14:59I need mouth-to-mouth.
15:01You're a very funny guy.
15:07Maybe you should consider quitting now while you can still walk.
15:12You have a very interesting technique of encouraging aspiring lifeguards.
15:18I'm Jack Stewart.
15:19Spring Dana.
15:20I just don't want to see you drown so you can get a little loving and she can get a promotion.
15:26I don't see how our relationship could get anybody promoted.
15:30Signing a doctor up as a part-time lifeguard is bound to impress Lieutenant Denton.
15:35If you survive.
15:39You're either a very caring human being or you're up for the same promotion. Which is it?
15:46Well, with Rip out of the running, it's just Elektra and me.
15:50And she'll do anything to get promoted.
15:53What if I told you I really wanted to be a lifeguard?
15:55What if I told you I really wanted to be Tammy Faye Baker?
15:58I'd say you'd need more makeup.
16:00All right, everybody, listen up. The easy part's over.
16:07The ocean is not your backyard swimming pool.
16:10It's treacherous and unpredictable.
16:12If you can't cut a thousand meters swim in choppy salt water, we don't want you.
16:16So now you're in a grueling three-day training program.
16:21Can't they just take the written test?
16:23I don't love a man with a sense of humor.
16:25When it's over, you'll know if you're a lifeguard.
16:28If the beach is still just a pretty place to walk and sun yourself, you're not.
16:32But if you can look at it and see your sand, you made it, pal.
16:37Doh...
16:38It's terrible.
16:42Lord, goodbye.
16:43You're not.
16:43I should just talk to you alone.
16:45I can do something, sir.
16:45You're not.
16:46Thanks, sir.
16:47I have to get a return.
16:47You're not.
16:49I can do something for you when you and when you'reariип D accept.
16:50Hello?
17:18Uh, permission to come aboard, Captain.
17:20Sorry, mate, we're closed. Show off.
17:22I'm looking for Ronnie Schwartz.
17:24I'm Captain Ronnie. What do you want?
17:26Okay, Skipper, you want me to start checking invoices again?
17:32Oh, hello, Doctor.
17:35Good.
17:35Now, where were we?
17:37You're a doctor? Good.
17:39Because I'm going to have a heart attack.
17:41She's driving me into bankruptcy.
17:43She comes in during the lunch rush, starts asking questions.
17:46I don't have the answers.
17:47She threatens to audit every customer in the place.
17:50Well, I think a better class of clientele wouldn't have gone running out of here.
17:54May I have a word with you, Agent McCord?
17:56Yes, Mrs.
17:59What do you think you're doing?
18:00You can't just audit anybody who doesn't do what you want, can you?
18:04You think River's innocent? Well, so do I.
18:08Since when?
18:10Being suspicious is an occupational hazard with me.
18:13After you left the hospital in your version of a huff, I came to my senses.
18:18Now, I am going to crack Captain Sleazebag like a crab.
18:22Get in my way.
18:23You're part of the Louis.
18:24I would like to know why Wendy Hewitt died.
18:30I don't know anything about that.
18:32I already told you.
18:33Yes, right before I discovered that you wrote off your yacht as a business expense.
18:38Well, this is a seafood restaurant.
18:40I've got to know about the sea.
18:42All right.
18:44Well, I'm sorry I had to shut you down during peak business hours.
18:48You're going to need every penny you can get for your legal bills.
18:50All right, okay, okay, okay, please, please.
18:53Wendy Hewitt.
18:54She came here to interview me about the oil rig I'm going to put in front of my restaurant.
18:59I showed her the artist's rendition of the pump's adobe facade,
19:02and she agreed that it was a stirring tribute to the Hispanic community.
19:06And then she left.
19:09Then why the secrecy, Skipper?
19:12Because the eco-nuts are trying to shut the project down.
19:15The last thing I need is more controversy to ruin my business.
19:20No, no, no.
19:21That's the second to last thing.
19:24It's the heart, Doc.
19:25It's the heart.
19:26It's the heart.
19:40Who's he?
19:41He's a waiter who works at the fish shanty.
19:43I'm going to take this.
19:52We were doing lightboard exercises when Jack saw him floating face down and pulled him to shore.
19:58All right, move it.
19:59Clear.
