- 7/1/2025
When a peaceful day in Echo Park turns into a scene of chaos, detectives race against time to uncover the truth behind the sudden outbreak of fear. With secrets buried beneath the surface and tension rising in the streets, every clue matters. A gripping crime drama where nothing is as it seems.
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00:00:00Oh
00:02:03Not much of a chance, Stoner.
00:02:05Let him go.
00:02:09Even if we do operate,
00:02:11he'll be a vegetable.
00:02:13I'm going to scrub.
00:02:17Get started, you know.
00:02:18I need your voice all day.
00:02:28Your address and his birthday.
00:02:30It wasn't so acute.
00:02:31Your son was driving a stolen car.
00:02:33Do you understand?
00:02:35Do you know what automobile is?
00:02:37Automobile?
00:02:38Pinto.
00:02:39El Pinto.
00:02:41Hey, what is with this place?
00:02:43Nobody speaks in here.
00:02:44Hey, wait a minute.
00:02:46Take it easy.
00:02:47You're going to work in this neighborhood
00:02:48try to learn the language.
00:02:49Hey, who are you?
00:02:50I'm Dr. Stoner.
00:02:52Doctor, I have to fill out a report.
00:02:54Not now, officer.
00:02:55Doctor, I have to fill out a report.
00:02:57Officer, this is not the time.
00:03:03Doctor, will you tell us how is my brother?
00:03:05So, when do you speak English?
00:03:09I don't know.
00:03:10Doctor.
00:03:14He's still in the room, ma'am.
00:03:17Do you know what he is?
00:03:19He's...
00:03:20He's alive, but he can't speak.
00:03:25I pray for him.
00:03:32Hi.
00:03:35Sixth floor, nursing supervisor.
00:03:39Call your office.
00:03:41Sixth floor, nursing supervisor.
00:03:43Please call your office.
00:03:47Hey, Lonnie.
00:03:48How are you going?
00:03:48What about you getting up, huh?
00:03:51How are you doing, Karen?
00:03:52Fine, doctor.
00:03:54Hey, Doc.
00:03:55She looks like she's going right to me, huh?
00:03:56Yeah, I agree with that.
00:03:58Okay, what do you want to do here?
00:03:59Hey, Mr. Stoner.
00:04:00How are you doing?
00:04:01It's Elaine, doctor.
00:04:02She isn't feeling.
00:04:03Well, let's take a look at her.
00:04:06Hey, what's wrong with you, girl?
00:04:08My stomach's sore.
00:04:10Hey, Doc.
00:04:11I've been waiting since 9 o'clock this morning.
00:04:13What about me, huh?
00:04:14Take it easy.
00:04:14Take it easy.
00:04:15They'll get to you.
00:04:20You've been eating too much candy.
00:04:21That's why.
00:04:23Open your mouth.
00:04:23Yeah, yeah, see?
00:04:27See, look at that.
00:04:28No teeth.
00:04:29What a teeth.
00:04:32Stoner.
00:04:33I thought you'd gone home.
00:04:36Well, he was the doctor.
00:04:37You're the doctor.
00:04:38Well, I'm, uh, Dr. Stoner is going off duty now, okay?
00:04:44I'm going to bring her to the examining room.
00:04:47Hey, don't worry about anything.
00:04:49He's okay.
00:04:50Thank you, doctor.
00:05:00Dr. Stoner, report to administration.
00:05:03Dr. Stoner.
00:05:04Michael, you listen to me.
00:05:11You tied up an anesthesiologist, two interns, four nurses, who knows what else, for half the night.
00:05:16We were operating.
00:05:17That's what a hospital's for.
00:05:19In the opinion of one of your colleagues, Enrico Fernandez was legally dead when he came in here.
00:05:25He was legally dead.
00:05:26He's alive now.
00:05:27I'm glad he's alive.
00:05:29But I'm responsible for this hospital.
00:05:31I'm responsible for the way things are done.
00:05:33I should have been consulted.
00:05:34Hey, we can't reach you.
00:05:37You're always in meetings on the phone.
00:05:38That's no excuse, and you know it.
00:05:41You have been told before that this hospital has certain proper and necessary procedures.
00:05:46Procedures?
00:05:49You know what's bugging you?
00:05:51I ran up your light bill without your permission.
00:05:54Why don't you admit it?
00:05:55A 16-year-old Mexican kid cost you a couple of grand a night.
00:05:58A lot of things are bugging me.
00:06:00I'm bugged by your lack of discipline.
00:06:02I'm bugged that you may not be able to save the world with the budget I'm given.
00:06:05Well, I don't give a damn about your budget.
00:06:08Without that budget, you wouldn't have a hospital to work in.
00:06:10Look, I do what has to be done, when it has to be done.
00:06:12If you don't like it, fire me.
00:06:16Michael, you're tired.
00:06:17You don't know what you're saying.
00:06:19Yeah, okay, I'm tired.
00:06:22Good night.
00:06:28It's very nice, Maria.
00:06:31Good night, Sophia.
00:06:32Night, Leonard.
00:06:34Oh, I wish I could live there.
00:06:36It's no such place.
00:06:37It's just pretend.
00:06:39But I paint my dreams.
00:06:40I think everybody paints their dreams.
00:06:42Do you?
00:06:42Mm-hmm.
00:06:43I love the color and the composition.
00:06:46It's really very good.
00:06:48Well, thank you.
00:06:49Thanks, Cynthia.
00:06:50Good night.
00:06:51Good night.
00:06:51See you next week.
00:06:52Okay.
00:06:52Cynthia, please, come and help me.
00:06:55Good night, Jake.
00:06:56I'm in trouble.
00:06:58What's wrong, Mr. Lachero?
00:06:59The hands.
00:07:00Look at the hands.
00:07:01They're too big.
00:07:03I like it.
00:07:04Don't, Mr. Lachero.
00:07:06Why?
00:07:06Please don't do that.
00:07:08Nobody looks like that.
00:07:10Come on, man.
00:07:11I bet that guy can really punch somebody out.
00:07:14It's out of perspective.
00:07:15It doesn't matter.
00:07:16It's honest.
00:07:17If I wanted a photograph, I'd get a camera.
00:07:20Art is freedom, Mr. Lachero.
00:07:22It's the only place you can do what you want.
00:07:26Yes.
00:07:27Oh, Angel, he's just a nut.
00:07:30Maybe I'll take it home.
00:07:32I would.
00:07:33Good night.
00:07:34Good night.
00:07:35Maybe next week I'll pay the cup for it, huh?
00:07:37Good.
00:07:40Hey, you.
00:07:41Hey, buddy.
00:07:42What do you want?
00:07:43It's all right.
00:07:44He's a friend of mine.
00:07:46Oh.
00:07:47You sure it's okay?
00:07:48Yeah, thanks.
00:07:50Take it easy.
00:07:51Night.
00:07:52The students really look after you, don't they?
00:07:57Yeah, they're good guys.
00:07:59You're late.
00:08:00I wanted you to sit in on my class.
00:08:02Well, I did, too, when I had an emergency operation.
00:08:07Just like last week.
00:08:09Mm-hmm.
00:08:10Well, next week I'll bring my charcoal pencils and draw for you, I promise.
00:08:13Oh, I bet you don't even have charcoal pencils.
00:08:16Don't know why you treat me like you do.
00:08:40It's that I don't know why you treat me like you do.
00:08:49Mm-hmm.
00:08:50Hey.
00:08:50Mm-hmm.
00:08:50Hey.
00:08:51That's very nice.
00:08:54Yeah.
00:08:56They call me the singing doctor.
00:09:03Hey, uh.
00:09:05What's going on here?
00:09:06What do you mean?
00:09:08You know, candles, wine.
00:09:12You know what day this is?
00:09:16What, is your birthday?
00:09:18Nope.
00:09:20Uh, my birthday?
00:09:23It's the seventh.
00:09:24Oh, the seventh.
00:09:26Oh, man.
00:09:28What's the seventh?
00:09:31It's, um, sort of an anniversary.
00:09:34We met exactly one month ago.
00:09:45Well, I never thought it would end up like this.
00:09:50Like what?
00:09:51You know, like this.
00:09:59You have great eyes.
00:10:02Mirrors.
00:10:03I like the way I look in them.
00:10:06Am I attractive to you?
00:10:09You kidding?