20:03He's gone.
20:03The guy had a broken neck and a dislocated shoulder.
20:21I don't know if that's what killed him, but it definitely helped.
20:23Well, whatever it was, I don't think he was out for a morning swim.
20:26Yeah, meet Larry Tivnan of Venice.
20:32And Wendy Hewitt drowns after having breakfast at the fish shanty.
20:34Now a waiter from there turns up dead.
20:37Maybe he went after her for the tip.
20:40These keys are from a Chevy.
20:41Check around.
20:42I got a feeling it'll be parked down by the beach.
20:44We're on this license with DMV.
20:46All right, good.
20:46It's not that I don't appreciate your revealing insight into the critical mind, Jack, but exactly what were you doing down there anyway?
20:53Well, I'm so proud of you.
20:57You're a natural-born lifeguard.
20:59Never mind.
21:00Lieutenant Denton was very impressed.
21:02Oh, good.
21:03Does that mean I don't have to go swimming anymore?
21:04Because important parts of my body have gone into hiding.
21:07Where do I sign up?
21:08You're half a lifeguard this man is, you're hired.
21:11Hell of a rescue.
21:12Yeah, I didn't rescue anybody.
21:13No, but you've got the instinct, and I've got the skill.
21:16I can teach it to you.
21:17Consider yourself a lifeguard trainee.
21:19Starting tomorrow, you're teamed with a lifeguard.
21:23Just the two of us all day?
21:25Well, can you handle it?
21:27Hey, I'll give my best shot.
21:29Good.
21:32Great rescue, mister.
21:35This is Tivnan's car.
21:37A waiter with a pair of lifeguard trunks?
21:40Lieutenant.
21:41Lieutenant.
21:41Captain Schwartz.
21:44So tell me, how long are those cops going to be parked there?
21:47Frankly, it's an appetite killer.
21:49Well, I can only handle one killer at a time.
21:52You know Larry Tivnan?
21:53He's a waiter.
21:54Only been here three weeks.
21:55Already he's showing up late.
21:57Well, he's not going to be showing up at all
21:59unless you're catering a party at the morgue.
22:01If it weren't for us pulling your drunken customers out of the water,
22:04most of your clientele would be there right now.
22:07I can understand his anger.
22:08I wouldn't want to do anything to disturb a lifeguard's nap.
22:11Tivnan had a pair of lifeguard trunks.
22:13Did he work for you?
22:14No.
22:15My lifeguards wouldn't set foot in this hellhole.
22:19Except when I'm handing out free coffee.
22:21You mean, you actually visited mom at the ashram?
22:32I expected to find a bunch of scrawny hippies
22:35and tie-dyed saris living on basmati rice and marijuana brownies.
22:40Mom hasn't lived like that since I was 14.
22:42Well, instead, there was this working farm
22:46run by contented, loving people
22:48who've devoted themselves to a spiritual way of life.
22:51I was just devastated when I had to slap a lien on the place for back taxes.
22:57Well, my friend, good news here.
22:59All the tests say you're in pretty good shape.
23:01You're going to have to stop juggling the caffeine and the tranquilizers
23:04if you want to stay that way.
23:06I've been living on caffeine to stay awake.
23:08Why would I want to take tranquilizers?
23:10You said you, uh, drank 12 cups of coffee yesterday morning.
23:16Where'd you get them?
23:18Everywhere, um, a donut shop,
23:22lifeguard headquarters, fish shanty.
23:26Well, from now on,
23:28you're going to have to stick to decaf, my friend,
23:30and that is doctor's orders.
23:31Does that mean he can go?
23:33Sure, unless you want him to stick around and confess to something.
23:40I want a word with you, doctor.
23:43Any word you want, except audit.
23:47Hello, hello, I'm here.
23:49I'm sorry, I was thinking.
23:50Good.
23:50You're already trying to figure out who may have drug drips coffee.
23:54No, actually, I was just thinking about an old friend.
23:56Look, my nephew is in real trouble.
24:00We've got work to do.
24:02You know, she always pretended to be so heartless,
24:04but down deep she was a sweet, caring person.
24:07Doesn't sound like any kind of woman who could help solve a crime.
24:10Well, I miss her.