00:10:10When I first saw you, it was like looking at, I don't know, something special.
00:10:15I was scared to ask you out.
00:10:19But then I found out you wrote fairy tales.
00:10:23And I said, hey, she needs you.
00:10:26She thinks life is all magic castles and glass slippers.
00:10:31I better set her straight.
00:10:33Yeah, so you decided to show me the real world, huh?
00:10:35Yeah, that's right.
00:10:38And what have I got?
00:10:41Candlelights and fairy tales.
00:10:44Hey, what's this?
00:10:49Nothing.
00:10:51Nothing.
00:10:51A moose wearing a stethoscope is nothing.
00:10:59Oh, there you go.
00:11:01You'll feel better.
00:11:03Tomorrow I'll show you the sun.
00:11:05Would you like that?
00:11:05Cynthia, you're talking to a plant.
00:11:08I know.
00:11:09Why are you talking to a plant?
00:11:11It's tired.
00:11:12I'll give it a shot of B-12.
00:11:15It's a plant.
00:11:16Plants have feelings.
00:11:19Oh.
00:11:21Okay, I'll, I'll, uh...
00:11:23I'll just sit over here while my girl talks to her begonias.
00:11:31Am I?
00:11:34What?
00:11:37Am I your girl?
00:11:42So, here you are.
00:11:48But, do you know what you're getting into?
00:11:53Rotten hours.
00:11:55Guy who can't go to the movies because he's too tired.
00:11:58That's what my mother said.
00:12:00She said that you would be...
00:12:00You told your mother about me?
00:12:03My dad, too.
00:12:09Great.
00:12:12They want to meet you.
00:12:14Yeah, I bet they do.
00:12:16No, I mean in a good way.
00:12:18Honest.
00:12:20Please.
00:12:23When?
00:12:24Sunday brunch.
00:12:26It's your free day.
00:12:27We could just stop in for a few minutes.
00:12:29Okay, okay.
00:12:32What'd you tell your parents?
00:12:34That you were tall, dark, and handsome.
00:12:39You sure you said dark?
00:12:40Yes.
00:12:43All right, all right.
00:12:44I just wanted to make sure when I walk in, I don't give him a stroke.
00:12:48Oh, stop worrying.
00:12:49Who's worried?
00:12:57Hello?
00:13:00Yes, just a minute.
00:13:01It's the hospital.
00:13:04It's the hospital.
00:13:04It's the hospital.
00:13:04It's the hospital.
00:13:06It's the hospital.
00:13:10Yeah.
00:13:12Okay, I'll be there.
00:13:21I gotta go.
00:13:25I'll call you tomorrow.
00:13:26Michael.
00:13:32Happy anniversary.
00:13:33Dolphin.
00:13:40I'll call you.
00:13:53Just a minute.
00:14:01Hey, doctor, you don't sleep home no more, huh?
00:14:20Mrs. Gambini, didn't you get my message?
00:14:23Told you not to wait up for me.
00:14:25What message?
00:14:26I was out dancing last night.
00:14:31Yeah.
00:14:50Yeah, this is Dr. Stoner.
00:14:57Well, I just left there.
00:14:58All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, I'll be there.
00:15:15Get him!
00:15:17Hey, Stoner!
00:15:18Yeah, put him right there.
00:15:20All right, I'll be right here.
00:15:22Hey, Stoner, stand there.
00:15:23Put your hand on your head.
00:15:24Aren't you crazy?
00:15:25He'd look like a hairdresser.
00:15:26Look at that, huh?
00:15:27Don't shake the camera.
00:15:29Come on, Stoner, let's go, let's go.
00:15:31Would you shut up?
00:15:32I'm the director.
00:15:33You only the script girl.
00:15:34Okay, just that natural, Stoner.
00:15:35What kind of direction is that?
00:15:37Stripes.
00:15:38Will you get out of the way?
00:15:39Yeah, come on.
00:15:40Okay, guys, action.
00:15:42You didn't tell her what to do.
00:15:43What's going on?
00:15:44We're making a documentary on the neighborhood, and you're one of our leading citizens.
00:15:48Okay, well, I'll come back with you.
00:15:50Oh, come on, Stoner, please.
00:15:52Angie, Angie.
00:15:53Okay, okay.
00:15:54Roll up.
00:15:55Scene 28, take one.
00:15:57Here in the city of Los Angeles, we have a man who's came up the hard way.
00:16:02This is his story.
00:16:04Oh, please.
00:16:05Move forward, Stoner.
00:16:07Okay, hold it right there.
00:16:08Come on, Stoner.
00:16:10Hi, I'm Michael Stoner.
00:16:12Come on.
00:16:13What do you want me to say?
00:16:14Tell us where you were born.
00:16:15Will you shut up?
00:16:17I'm the director.
00:16:18Without a frame.
00:16:20Stripes, you don't know what you're doing.
00:16:22I'm an artist.
00:16:24You're just technical help.
00:16:25Hey, I'll get y'all later.
00:16:28Hey, that stuff ain't hot, is it?
00:16:29Oh, no, no, no.
00:16:30We're on at Grant's.
00:16:32Oh, Mike.
00:16:33We really need this shot.
00:16:34Come on, I'll be back.
00:16:35Come on, man.
00:16:38That's all right.
00:16:39We'll get him later.
00:16:40Yeah, we got more work to do anyway.
00:16:42Come on, huh?
00:16:44Yeah.
00:16:45Come on.
00:16:46Come on.
00:16:46Come on.
00:16:47Come on.
00:16:47Come on.
00:17:15Stoner, we're waiting for you.
00:17:20The temp's going up.
00:17:21I know. I'm waiting for the blood cultures.
00:17:24Yeah, better not wait too long.
00:17:25I have to wait. Most of her tests haven't come back from the lab yet.
00:17:29Comatose, paralysis of the load.
00:17:30I know the symptoms, Stoner. I just don't know what it heads up to.
00:17:35We've had six other people now with similar symptoms.
00:17:37It begins with severe abdominal cramps, vomiting, and numbness.
00:17:41Come to the lab. Tell them we need those tests.
00:17:42I've just come from there.
00:17:44And?
00:17:44They're working on it.
00:17:45If you leave them alone, they'll work on it till Christmas.
00:17:48One of us has to get those tests and get them.
00:17:50All right, I'll go.
00:17:51We'll just aggravate them and we'll never get done.
00:17:56Hey, sweet Claire.
00:17:58Were you on last night?
00:17:59I'm always on, Stoner.
00:18:01Which one?
00:18:03What does he always want?
00:18:04Spencer.
00:18:06How many of those three patients have temperatures over 102?
00:18:09Too many.
00:18:11And I've just admitted three more.
00:18:12Where's the doctor, nurse? I've got to get out of here.
00:18:21You've got a 22 slug in your shoulder. It's got to be taken care of.
00:18:26We're at war, woman. Don't you know nothing?
00:18:28I've got a great shot.
00:18:34Dr. Stoner.
00:18:36We need some help.
00:18:37We're not going to hurt you.
00:18:39All you have to do is trust us.
00:18:40Leave her alone.
00:18:40I'm sorry, my grandmother doesn't like hospitals.
00:18:43Her husband died here.
00:18:49Listen to me.
00:18:51Listen, if you help me,
00:18:54I can help you go home.
00:18:57Okay.
00:18:59I want you to go home.
00:19:01I want you to go home just like you do.
00:19:04He's a good man, grandmother.
00:19:10Well, I want you to go home.
00:19:12Nurse?
00:19:14Let me take this.
00:19:16It's going to be all right.
00:19:19Lie down here, please.
00:19:21Lie down here.
00:19:23Go ahead, nurse.
00:19:25No, no, no, it's okay.
00:19:27It's okay, really.
00:19:29It'll be all right.
00:19:35Oh, tickles, huh?
00:19:40Any vomiting?
00:19:41Yes.
00:19:42She says first yesterday her legs hurt,
00:19:44and today she can hardly walk.
00:19:47Get a CBC electrolytes and a liver panel.
00:19:51Hang in there.
00:19:53Let's go.
00:19:57Come on.
00:19:58It'll be all right.
00:20:06Quarantine them.
00:20:07Who's going to notify the Department of Health?
00:20:10You are.
00:20:13Pharmacists don't call.
00:20:14Please go to CCU.
00:20:16Pharmacists don't call.