24:12You know, she was so compassionate,
24:13they used to call her soft serve.
24:15Soft serve McCord.
24:16Get over it, Sloan.
24:19That woman is dead and buried.
24:22Buried in South Dakota.
24:25Now, I am going to get to the bottom of this.
24:27You're welcome to stay here if you want
24:29and wallow in the past.
24:34Come on!
24:35The lifeguard rescue floats were originally made of a metallic alloy,
24:48and that's why, to this day, we still call them cans.
24:51With the advent of plastic, we switched to these babies.
24:54They're smaller and a lot easier to handle.
24:56There was some talk about changing a shade of red,
24:58but that's another story.
25:01Are you listening to me, son?
25:02Uh, yeah, that's so fascinating.
25:04Somebody should write a book about it.
25:06You know, it's funny that you should say that,
25:08but I just finished seven chapters.
25:10It's handwritten, but I think you can make it out.
25:13Look, I would love to...
25:15Hold it steady.
25:16Yeah, I got it right now.
25:18You see those guys over there?
25:20One of them can stumble and fall
25:22and be washed away by a big wave.
25:27Swing in the arms.
25:28Yeah, that's right.
25:29All right.
25:30All right, this way.
25:32All right, right.
25:34Well, well, we woke up the lifeguards.
25:36We better lower our voices.
25:38What do you think you're doing?
25:39I'm taking the final measurements for the pipeline.
25:42I'm going to run it under this patch of sand,
25:45then straight down till I strike black gold.
25:49You got to pack it up and go.
25:51Uh, excuse me, Tarzan.
25:53Take boy and step aside.
25:55I'm trying to conduct the survey here.
25:56Not on my sand, pal.
25:58The planning commission okayed the project,
26:01and there's nothing you can do about it.
26:03You got to pack it up and go.
26:04I'm going to fine each one of you
26:06a thousand dollars for littering.
26:07What?
26:08We haven't littered.
26:12Interfering with a lifeguard
26:13is a violation of the criminal code.
26:17You want to spend the night in jail,
26:18you keep running your yak.
26:20Okay.
26:22I'll get out of here,
26:23but I'm going to come back with the sheriff's deputy.
26:25Let's go.
26:27Come on.
26:28Yeah, nice hat.
26:32What the hell was that all about?
26:34Saving the sand from its natural predators.
26:37Greedy entrepreneurs.
26:39If anything goes wrong with that rig,
26:41we're going to have an oil slick
26:42stretching from Malibu to Redondo.
26:45Sounds to me like your beef
26:47is with the planning commission,
26:48and not with this Alan Hale look-alike.
26:50He only won the planning commission's approval
26:52by one vote.
26:53I know that fish fryer bought it.
26:56How do you know that?
26:57Wendy Hewitt.
26:58That's what her article was going to be about.
27:02Come on.
27:03I'm getting sick.
27:14Miss Dano, I'm Mark Sloan.
27:16I called.
27:16Oh, come on in.
27:17Yes, I hope you could give me
27:18a few minutes of your time.
27:21Well, if someone's interesting,
27:22I've got hours to spare.
27:23Well.
27:24So, do you like the place?
27:26I decorated it myself.
27:27Oh, really?
27:28Well, Daddy helped.
27:29Well, lifeguarding pays a little more than I thought.
27:32He's silly.
27:33Daddy paid for everything.
27:34Oh.
27:35Very youthful.
27:37Yes, it's just like my room at Daddy's house.
27:39It's kind of like a home away from home.
27:41Oh.
27:42So, would you like to sit down?
27:43Yes, thank you.
27:43Mm-hmm.
27:48Mama.
27:48Oh.
27:49Mama.
27:49Come on.
27:52So, how would you like to spend these minutes?
27:54I'm talking about Rip McCord.
27:56Oh, that.
27:58Well, he asked me out a couple of times, but I told him that I don't go out with little boys.
28:02See, I like a man who can teach me things, who can show me the world.
28:05I mean, what can you learn from these immature boys?
28:10You know, I was actually wondering if you could tell me just a little bit about the morning that Wendy Hewitt was killed.
28:17You know, she...
28:18Oh.
28:20Is that the match set?
28:22What?
28:23Well, Ronnie Schwartz has one just like that.