00:20:17Please go to CCU.
00:20:18Pharmacists don't call.
00:20:19Please go to CCU.
00:20:25Buenos dias.
00:20:27Did your mother get in the sleep?
00:20:30How about you?
00:20:37You're going to look like a bitch.
00:20:38You're going to look like a bitch.
00:20:39You're going to look like a bitch.
00:20:47Why don't you take a moment and get some rest?
00:20:49Don't worry.
00:20:50We'll arrange for a bed here for your mother.
00:20:52Okay.
00:20:53I'm going to give you a bed.
00:20:54Look, don't worry.
00:20:55I'm going to sleep right now.
00:20:57Take care.
00:21:02Betty, do you have the Fernandez boys chart?
00:21:07Don't worry, don't worry.
00:21:08Of course, don't worry.
00:21:09Take care.
00:21:11You're going to get a adventure.
00:21:13Come in, Rico.
00:21:15Hang in there, Rico.
00:21:16And there we go.
00:21:40Now, did either of you eat in a restaurant yesterday?
00:21:44Sure, in Beverly Hills.
00:21:46He was hanging out with the movie stars.
00:21:48Mike, Dr. Stoner, this is Mr. Mason from the Department of Health.
00:21:51Dr. Stoner?
00:21:52Did you eat at the restaurant yesterday?
00:21:54Look, this is important. May I have your cooperation, please?
00:21:57Did either of you have fish or milk?
00:21:59All right, let him through.
00:22:00Doctor, we must have order here.
00:22:02Yeah, we got to have some order right here.
00:22:04Did you have any milk or yogurt or cheese or anything?
00:22:07Excuse me, Dr. Stoner. We had some cheese.
00:22:10May I have your name, please?
00:22:12There it is. She had cheese.
00:22:14Mrs. Stoner.
00:22:15Now, just a minute, please, Doctor. We have to get a clear record as we go.
00:22:18Milk and ice cream.
00:22:20Right there.
00:22:21Did anybody have any canned goods within the last 24 hours?
00:22:24No, no, no, no, wait. Just a minute.
00:22:26Mr. Chu.
00:22:28You said you.
00:22:29Are the rest of you giving them your name later?
00:22:30Mr. Stoner, I haven't been in the restaurant for you yet?
00:22:31Don't worry about the restaurant.
00:22:32Mr. Stoner, I don't worry about the restaurant.
00:22:33Yes, don't worry about the restaurant.
00:22:34I ate out yesterday.
00:22:36Mr. You don't have the virus.
00:22:37Well, can we have a little order here, please?
00:22:40Yeah, let's have a little order.
00:22:42Come on, come on, let me move.
00:22:43Please.
00:22:44Mr. Chu, I'm trying to...
00:22:45Mr. Chu, I thought you were in here in the neighborhood.
00:22:46I'm trying to...
00:22:47Me?
00:22:48Not yet. I can't afford it. I'm still living on La Vada Pond.
00:22:54You haven't eaten anywhere else? I mean, outside the neighborhood?
00:22:58No. I can't even afford to go out.
00:23:02Thanks.
00:23:03What have you...
00:23:03So you did not eat in a restaurant yesterday, is that correct?
00:23:07That is correct.
00:23:08Yes, sir.
00:23:08Did either of you have any...
00:23:09Does anybody live outside?
00:23:10Did either of you have any...
00:23:11What's that?
00:23:14Does anybody here live in Wanda Pond?
00:23:17The steward lives on La Vada Pond.
00:23:18Did you have any food yesterday?
00:23:20No, I have bananas.
00:23:21Bananas.
00:23:21Where did you buy them?
00:23:24I didn't buy them. I took them.
00:23:25Okay, you took them. You took them from where?
00:23:27From Larry's Market. Why?
00:23:35Thank you, Mrs. Litty. See you again.
00:23:40Do these come from Mexico?
00:23:43The bananas.
00:23:44Do you sell on credit here?
00:23:58Depends.
00:24:00Do you know Mrs. Stewart or Mrs. Valdez, Mr. Chu, anybody?
00:24:06Maybe.
00:24:06Maybe.
00:24:07Maybe.
00:24:07You're a cop or something?
00:24:08No, no, I'm a...
00:24:09I'm a doctor.
00:24:10Do any of these people bother me?
00:24:12Do you know them?
00:24:13Maybe.
00:24:14Maybe.
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00:24:44Mr. Stoner, how are you?
00:24:46Hi, Dr. Stoner.
00:24:47How are you?
00:24:48Good.
00:24:50Ms. Lopez with her feet, remember?
00:24:52Oh, yeah...
00:24:54How are you?
00:24:55Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:24:56I'll walk her.
00:24:57How are you?
00:24:58Good, yeah, good.
00:25:00today. Does everybody here shop at Larry's Market? Yes. Why? Hey, doctor! Hey, everybody!
00:25:21Listen! Don't go to Larry's Market. The doctor thinks there's something wrong at Larry's Market.
00:25:28Doctor! Doctor!
00:25:37LaVada Palms Apartments. LaVada Palms. LaVada Palms.
00:25:43Didn't anybody check these? Doctor, I don't understand. Almost everybody in here lives at the same
00:25:49address. Doesn't that mean anything to you? It could mean a great many things, doctor.
00:25:54Well, how about where they all get their food? Larry's Market. Remember Larry's Market?
00:26:00Check it out. All right, I'll put it on the list. Well, do it now.
00:26:03Dr. Stoner, I don't tell you how to do your job. I would appreciate it if you didn't tell...
00:26:09We're faced with an epidemic, Inspector. I'll go do it myself.
00:26:14Stoner! There are established procedures. I don't care about your procedures. Don't you...
00:26:20Don't you understand? That food store has to be shut down now!
00:26:25Hey, kid. Feeling all right today? Got a little tan. Sunbathing again, huh?
00:26:40Yeah, I'm going to see my girl's family. They got the life. No health department inspectors. No, no epidemic.
00:26:51Ah, Rico, I don't know what this thing is, man. Don't act like nothing in the book.
00:26:57I'm scared to death somebody's gonna die from it before we can stop it, you know?
00:27:00Ma'am. I'll check you later, man.
00:27:10Captain O'Connor, whenever this free boo's around, I know you can't be too far away.
00:27:14I couldn't say the same about you.
00:27:19We were there in the harbor of Buda, and we found ourselves.
00:27:31Hey, this is bigger than I thought. Me too.
00:27:43Cynthia, darling.
00:27:45And you must be Michael.
00:27:48So glad you could join us. Thank you for inviting me.
00:27:51Oh, come with me, Michael. Some friends of mine here I'd like you to meet.
00:27:54They've been our good neighbors for many years.
00:27:56They've known Cynthia since she was a little girl.
00:28:00Liz, Jack, this is a friend of Cynthia's, Dr. Michael Stoner.
00:28:05He's on staff at downtown Los Angeles Hospital.
00:28:08Hello, Mother. I'm so glad you came.
00:28:11Jerry, I don't believe you've met.
00:28:14Charlotte.
00:28:18This is Dr. Stoner. My wife, Charlotte.
00:28:21Oh, pleased to meet you, Dr. Stoner.
00:28:22My pleasure.
00:28:23Cynthia's been telling us all about your hospital and the wonderful things.
00:28:26Well, it's not my hospital. I'm just a doctor there.
00:28:29Oh, well, according to my daughter, you're the doctor there.
00:28:32She says it simply couldn't function without you.
00:28:34Well, is that what you've been telling her?
00:28:36Uh, you'll have to get used to that, doctor.
00:28:39The child does have a tendency to exaggerate a bit.
00:28:42Woman.
00:28:44Woman?
00:28:45Come on. I'm starving.
00:28:47Not to mention. Nice to see you, doctor.
00:28:49You've got your mother's eyes.
00:28:50Hey.
00:28:53Hey, Mouse.
00:28:54Hi.
00:28:56You look great.
00:28:57Thanks.
00:28:58Michael, I'd like you to meet Georgette Schaefer.
00:29:00Hi.
00:29:01Cynthia, tell you I own a hospital, too?
00:29:03All of East Los Angeles.
00:29:06Georgette's a lawyer.
00:29:09You're supposed to be impressed.
00:29:10Oh, I am.
00:29:12Georgette's my best friend, but she's also a flirt.
00:29:14A flirt.
00:29:16Oh, I get it.
00:29:18Lady lawyers don't impress you, but, uh, forward women do.
00:29:23She put you in one of her books yet?
00:29:27He looks kind of like a panther.
00:29:29Lean and dangerous.
00:29:31Does she always carry on like this?
00:29:33Always.
00:29:34Georgette, babe or so?
00:29:35You're no fun.
00:29:37Your father has no faith in me.
00:29:39Where is your young man?
00:29:40What was he?
00:29:41I don't...
00:29:42I don't really look at myself as a TV personality.
00:29:45I'm much more of a, uh, investigative reporter.
00:29:49Fallon, you're a troublemaking mutter.
00:29:51That's what you are.
00:29:52Not true, Uncle Gavin.
00:29:53Fallon Riley is a courageous electronic journalist.
00:29:58Michael Stoner, meet the infamous Fallon Riley.
00:30:00I've seen your work.
00:30:01Your program on child abuse was excellent.
00:30:03Why, thank you.
00:30:04I really should have won an Emmy for that one.
00:30:07Ah, well.
00:30:09Uncle Gavin, I'd like you to meet Dr. Michael Stoner.
00:30:12Dr. Stoner, I'd like you to meet Dr. Gavin O'Connor.
00:30:15Nice to see you.
00:30:16Watch out for this one, Dr. Stoner.
00:30:18In five minutes, he'll have you convinced that you need a new nose.
00:30:21And it's $5,000 for the small size.
00:30:23I have saved many an actress's career by...
00:30:26Ah, now this is what we call the magic finger speech.
00:30:28Oh, Fallon, you're cruel.
00:30:30Thank you, Cynthia.
00:30:31But I can handle this overblown buffoon.
00:30:33I've been doing it for years.
00:30:35Plastic surgery is a remarkable feel.
00:30:37You know, last month I saw a kid with gunshot wounds.
00:30:39His face was...
00:30:40Dr. Stoner, I trust that you're not a medical charlatan like Dr. O'Connor here.
00:30:44Well, I'm a doctor at a downtown hospital.
00:30:46Dr. O'Connor has a private clinic on Sunset Boulevard.
00:30:49It looks more like a boutique.
00:30:51The kid who was shot, he was on the table for three hours.
00:30:56Dr. Montrose operator, do you know him?
00:30:57We bet.
00:30:58He did a sensational job.
00:30:59He'd have to look real close just to find any...
00:31:01I didn't realize that Montrose was on the staff in his delay.
00:31:04No, he's not.
00:31:05He gives us two days a week.
00:31:07Are you on staff anywhere, doctor?
00:31:10In recent years, I've restricted my activities to the clinic.
00:31:14Well, we could use you.
00:31:15You know, they're ripping each other apart down there.
00:31:18Michael's kidding.
00:31:19But there really is a lot to do.
00:31:20I'd love a drink, wouldn't you?
00:31:23Your father tells me you've been volunteer teaching downtown.
00:31:26Yes, and it's wonderful.
00:31:28They're really talented artists.
00:31:30All they need is a little guidance and encouragement.
00:31:34I think what you're doing is commendable.
00:31:36But I was talking to your father about your being downtown so much.
00:31:39He's concerned.
00:31:40About what?
00:31:41Well, he's so proud of what you do.
00:31:44I'm sure he doesn't want to interfere.
00:31:45But, Cynthia, that can be a dangerous neighborhood.
00:31:49Oh, that's nonsense.
00:31:51And anyway, they wouldn't lay a hand on any friend with Dr. Michael Stoner.
00:31:54I'm sure.
00:31:56But Dr. Stoner has his responsibilities.
00:31:58He can't be with you all the time.
00:32:00A young woman alone in East L.A.
00:32:02Dr. O'Connor, there are many young women alone in East L.A.
00:32:07Of course there are, Doctor.
00:32:10But some people fit in certain places.
00:32:14Others don't.
00:32:17Are you sure we haven't met?
00:32:19I think I know you.
00:32:21I have no recollection of ever having met you before.
00:32:24Yeah, well, maybe you just sound like a lot of people I know.
00:32:28I'm not certain I appreciate your meaning, Doctor.
00:32:30Doctor, since you can't practice in East L.A.,
00:32:33and since you like to keep the people who are trying to help out of East L.A.,
00:32:36I gotta figure you don't know nothing about the area.
00:32:39I know what goes on down there.
00:32:40Every concerned citizen of Los Angeles knows.
00:32:42Yeah, yeah, I've heard all that.
00:32:44But it gets very heavy down there, man.
00:32:47Well, why don't you come down anyway?
00:32:48Maybe you might learn something about the people.
00:32:51And you find out how badly they need doctors.
00:32:52I can't believe you, man.
00:32:54Here we are working double shifts to try to handle the load,
00:32:56and you sitting in some fancy clinic, bobbing noses.
00:32:59You call yourself a doctor.
00:33:00You ain't no doctor.
00:33:02You're a beautician.
00:33:03You're making a spectacle of yourself, doctor.
00:33:08Excuse me.
00:33:12Michael.
00:33:19Cynthia.
00:33:20Michael.
00:33:21I wanted everyone to like you.
00:33:36Well, didn't you hear what he said?
00:33:38He's one of my father's oldest friends.
00:33:39So what?
00:33:40What am I supposed to do?
00:33:41Just stand there and take it?
00:33:42Couldn't you just stay cool for once for me?
00:33:44Come on, come on, come on.
00:33:45Don't cry.
00:33:46I can't help it.
00:33:47Hey, it's my suit and my tie.
00:33:48I get crazy when I wear it.
00:33:49Come on, give me a smile.
00:33:50Hey, where you going?
00:33:51Any changes, Fernandez?
00:33:53Dr. Cole, please call the path lab.
00:33:54Dr. Cole, please call the path lab.
00:33:56Dr. Cole, please call the path lab.
00:33:58You got a girl, Rico?
00:34:00Hey, where are you going?
00:34:10Any changes, Fernandez?
00:34:12Doctor, please call the path lab.
00:34:16Doctor and your own folks, please call the path lab.
00:34:19You got a girl, Rico?
00:34:22Trouble, man. Well, leave that.
00:34:24Can't do nothing to please them.
00:34:27They're all the same, too.
00:34:28No matter if they come from East L.A. or Bel-Air.
00:34:32They walk around on their skinny ankles,
00:34:35looking like little canaries.
00:34:40Yeah, I'm in trouble, Rico. I think I blew it.
00:34:44Hey, don't get involved with the fancy ones, man.
00:34:46They'll kill you. They'll cry too easy.
00:34:51Hey, I hear you play a little handball.
00:34:55Maybe sometime you and me, we go to the gym, you hear me?
00:35:06Don't get pressed with the nurses.
00:35:07Don't worry. I haven't cut anybody in a couple of days.
00:35:18I'm sorry, this is a hospital.
00:35:19Oh, you're looking better.
00:35:21I'm sorry, this is a hospital.
00:35:24Oh, you have no opportunity.
00:35:25You can't just pass this.
00:35:26You can't come in here.
00:35:28That's right.
00:35:28Doctor, I tried to stop you.
00:35:30It's okay, Loretta.
00:35:32You told my customers, don't buy from Larry's.
00:35:34You said the food was poisoned.
00:35:36Now, they don't come into my store anymore.
00:35:38We examined the food and the building thoroughly.
00:35:41There's absolutely nothing in the store which could have caused a problem.
00:35:44Are you sure?
00:35:45Absolutely.
00:35:46See, everybody's afraid to buy food from me.
00:35:48I've been in business for 15 years, doctor.
00:35:51Okay, okay, quiet. We're in the hospital.
00:35:52I'll straighten it out.
00:35:54Redress this and give an appointment.
00:35:56You better do something or I'll call my lawyer.
00:36:01Now, you've ruined my business for 15 years.
00:36:03Mr. Lee, I could see the business.
00:36:05Perhaps in the future, you'd better stick to the patient and let me do the investigation.
00:36:08Well, if it isn't the food, what is it?
00:36:10I mean, if I leave it up to you, we'll have a real epidemic on our hands.
00:36:13Do you realize how many more patients?
00:36:14Doctor, I'll do the job.
00:36:16I don't want any more interference.
00:36:22You'll fix up my business.
00:36:24Well, I'm going to sue you, understand?