28:25Is this what you use to give each other permission to come aboard?
28:28I think you should go now.
28:33You're not quite as mature as I thought you were.
28:35Hmm.
28:36Well, that's good.
28:37That's a blessing, actually.
28:48Hi, Mark.
28:49I've been looking everywhere for you.
28:50What?
28:51I just got finished going over Wendy Hewitt's autopsy with a medical examiner.
28:54Yeah?
28:55I found traces of aluminum hydroxide in her system.
28:59That's an anti-diarrheal.
29:00Hmm.
29:01Why would she have a big meal and then take a swim if she had a stomach problem?
29:04That's not all I found.
29:06Wendy Hewitt had a Bloody Mary with her breakfast, and alcohol mixed with aluminum hydroxide causes...
29:10Tramps.
29:11Exactly.
29:12Well, there you are.
29:13I've been looking everywhere for you.
29:15Hello, Doctor.
29:16Say, you aren't pursuing this case without me, are you?
29:19I wouldn't think of it.
29:21However, Dr. Bentley has found something that leads me to believe that Wendy Hewitt was murdered.
29:25Murdered?
29:26Mm-hmm.
29:26We think that Ronnie Schwartz gave Wendy a drug, which, when mixed with alcohol, gives you the cramps.
29:33But why would he then assume she'd drown?
29:35Because he gave Rip, who was the lifeguard on duty at the time, a free cup of coffee laced with tranquilizers.
29:40So when she started to cramp up, there'd be no one there to rescue her.
29:44And Schwartz's waiter posing as a lifeguard to make sure she drowned.
29:47Right.
29:47Well, I think it's time I had a little chat with Captain Crunch.
29:51Well, Ed Gretchen, I think that's better left to the police.
29:53Well, call them if you like.
29:54I am going to the fish shed.
29:56You know, I know how Steve feels.
29:58You know, Steve said we should wait until he gets there.
30:09I think that's a good idea.
30:10Why would it be closed?
30:13Well, just a little fresh air wouldn't hurt anything.
30:15Gretchen, Steve said we should wait for him.
30:24Show yourself, Schwartz.
30:26No, no, don't shush me.
30:29We should wait outside for Steve.
30:31But, but Schwartz may make a break for the door.
30:35Oh, all right, you just stay here.
30:36Don't wander off.
30:37You can't hide in the dark forever, Captain.
30:53Hello?
30:54What is it now?
31:19He's over here.
31:26You want to question him first or shall we wait for Steve?
31:30Well, let's, let's wait for Steve.
31:44Honey told you to wait till I got here.
31:46I wanted to wait.
31:47She made me come in.
31:48This is a homicide investigation.
31:55When I say wait, you wait.
31:57Don't mess with Federal 10.
31:59I'm coming aboard this investigation.
32:01You're an IRS agent.
32:02You have no jurisdiction in a homicide investigation.
32:04No, but I could audit the chief of police
32:06and tell him that you suggested I do so.
32:09Dad, get her out of here before I arrest her
32:11for threatening a police officer.
32:13Ha!
32:13You wouldn't dare.
32:15Oh, yeah?
32:17Breaking and entering.
32:18Interfering with a police officer
32:19and tampering with evidence.
32:21You're bluffing.
32:22Loitering.
32:23Your son is a bullheaded, arrogant, mean-spirited, rigid bureaucrat
32:35who abuses his authority without a fault for anyone else.
32:39You must be so proud of him.
32:43You know, Mark, I think I owe you an apology.
32:46I was a bit hard on you.
32:47Oh, really?
32:48I hadn't noticed it.
32:49Well, see, to be honest, I thought maybe Rip was responsible for Wendy's drowning.
32:53And in a way, it would have been my fault.
32:58How would you be responsible?
32:59Well, because when my sister went into the ashram,
33:02I should have spent more time with him
33:04instead of going off trying to make a name for myself in the IRS.
33:08Yes, but you helped prove he was innocent.
33:09That's what matters.
33:11We helped.
33:12Well, I guess now that you've cleared Rip,
33:17you'll be heading back to South Dakota pretty soon enough.
33:21Well, I could put it off a little bit.
33:25Did you have something in mind?
33:26Well, I was wondering if you'd like to march through another door without knocking.