00:36:26Mr. Lee, listen.
00:36:28Now, I'll explain to the people that I was wrong, okay?
00:36:38Troubles, stoner?
00:36:42I'll handle it.
00:36:47She's got the same symptoms as the others.
00:36:55Ebony, huh?
00:36:57Is it?
00:36:58That's my professional name.
00:36:59Are you?
00:37:00What are you?
00:37:01Stripper?
00:37:02I'm going to be a model.
00:37:03Oh.
00:37:04Well, what's your real name?
00:37:05Doctor.
00:37:06If you don't hurry up, I'm going to have my baby right here.
00:37:10How close are the contractions?
00:37:11Ten minutes apart.
00:37:12You have plenty of time.
00:37:13Don't worry.
00:37:14Louise Washington.
00:37:15What's that?
00:37:16My real name.
00:37:17Oh, Louise.
00:37:18Every little brain seems to be spotty.
00:37:21You know that one?
00:37:22Mm-hmm.
00:37:23Ebony.
00:37:24That's so they know I'm black.
00:37:25I dig that.
00:37:26So what?
00:37:27I see your boyfriend likes skinny girls.
00:37:29He better.
00:37:30I'm still on a diet.
00:37:31You're too skinny already.
00:37:32I'm fasting.
00:37:33All I've had for the last couple of days is water.
00:37:35Water?
00:37:36Water?
00:37:37You sure that's all you've had?
00:37:38Yeah.
00:37:39Where do you live?
00:37:40I live out of palms.
00:37:41Why?
00:37:42I live out of palms.
00:37:43Why?
00:37:44Nurse.
00:37:45Nurse.
00:37:46Quarantiner.
00:37:47I'm Dr. Myers.
00:37:48I'll be taking care of you.
00:37:49No.
00:37:50No.
00:37:51No.
00:37:52No.
00:37:53No.
00:37:54No.
00:37:55No.
00:37:56No.
00:37:57No.
00:37:58No.
00:37:59No.
00:38:00No.
00:38:01No.
00:38:02No.
00:38:03No.
00:38:04No.
00:38:05No.
00:38:06No.
00:38:07No.
00:38:08No.
00:38:09No.
00:38:10No.
00:38:11No.
00:38:12Dr. Myers, I'll be taking care of you.
00:38:13No way!
00:38:14I ain't gonna have no woman deliver my baby.
00:38:19Put it back over here against the wall.
00:38:21It has to be the water.
00:38:22It's all she's had for two days.
00:38:23I will have to run some more tests.
00:38:25Shut down the water.
00:38:26Like you closed down the grocery store?
00:38:28No.
00:38:29This time we do it my way.
00:38:31Dr. Shaddle, please call the stage operator.
00:38:35Dr. Oscar Shaddle, call the stage operator.
00:38:39Lock that up.
00:38:44Make sure nobody turns the water back on until I say so.
00:38:48We checked out the food.
00:38:50It's not food poisoning.
00:38:51It's not a virus.
00:38:53Everything else checked out, okay.
00:38:56So what's left?
00:38:58The water.
00:39:00It's got to be the water.
00:39:03Any more of these?
00:39:04Nope, not the last one.
00:39:06Okay, keep them locked up.
00:39:09Okay.
00:39:10Hey, Mrs. Lopez.
00:39:13Who shut the water off?
00:39:16The doctor.
00:39:17Water has flu in it.
00:39:20Here I may.
00:39:21The water's got the flu.
00:39:23I opened my head and shut off the water.
00:39:25Don't worry, you've spread rumors.
00:39:26You've caused panic with absolutely no proof.
00:39:28Something's wrong with the water in that building.
00:39:30All right, but you can't act arbitrarily.
00:39:33Have you checked out the water?
00:39:34The chemist or the animal.
00:39:35Have you checked out how many patients lived in or visited that building?
00:39:37I was about to do that when you shut off the water.
00:39:40You're always just about to do that.
00:39:40Oh, so, and you can't talk to a city official like that.
00:39:43And he's doing his job.
00:39:44Trusting to me.
00:39:45If we wait for the health department, all my patients will be dead.
00:39:48Hey, hand with us.
00:40:03Get that bottle.
00:40:04Slow down, lady.
00:40:06You want to be a movie star, don't you?
00:40:07Now, don't bother, man.
00:40:09Oh, come on, lady.
00:40:10Give us a break.
00:40:10We're trying to make a film.
00:40:13Hey, there's Zona.
00:40:15All right.
00:40:15Hey, Zona.
00:40:19Hey, that was a terrific job you did, Doc.
00:40:22Hey, come on.
00:40:23Let's get out.
00:40:23The whole neighborhood is grumbling.
00:40:26Just look at that guy.
00:40:28Hey, shoot that.
00:40:29Slow down, lady.
00:40:30Slow down.
00:40:30Hey, come on, fellas.
00:40:31Get the shot.
00:40:32Get a close-up of the bottle.
00:40:33The bottle.
00:40:35Good.
00:40:35Good.
00:40:36Excellent.
00:40:37Woo.
00:40:38We're doing a documentary on what happened the day the well went dry.
00:40:41Well, nothing's wrong with the water.
00:40:43It's bad in La Bada Palms.
00:40:45Nowhere else.
00:40:45Tell that to them.
00:40:48Well, you're going to have to help me out, Angie, okay?
00:40:50Hey, mister.
00:40:51Don't drink the water.
00:40:53You want to buy a bottle of soda?
00:40:5475 cents.
00:41:03Chaplain Reynolds, please call 2 East.
00:41:07Chaplain Reynolds, call 2 East.
00:41:09Here he comes.
00:41:09It looks like he got up out of an empty bed.
00:41:15Oh, Dr. Stoner.
00:41:18You know how many cases of that stomach disease we got in last night?
00:41:27It was the water.
00:41:33Yes, the water was contaminated.
00:41:35Traces of toxic chemicals, pesticide.
00:41:37Yeah, well, how did it get there?
00:41:42Pipes in the buildings were faulty.
00:41:44The pipes?
00:41:45It's being taken care of.
00:41:48We've got patients who are partially paralyzed because of those pipes.
00:41:51What do you mean it's being taken care of?
00:41:52It's being taken care of by the proper authorities, which does not include you.
00:41:59My advice, if you want to go on working in this hospital, to stop running around the neighborhood, meddling in things which don't concern you.
00:42:04If it weren't for my meddling, you and your health inspector would still be looking for a virus.
00:42:08If I hear one more word about those pipes in the lavada palms, you're fired.
00:42:12Is that clear?
00:42:17You can't just...
00:42:18Yes, I can.
00:42:20I can and I will.
00:42:22I can and I will.
00:42:48I can and I will.
00:43:05I'm sorry about the other day at your father's.
00:43:19Me too.
00:43:22What are you doing?
00:43:26Working.
00:43:28Are you okay to come in?
00:43:30Yeah.
00:43:35This man's got no right in firing me.
00:43:54The hospital doesn't belong to him.
00:43:56Michael.
00:43:57Don't tell me to forget about the pipes. I can't.
00:44:00I know.
00:44:02There's a piece of me in that hospital.
00:44:05That's what my mother took us when we got sick.
00:44:08When my father couldn't work anymore, we took him there.
00:44:12They fixed him up and never charged us a cent.
00:44:16He used to say, we need a doctor like us in there.
00:44:19He never stopped telling me that, trying to make it happen for me.
00:44:23He was something else.
00:44:26He drove Tishman crazy.
00:44:29He never quit fighting.
00:44:36Depressing me.
00:44:38But you better know I'm gonna find out who's responsible.
00:44:43The building department should have records of who built those apartments, shouldn't they?
00:44:48Let me help you.
00:44:50Can you check on it tomorrow?
00:44:51Sure.
00:44:55Oh, uh...
00:44:58I thought it over and...
00:45:01If you want to name the moose Michael, you can.
00:45:07Full call for Dr. Stoner on 714.
00:45:13Thank you, nurse.
00:45:15Dr. Stoner.
00:45:16Hi, Dr. Stoner.
00:45:17Hi, Dr. Stoner.
00:45:19Hey, what's up?
00:45:20I made a phone booth at City Hall.
00:45:23And?
00:45:24And the architects are Wilson and Brown.
00:45:27The construction contractor was Lamberti Brothers.
00:45:30They're the ones who put in the pipes.
00:45:32What's their address?
00:45:33They're doing a building on 7th and Melrose.
00:45:36Tony Lamberti runs the company.
00:45:38He's probably there now.
00:45:40Okay.
00:45:41Good enough.
00:45:42I'll see you later.
00:45:43Bye-bye.
00:45:50Excuse me.
00:45:51Where's Mr. Lamberti?
00:45:53Thanks a lot.
00:45:59Excuse me.
00:46:00I'm looking for Mr. Lamberti.
00:46:03Oh, yes.
00:46:04Who are you?
00:46:05Dr. Stoner.
00:46:06It's about some buildings he constructed.
00:46:11Come on up.
00:46:23Mr. Lamberti.
00:46:26The guy wants to see about some buildings.
00:46:29Says he's a doctor.
00:46:31Check that out.
00:46:32Make sure it's right stuff.
00:46:34What can I do for you, doctor?
00:46:41You constructed some buildings in Echo Park.
00:46:43The Lavada Palm.
00:46:44Do you remember it?
00:46:45Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:46:48They're having some problems with the pipes.
00:46:50Seems to be pesticides.
00:46:53The health department checked out the water.
00:46:56Doctor, that building's over a year old.
00:46:58Hey, I don't know what the health department holds.
00:47:01But I guarantee you my materials are top quality.
00:47:05Maybe they should check out the source of the water supply.
00:47:08They did.
00:47:09They narrowed it down to the pipes in your building.
00:47:12Really not.
00:47:14Really?
00:47:15Who supplied you with those pipes?
00:47:20Is that the stuff we've been waiting for?
00:47:22That's it.
00:47:23I'm Bertie.
00:47:27There's a connection between the pesticides and those pipes.
00:47:29I don't know what it is, yet.
00:47:31But I'm gonna find out.
00:47:36Doctor.
00:47:38May I make a suggestion?
00:47:40Well, you should be wearing a hard hat.
00:47:42If you hang around here, something hard's gonna fall on your head.
00:47:46Well, you have no protection.
00:47:48I wouldn't want to see you get hurt.
00:47:51Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm busy.
00:47:52I'm busy.
00:48:00That birdie knows, Rico.
00:48:04He knows. I've seen him.
00:48:07You tell me what a pesticide's doing in pipes.
00:48:10A crime's been committed and nobody cares.
00:48:16Let me tell you something, Rico.
00:48:17I'm gonna find out who put those rotten pipes in the buildings.
00:48:22No matter what Tishman says.
00:48:39Hi, Stoner.
00:48:41Hi, Claire. Can I have a chart, please?
00:48:42Sure, darling.
00:48:48Hello, hello.
00:48:50Hi, Stoner.
00:48:52Looks like you're feeling better today.
00:48:53Mmm, better.
00:48:55Dig in.
00:48:57I've gained five pounds since I've been here.
00:49:00Well, I don't know. I like them with a little meat on their bones myself.
00:49:03Who ever heard of a fat motto?
00:49:05Come on, come on. Dig in.
00:49:07Oh, I can't eat all this.
00:49:09Sure you can.
00:49:11How long do I have to stay here?
00:49:13Another ten pounds worth.
00:49:15Telephone call for Dr. Stoner.
00:49:18What can I say?
00:49:20What can I say?
00:49:22Oh, uh...
00:49:24You better live it up while you can.
00:49:25They still can't use the water without a palm.
00:49:30Hey, nurse. Can I have more milk?
00:49:32If I ain't touching the water.
00:49:35This ain't no hotel, honey.
00:49:41Stoner here.
00:49:42Hi.
00:49:44Hey, doll. How is it?
00:49:46Did you see Lamberti yet?
00:49:48Yeah.
00:49:49What do you see?
00:49:50Shifty.
00:49:51Wanna hear a coincidence?
00:49:53Lamberti's cousin is a guess what?
00:49:56What?
00:49:57City building.
00:49:58Inspector.
00:49:59Does that say anything to you?
00:50:02That's how those pipes got in there.
00:50:05Nice going, Nancy Drew.
00:50:07I'll see you later.
00:50:09Bye.
00:50:19Hey, what's happening, Doc?
00:50:20Come on, come on. Get in. I need your help.
00:50:21Where y'all been? I've been looking all over for you.
00:50:22Oh, we was out filming in the park, but we got it rained out.
00:50:24Yeah, ever since everybody started drinking the water again, we had to start a new film.
00:50:25Oh, yeah. I heard the water's back home.
00:50:26Yeah.
00:50:27Okay, now listen. You know that construction site at 7th and Melrose?
00:50:29Uh-huh.
00:50:30Okay, I want you to keep an eye on them. I need to find out who supplies them with pipes,
00:50:31lumber, everything. All right?
00:50:32Okay, Doc, I'll get you some great film.
00:50:33A girl director will lose out Grant.
00:50:34Hey, come on, come on, instructional. This is serious.
00:50:35Now watch for Tony London.
00:50:36I'm telling you, Tony, what was going on?
00:50:37It was rolling in the morning.
00:50:38I'm telling you, Tony?
00:50:39It was going to be a horrible movie.
00:50:40What was that?
00:50:41Can you tell me?
00:50:42I'm telling you.
00:50:43I'm telling you when you were drinking water again.
00:50:44We were filming all the movies.
00:50:46Oh, man.
00:50:47We had an old movie.
00:50:48I don't tell you.
00:50:49What was that?
00:50:50You did not talk about that.
00:50:51You did not talk about that.
00:50:52If you didn't make any of that, you didn't make any of it.
00:50:53It was like an old movie, and did you?
00:50:54What was that?
00:50:55I'll get you some great film.
00:50:57A girl director will lose out Grant.
00:50:58Hey, come on, come on, Sturksman, this is serious.
00:51:01Now watch for Tony Lamberti.
00:51:04Tony Lamberti, he's the boss.
00:51:05Try to get film on anybody that comes to see him, all right?
00:51:08Well, you doc anything.
00:51:10Watch out, she'll take over the hospital,
00:51:12you know what I mean?
00:51:13No, he don't know what you mean.
00:51:15No, all right, all right, all right, all right,
00:51:17now go ahead.
00:51:25Oh, yeah.
00:51:34Oh, yeah.
00:51:37Oh, yeah.
00:51:46Oh, yeah.
00:51:54Come in, Dr. Stoner.
00:52:06My name's Harold Dickerson.
00:52:08Now, sit down.
00:52:10Is there anything I can get you?
00:52:12Coffee, tea?
00:52:13Oh, no, thanks.
00:52:15Well, I understand the boys upstairs have been giving you the runaround.
00:52:19That's the trouble with the bureaucracy.
00:52:21Too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
00:52:22You sure I can't offer you something to drink?
00:52:26No, no, thanks.
00:52:27Do you know most of the building inspectors?
00:52:30Well, I think one of them being bought and paid for.
00:52:37Hold all my calls.
00:52:41I like your style, doctor.
00:52:43Right to the point.
00:52:45I don't get much of that around here.
00:52:49Go ahead.
00:52:52Mr., could you come down for a minute?
00:53:11Just a minute, okay?
00:53:13Stop! Just a minute!
00:53:15Stop! Just a minute, okay?
00:53:17Just a minute, okay?
00:53:19Hey, mister, could you come down for a minute?
00:53:21Yeah, we're making a film on truck drivers.
00:53:23Come on out.
00:53:25Hey, it'll only take 5.2 seconds.
00:53:27Come on out, huh?
00:53:29Okay? All right.
00:53:31See the close-up we're not there.
00:53:33Okay. Where's this movie gonna be shown?
00:53:35All over.
00:53:37Hey, you work for Liberty Law?
00:53:39Yeah, uh-huh.
00:53:41Should I talk up more?
00:53:43No, no, it's perfect. Sounds great.
00:53:45Hey, where do you all get your supplies from?
00:53:47We'll need proof, Doctor.
00:53:49Facts.
00:53:51Give my secretary your name and number.
00:53:53I'll find out who the inspector was on this project.
00:53:55Thank you, Mr. Dickerson.
00:53:57And don't worry.
00:53:59We'll get to the bottom of this.
00:54:01In the meantime,
00:54:03keep me posted if you run across anything.
00:54:05I will.
00:54:07I could use a few people like you here, Doctor.