33:32Okay.
33:36Oh, I've been waiting for a chance to do that ever since I got my badge.
33:41Don't you mean Federal 10?
33:44Quite a kick you got there.
33:46Well, if Wendy Hewitt prepared her taxes the way she kept her apartment,
33:51I won't have any problem with her return.
33:53Well, I'm not concerned with her income taxes.
33:56Schwartz killed her for a reason, and I want to know what it is.
33:59Well, didn't Buck say she was going to write a negative article about the oil rig?
34:03Well, she was collecting evidence on him.
34:05Whatever it is might help us figure out who killed Schwartz and his waiter.
34:08I don't think that you're going to find it in the desk.
34:11You got a better idea?
34:14Well, I'm good.
34:16While you're pacing, I'll go look in the kitchen.
34:18Now, wait a second.
34:19Shh, listen.
34:20None of these floorboards creep except this one.
34:27Look at that.
34:28Give me a hand.
34:29Here.
34:30Here's this.
34:32Can you?
34:32Can you?
34:33Oh, I don't know.
34:34It's here.
34:35Hello?
34:41I don't believe it.
34:42I'm impressed.
34:43So am I.
34:48This is the startling new evidence in the Wendy Hewitt case?
34:51I found it in her apartment, and you're not going to believe what's in here.
34:54Her apartment is sealed.
34:56Not anymore.
34:57Oh, you did not break into Wendy Hewitt's apartment.
35:02Because if you did, this evidence is worthless.
35:06Oh.
35:07Uh, what did we do?
35:10Well, you were, uh, passing by, and you thought you heard a sound inside.
35:14Uh, I did.
35:16A baby.
35:17A baby?
35:18Yeah.
35:19Uh, I heard a baby crying.
35:21And, um, so I kicked in the door.
35:25Because you feared for the baby's safety.
35:27And then, uh, I searched the desk.
35:30For the baby.
35:31And then I had the idea to pull up the floorboards.
35:34Because you thought the baby was trapped under the floor?
35:37Mm-hmm.
35:39And, uh, and, uh, we found the box and brought it here.
35:42Mm-hmm.
35:43And, uh, you couldn't wait for the paramedics, because the baby might be inside in desperate need
35:47of medical care.
35:48And so we broke open the box.
35:50Uh-huh.
35:50To free the baby.
35:51Free the baby.
35:52Mm-hmm.
35:52And we found photographs and tapes and papers proving that Schwartz paid off the planning
35:56commission for their votes.
35:58Mm-hmm.
35:59Well, that was a mistake.
36:00Sounds completely reasonable to me.
36:03Well, at least we know why Schwartz killed Wendy Hewitt.
36:06The only thing we don't know yet is why his waiter, Larry Tivnan, was murdered.
36:10Why don't you leave that to me?
36:11That is what they pay me for, after all.
36:13Well, there's one thing that's certain.
36:15Rip deserves his job back.
36:24I've got seven commendations and a year more experience than you.
36:28I deserve that promotion.
36:30Then why am I getting it?
36:32You're getting it because you're a slut.
36:34I'm not the one who slept with Buck Denton.
36:37You've got to be pretty desperate to do that.
36:40Well, you're trying to seduce Jack just so you'll have a high-profile recruit to wow Buck with.
36:44You couldn't earn the promotion, so you had to resort to dirty tricks.
36:47Jack volunteered for rookie school.
36:49I had nothing to do with it.
36:52And if I was going to use dirty tricks, I'd tell Buck that you were sleeping with Ronnie Schwartz, too.
36:58Right up until he was bobbing for lobsters.
37:00Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, let go, let go, let go, let go.
37:07This isn't over.
37:10Anytime, Barbie.
37:12That was a pretty slick move there.
37:15I haven't seen that since my Uncle Roy showed it to me when I was a kid.
37:18What does your uncle do?
37:20Time.
37:22I'll explain it over dinner.
37:24Just as long as you don't use that little move on me.
37:26I have other moves in mind.
37:30All right.
37:37Lieutenant, I'm awfully sorry to intrude on you, but they told us at the lifeguard station we can find you here.
37:43I'm a Dr. Mark Sloan.
37:44I'm Rip McCord's doctor.