00:54:09Laurie.
00:54:11I'll give Dr. Stoner my card.
00:54:13Thank you again, Doctor.
00:54:17Get me, Tony Lamberti.
00:54:19Lamberti's got two companies.
00:54:21One that fails, and the other one's a demolition company.
00:54:23You want to see your proof up?
00:54:25Oh, look at that!
00:54:27Wow!
00:54:29Come on, come on, be quiet! Be quiet!
00:54:31Yeah, I worked on the crew that demolished the chemical plant.
00:54:33Boy, that was something, I tell you.
00:54:35It smelled like skunks.
00:54:37And those fumes nearly did me in, you know?
00:54:39Well, what's that?
00:54:40All around 1974.
00:54:41Yeah, 1974.
00:54:42And that's it, that's it.
00:54:43That's the year he built Levada Palm.
00:54:45The stink and the heat, I thought I nearly died.
00:54:47Well, the overtime was really good, you know?
00:54:49It was one of those plants that made the bug killer.
00:54:53We got him!
00:54:55The pipes Lamberti put in Levada Palm must have come from the pesticide plant he tore down.
00:55:03Hey, Rudy, thanks a lot, man.
00:55:05Hey, Rudy.
00:55:06Thanks a lot, man.
00:55:07Thank you, Rudy.
00:55:08Thanks a lot, man.
00:55:13And everybody, everybody.
00:55:14You got him!
00:55:15That's the same thing.
00:55:16You got him!
00:55:17You got him.
00:55:18You got him.
00:55:19He got him.
00:55:20You got him.
00:55:21You got him.
00:55:22Thank you, Mr. Lopez. This is what I want.
00:55:25Lamberti probably had these pipes chemically treated to get rid of the pesticides.
00:55:29That was okay for a while.
00:55:31Then traces of the pesticides reappeared and contaminated the water.
00:55:35I bet they wouldn't let this happen in Beverly Hills.
00:55:37Yeah.
00:55:39Stoner! Where you going with that pipe?
00:55:45I asked you to find out a few things and suddenly you're an expert.
00:55:48I spoke to my father.
00:55:49Yeah, that's another thing.
00:55:51Why does he want me to quit?
00:55:52He knows this city. What could happen?
00:55:54Yeah, everybody's on the tape.
00:55:56They're all sleeping with each other, including your father.
00:55:59That's a damn lie. He cares about you and the pipes and what's happening.
00:56:03Then why doesn't he help me?
00:56:04You can't do it alone!
00:56:05I'm not!
00:56:06I got a guy at City Hall named Dickerson who's ready to nail him when I come in with the proof.
00:56:11They're not gonna stand around and let you put them out of business.
00:56:13Oh, you too. Everybody wants me to quit.
00:56:16It's dangerous, Michael. Lamberti's too well-connected.
00:56:19I don't care what you say. I'm gonna get the one piece of evidence I need to finish this guy.
00:56:23Oh, great. Once more into the lion's mouth.
00:56:25This time you're a macho doctor. I could finish you.
00:56:27Macho doctor? Is that what you think I am?
00:56:28Michael!
00:56:29You think I can't handle myself?
00:56:30I think you can do whatever you want. I think you're the lone ranger of East L.A.
00:56:33Why?
00:56:34Yeah, well, I've had it. I've had it with you, your father and your friends. Why don't you get yourself another boy?
00:56:40Get out.
00:56:41What's wrong with everybody, Rico? All they tell you is it's too tough, Michael. You can't do it, Michael. They'll get you back off, Michael. Damn it, Rico. Don't they know there's still more to do?
00:57:02I mean, you wouldn't be surprised if Lamberti was still using second-hand junk in his buildings, would you? They want us to quit. You're not a quitter, are you, Rico?
00:57:11Hey, uh, what are you... What's that? It's a pipe. From Lovato Palms. Half the evidence I need to put Lamberti and his city hall friends away.
00:57:24The other half I get tonight. We're not policemen. We're doctors.
00:57:29Yeah, yeah, I know. I can tell by your long white coat.
00:57:32Stoner!
00:57:34Mr. Dickinson.
00:57:37Michael.
00:57:38And Michael Stoner.
00:57:39Fine, thanks. Listen, I'm almost ready. I've just got one more thing.
00:57:43Michael.
00:57:44Yeah, tonight.
00:57:46Well, I don't know. How about, uh... How about 10 o'clock tomorrow?
00:57:50Okay, good. I'll see you in your office.
00:57:53Thanks, don't worry. Goodbye.
00:57:57What?
00:57:58How about 10 o'clock tomorrow?
00:58:02Ooh, I'm back.
00:58:03Oh, thank you.
00:58:05Thanks, don't worry.
00:58:07I'm back.
00:58:08You're a little bit.
00:58:09You're good.
00:58:10This is your little bit.
00:58:12Okay.
00:58:13I'm back a little bit.
00:58:14I'm back.
00:58:15I'm back.
00:58:16I'm back.
00:58:17I'm back.
00:58:18There's nowhere.
00:58:20I wasn't back.
00:58:21You're back.
00:58:22I'm back.
00:58:23I was back.
00:58:25Oh, my God.
00:58:55Oh, my God.
00:59:25Good night, doctor.
00:59:55Oh, my God.
01:00:25Cynthia.
01:00:26Michael?
01:00:27What's happened?
01:00:31I need you.
01:00:33Where are you?
01:00:34On the 7th and Melrose.
01:00:36I'll be right there.
01:00:37I think your rib is broken.
01:00:49That's not that bad.
01:00:51Look, Michael, maybe I should call a doctor.
01:00:54I am a doctor.
01:00:55You look awful.
01:00:58Thanks.
01:01:00Well, what do we do now?
01:01:03Let me get some more ice for my hand.
01:01:05No, I mean about Lomberti.
01:01:08What do you think I should do?
01:01:10Not let him get away with this.
01:01:17No, you're a pretty classy lady.
01:01:21Even in jeans, you look dressed up.
01:01:22I'm sorry.
01:01:26I'll get some ice.
01:01:27Hey, Mike.
01:01:38We got the filming.
01:01:39It's great.
01:01:40Oh, yeah?
01:01:54Yeah, wait, you see, it's terrific.
01:01:56Are you all going to wait out here all day?
01:01:58Get inside.
01:01:59All right.
01:02:02Hi.
01:02:07Who's that?
01:02:08Hi.
01:02:09I'm Cynthia.
01:02:10Hi.
01:02:11I'm pleased to meet you.
01:02:13Hi.
01:02:17Okay.
01:02:18Let's get going.
01:02:25What's so great about this film?
01:02:26Wait a minute.
01:02:27Wait a minute.
01:02:28It's coming up.
01:02:29Watch this.
01:02:38Hey, that's Dickerson.
01:02:40Yeah, the big payoff.
01:02:42Yeah, we got it.
01:02:43Lomberti's going to give him the money.
01:02:44There he goes.
01:02:45There he goes.
01:02:45You see it?
01:02:51Well, Doc?
01:02:54He's setting me up.
01:02:56Well, I thought it was pretty good.
01:02:57Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
01:03:01No, no, no, it was dynamite.
01:03:03It was terrific.
01:03:04It was just what I wanted.
01:03:05Hey, Pete, don't you feel like Zoom?
01:03:07Hey, I'll tell him.
01:03:08People have to see this film.
01:03:14Can you get me the number of the TV commentator that was at your folks?
01:03:17Are you going to ride?
01:03:19Sure.
01:03:21Okay.
01:03:23All right.
01:03:25Everybody out. I have to go to work.
01:03:27And I need a ride.
01:03:29You got it.
01:03:37Look at that!
01:03:43I'm a little sore.
01:03:47Hey, Romeo!
01:03:51You can't handle her, huh?
01:03:57She must be some woman, huh?
01:04:03He don't talk to his friends no more.
01:04:07Hey, lady!
01:04:09Go easy. I'm the doctor, huh?
01:04:17I've been off the streets too long, Rico.
01:04:31I should have seen him coming.
01:04:33Huh.
01:04:35Dickinson must be laughing his tail, huh?
01:04:37I was running around with a pipe in my hand.
01:04:41They laid back.
01:04:43Watched me make a fool out of myself.
01:04:47No more.
01:04:49They got me this time.
01:04:51But I got the next one.
01:04:55You know what I...
01:05:05Here we go.
01:05:07Can you hear me?
01:05:11Do that again.
01:05:13Okay.
01:05:15Now this time...
01:05:17Just blink twice.
01:05:23Man, you...
01:05:25You've been eavesdropping on me all this time.
01:05:27You got all my secrets right there in here, yeah.
01:05:29Oh, man, you were...
01:05:33Hey, listen.
01:05:35Why would I say I'm gonna put you away?
01:05:37You hear me?
01:05:45He blinked.
01:05:46Huh?
01:05:47Oh, Rico blinked.
01:05:48Hey.
01:05:57Your son blinked his eyes.
01:05:59Um...
01:06:00Su hijo...
01:06:01Muvio le so...
01:06:03Oh, Dios mío.
01:06:04I don't see it.
01:06:05I don't see it.
01:06:06I don't see it.
01:06:11Let me refill your drink.
01:06:12You sure you wouldn't like anything stronger than Tanya?
01:06:15Well, Tanya's fine.
01:06:17You know, you would make quite a detective.
01:06:19That was excellent.
01:06:21I want that guy put away.
01:06:23Oh, you've got Lamberti scared, doctor.
01:06:25You've shoved him into a corner.
01:06:27Ain't nobody's laid a glove on him yet.
01:06:30I'm gonna put a bug into the district attorney's ear.
01:06:32It'll make things very, very tough for Mr. Lamberti.
01:06:36Well, can you call him now?
01:06:38What?
01:06:39Call the DA now.
01:06:40We'll show him my film and toss Lamberti in jail.
01:06:42Oh, nobody's gonna put him into jail, doctor.
01:06:45Now, all he did was make a few extra bucks on those pipes.
01:06:47That's done every day.
01:06:49The pesticide thing was accidental.
01:06:50They'll probably just give him a five and then...
01:06:52There's a little bigger dose of that accident.
01:06:54And a lot of people would be dead.
01:06:57Now, that would be different.
01:06:59But fortunately, with your skill and God's help, everybody's on the road to recovery.
01:07:03Are you putting me on?
01:07:05No.
01:07:06You've done a great service for your neighborhood.
01:07:08And that's the end of it?
01:07:09Well, let's hope not.
01:07:10But with things in this town, the way things...
01:07:12So you're, uh...
01:07:13You're not gonna use it?
01:07:16Dr. Stoner, my air time is very limited.
01:07:20I deal only with great problems that affect large segments of the population.
01:07:23Now, I understand how you feel about this Lovato Plow story.
01:07:26But it's just not important enough overall.
01:07:28You're afraid of it.
01:07:29You're afraid of it.
01:07:32That's ridiculous.
01:07:34You're scared of City Hall.
01:07:36I'm not scared of anyone in this town.
01:07:38I spent 20 years becoming who I am.
01:07:41There's no one near me on television.
01:07:43I pick my own stories.
01:07:45And this one is not big enough.
01:07:48Big enough?
01:07:49What do you mean by big enough?
01:07:52I've watched your program lately.
01:07:54All that bull every week about who's got the most influence in town,
01:07:57which 10 men earn the most money?
01:08:00Who's behind the big real estate deals?
01:08:01You're not talking big enough, man.
01:08:02You're talking rich enough.
01:08:04I reach 80% of the people in this city every month.
01:08:07They like what I give them.
01:08:09Yeah, well, there's a chick on my block, hooks for a living.
01:08:11She say the same thing.
01:08:13Dr. Stoner, this is my home.
01:08:16Suddenly, I want to be alone.
01:08:18You know, Riley, I've seen you a lot on TV,
01:08:21and I watched you turn on the charm with the cocktail party set.
01:08:24But today, it's like seeing you for the first time, man.
01:08:29That's enough.
01:08:31What's happened to you, Riley?
01:08:32You used to be a big man in this town.
01:08:34You made things happen.
01:08:36But they've tamed you.
01:08:37Now they hand you scripts, and you read their words.
01:08:39Now, just a minute.
01:08:40The Vata Palms was a scary thing, man.
01:08:4350 people could have died, and it was no accident.
01:08:46Lamberti knew where those pipes came from.
01:08:48He tried to get rid of the pesticides.
01:08:49He didn't do a good enough job.
01:08:51Right now, he's got a contract to start another project.
01:08:55But what will it be the next time?
01:08:56The wiring, maybe?
01:08:57When the building goes up in flames, will that story be big enough for you?
01:09:01As long as he owns the building inspectors, anything can happen.
01:09:05Now, I'm a doctor, and you're on TV, but we do the same thing.
01:09:08We're supposed to find out what's wrong and fix it.
01:09:11East L.A. can't stand every hustler and scam artist ripping her up.
01:09:14You could help.
01:09:15You could help nail those people.
01:09:16We need you, Riley.
01:09:17Help us.
01:09:18Please.
01:09:19The next time you take a glass of water, remember men such as Lamberti and Dickerson and what their greed almost did to the four people of this city.
01:09:33Most of all, I want you to remember the name of a very brave doctor who fought to discover the truth behind the fights in Lamada Palms.
01:09:43The real hero of this story is Michael Stoner, M.D.
01:09:47Doctor.
01:09:48Thank you, Doctor.
01:09:49Thank you, Doctor.
01:09:50And thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
01:09:52This is Fallon Riley.
01:09:54Doctor!
01:09:55He said you're an angel.
01:09:58Oh, that's good.
01:10:01He's all right.
01:10:03What do you think, Rico?
01:10:04He's pretty cool, ain't he?
01:10:08Good night.
01:10:09Good night.
01:10:10Good night.
01:10:11Hey, nurse?
01:10:12I see, Mama.
01:10:14He was a doctor again.
01:10:17Mama, look.
01:10:18Oh, my son is moving.
01:10:19Oh, my son is moving.
01:10:20Oh, my son.
01:10:21Doctor.
01:10:22Doctor, come back, please.
01:10:23Please.
01:10:28Come on.
01:10:29Doctor.
01:10:30Doctor.
01:10:31Come on, Rico.
01:10:32Talk to me.
01:10:33My son is talking.
01:10:36You dick.
01:10:39Okay.
01:10:40Okay, just take it easy.
01:10:41He can talk.
01:10:42My son.
01:10:43He can talk.
01:10:44What kind of doctor do you think I am?
01:10:45Pretty soon he'll be playing handball.
01:10:47Ain't that right, Rico?
01:10:48Stay with him, nurse.
01:10:52Hey, Rico.
01:10:53Hey, Rico.
01:10:54Hey, Rico.
01:10:55Hey, Rico.
01:10:56Hey, Rico.
01:10:57I'm here.
01:10:58Hey, Rico.
01:10:59Hey, Rico.
01:11:00Hey, Rico.
01:11:01Oh, my God.
01:11:02Hey, bro.
01:11:03Looks like he did it.
01:11:04Yeah, looks like he did it.
01:11:18Stoner, your name is on TV.
01:11:19Ooh, I got me a famous doctor.
01:11:21Hey, thanks, Doc.
01:11:28Thanks.
01:11:29Hey, nice going, man, Connor.
01:11:31Hey.
01:11:32Hey, look at that man's dress.
01:11:45Come on, house, Chuck.
01:11:51In my mind, there is so much to find.
01:12:09Many times, it's a place I can run to just to hide.
01:12:19If you want to know what's in there, all you gotta do is look inside.
01:12:26Look inside.
01:12:27Look inside.
01:12:28Look inside.
01:12:29Look inside.
01:12:30Look inside.
01:12:31Many, many things are in there.
01:12:33Anything you want, it's open wide.
01:12:36Just look inside.
01:12:38Just look inside.
01:12:39Just look inside.
01:12:40In this world, without reason or rhyme.
01:12:45Without reason or rhyme.
01:12:46Where's the love?
01:12:47So much hate.
01:12:48Are we really just too blind now?
01:12:52Search your mind now.
01:12:53Then, together, we can fly.
01:12:55All you gotta do is look inside.
01:12:59Look inside.
01:13:00Look inside.
01:13:01Look inside.
01:13:02Look inside.
01:13:03Look inside.
01:13:04All you gotta do is look inside.
01:13:07Look inside.
01:13:09All you gotta do is look inside.
01:13:10All you gotta do is look inside.
01:13:12Look inside.
01:13:13Look inside.
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