37:46And this is his aunt, Gretchen McCord.
37:48What do you think of my indoor beach?
37:59It's very nice.
38:01A little harder than a vacuum cleaner, isn't it?
38:04I couldn't afford to live at the beach on my salary, so I created a bit of heaven in Van Nuys.
38:09I work out here every day.
38:10This is genuine Caribbean sand.
38:14Straight from the unspoiled beaches of the Bahamas.
38:16Speaker?
38:19Speaker.
38:23What you're hearing is perfect, sir, off some shoreline in the South Pacific.
38:31I...
38:31Excuse me.
38:33I prefer Oxtropedus than myself, but then he to each his own, I guess.
38:36That's it.
38:37And this is my sand.
38:39I just wish the Santa Monica shoreline could be this pristine.
38:42Well, you know, maybe a good way to start would be to put Rip McCord back on duty.
38:45No way, no.
38:48You know, what happened to Wendy Hewitt was not his fault.
38:51Schwartz drugged his coffee.
38:55It doesn't matter.
38:56It doesn't matter.
38:57He created opportunity by juggling other jobs, by wearing himself down.
39:02He forgot saving lives is number one priority.
39:05Look, I like Rip.
39:07I'm the one that gave him his nickname.
39:08It's a clever one it is, too.
39:09But his days on the beach are over.
39:13Did you pay import duty on this sand?
39:17Did you get a permit for all this from Building and Safety?
39:20I...
39:20I don't remember.
39:23IRS.
39:25IRS.
39:26Did I fail to mention that?
39:27You know, if you're this lax with regulations in general, I just can't wait to go over your personal tax return.
39:37Trust me, you don't want her to look at your taxes.
39:40Yeah.
39:42You know, I've had some time to think about this.
39:45It's possible I was too harsh on Rip.
39:48You know, we make a good team.
40:04As a matter of fact, we were a good team the last time we were a team.
40:07When we brought a murderer to justice, remember that?
40:09There you go, wallowing in the past again.
40:12Not wallowing in it.
40:13I'm splashing around a little bit.
40:15Why did you get to be so hard-nosed?
40:16What are you talking about?
40:17You're the one that convinced me I could be a good IRS agent.
40:20That I was tough and tenacious enough to do the job really well.
40:23All that while dancing to begin the big game.
40:26Well, it was sentimental journey, but who remembers?
40:28See, it is hope for you yet.
40:30Look, I have dedicated myself to ferreting out cheats and bringing malefactors to their knees.
40:36Don't try to convince me now that what I do is pointless.
40:39Is everybody you come in contact with an incipient malefactor?
40:42I mean, Norman Briggs, Dolores, your nephew, me?
40:46What?
40:48Maybe?
40:49Oh, if you could see your face when you talk like that.
40:52Take a look in the mirror at yourself.
40:54I had to run five miles in the sand, right?
40:57Then I had to swim three more in an icy, polluted ocean.
41:03And to top it all off, when I was done, I had to run all the way back along the PCH.
41:07Could you imagine?
41:07That's the 312.
41:08Well, after all that effort, I certainly hope she's worth it.
41:11How would I know?
41:12Every time I'm with her alone, I fall asleep.
41:14Hi.
41:15Hi.
41:16That's you, Jack?
41:16Didn't recognize you with your clothes on.
41:19Actually, Steve's come all the way over here to give us some interesting news.
41:22The dead waiters served time for armed robbery in Oklahoma.
41:25It seems Tivenin and his girlfriend played Bonnie and Clyde all across the Corn Belt.
41:30Which means?
41:32Uh, I don't know.
41:34Steve?
41:36I don't know.
41:37We just don't have enough physical evidence.
41:39Well, what evidence do you have?
41:41Well, we got the murder weapon that killed Ronnie Schwartz, an oar from the restaurant wall.
41:45No prints.
41:46We checked the area around the tank.
41:47Guess what we found there?
41:48Sand, salt, tiny fragments of crab, conch, and lobster shells.
41:54Trace amounts of cooking grease.
41:56Well, could you imagine that?
41:57In a beachfront restaurant.
41:59I just don't think we can solve this case with so little evidence.
42:02Don't worry about it.
42:03You already have.
42:04How's your shrimp?
42:19Great.
42:20But anything would taste good now that I have my job back.
42:23Rick, congratulations.
42:26Glad to have you back on my stand.
42:28Lieutenant, I didn't expect to see you here.
42:30I don't know how you feel about the place.
42:31Oh, the place is fine.
42:32That Ronnie Schwartz I couldn't stand.
42:35I would have set foot in here with that idiot still alive.
42:38Technically speaking, I suppose that's true.
42:40Excuse me?
42:42Ronnie Schwartz was alive when you came in here.
42:44You killed him just before you left, so I suppose that's accurate.
42:49Look, pal, I don't take lives.
42:51I save them.
42:51Well, you made one exception, Buck.
42:53They found sand all around the lobster tank.
42:56Well, you could find sand all around the restaurant.
42:58It's called a beach.
43:00But this just wasn't any sand.
43:01This was your sand.
43:03It had little bits of conch shell in it.
43:06Not indigenous to Southern California.
43:07However, it is in the Caribbean.
43:09Well, I'm sure we could also find Idaho trout scales
43:12and Alaskan king crab shell on the floor.
43:16This is a seafood restaurant we're in.
43:19But conch isn't on the menu.
43:21No, the only place you find that around here is in your backyard.
43:24You're under arrest for the murder of Ronnie Schwartz.
43:45Al, why'd you do it?
43:48I always knew Schwartz had to be involved in Wendy's death.
43:52And when I saw the lifeguard trunks in his waiter's car, I figured it out.
43:55Schwartz drugged her so she'd cramp up,
43:57and then Tivnan, posing as a lifeguard, drowned her.
44:00And he wanted to discredit the lifeguard so he could ruin my sand.
44:05I couldn't let him get away with it.
44:06If Buck didn't figure it out until after the waiter was killed,
44:12who killed the waiter?
44:15Electra.
44:18I love this guy's sense of humor.
44:20Always kidding around.
44:22Am I right, huh?
44:23You stole that lifeguard suit for Tivnan.
44:27Because he's your old boyfriend.
44:29You know, the guy you went around doing that Bonnie and Clyde thing with?
44:34Stay away!
44:34Pull a knife on me, huh?
44:38Kid, come here.
44:40How'd you find out?
44:42Well, it was a little move that you pulled on Spring.
44:45Remember that?
44:46Remember I was telling you about my uncle?
44:47Well, he learned that move in the prison yard.
44:50You did time, didn't you?
44:53That's why the waiter had a broken neck and a dislocated shoulder.
44:56She tried that move on him.
44:57She went a little too far.
44:59All I ever wanted to be was a lifeguard.
45:01But Buck would have fired me if he would have found out I was an ex-con.
45:05That's right.
45:07Larry threatened to tell him, so I stole the suit for him.
45:10Then he wanted more.
45:11My money, my body.
45:12I had to stop.
45:17Let's go.
45:18Both have the right to remain silent.
45:20Anything you say he can and will be used against you in a court of law.
45:23Mr. Briggs, I just finished going over your tax return.
45:36All right.
45:36I'll take the darn cat off.
45:38Just please stop hounding me.
45:39You have overlooked some very substantial deductions.
45:44I've marked your refund top priority.
45:46You should be receiving a very pleasant check in just a few days.
45:49Ah, Dolores, yes.
45:59I fired my accountant.
46:01Couldn't stand the government being cheated.
46:02I have arranged for you to have an extension on your filing deadline.
46:06And I have hooked you up with the very best accountant in the city.
46:09Oh, I couldn't even afford mediocre.
46:12Oh, no, no, no.
46:13He's free.
46:14He owes me big time.
46:16Mark, is he in there?
46:18Yes.
46:22Hello.
46:23We need to talk.
46:25Oh, all finished auditing my friends, have you?
46:28And my family.
46:29I took the lien off my sister's ashram.
46:32I canceled our mother's audit.
46:33And I paid for Rip's tuition so that he doesn't have to work two jobs.
46:37Well, you feel okay.
46:38Maybe I want to examine you.
46:40I feel great.
46:41I just got tired of always assuming the worst.
46:44I want to look for the incipient good in people.
46:47Well, welcome back, officer.
46:53Where is that examination room?