The Bait (transcribed by Sarah Spearey)

A Street: Day

(A convertible drives by, Hutch behind the wheel; Starsky sat beside him, counting money)

Hutch: How many times you gonna count that, Starsk?

Starsky: Just watch the road, okay?

Hutch: (Southern accent) you know what your problem is, boy?

Starsky: What’s that?

Hutch: Looking rich makes you nervous. (Starsky puts the money away in his coat pocket) This fine set of wheels intimidates your basic gross nature.

Starsky: It’s these kinky clothes that make me nervous.

Hutch: You wanna look like a pimp, you gotta dress like on. (Fiddles with Starsky’s lapels)

Starsky: Hey. (Slaps his hand)

Hutch: What?

Starsky: (Places a foot on the dashboard) these shoes you bought me.

Hutch: Yeah?

Starsky: They’re killing my instep.

Hutch: Instep?

Starsky: Instep. It’s the inside of the sole. The in…

Hutch: I love those shoes.

(The car drives down an alley and stops behind a brown car. Starsky gets out first, followed by Hutch. A man with a moustache gets out of the brown car. Starsky walks over to the man; he takes out the bag of money and hands it to the man. Hutch leans against their car. The man puts the money in his car and smoothly places a package into Starsky jacket. A car stops by the entrance to the alley. Hutch sees)

Hutch: Uh oh. (He walks over to Starsky) here come the Do-Right brothers.

Moore: It’s the heat (He opens his car door) Move.

Hutch: Um….run. (Starsky and Hutch peg it down the alley. Moore drives past them in his car, but it’s stopped by another car. Hutch stops running while Starsky takes off his shoes. Hey turn around and run down the street they just came down, sirens blaring all around. Hey head down another alley, but a police car stops them at one end and policeman follow them down the alley, they stop running)

Hutch: Now what do we do, huh?

Starsky: Surrender.

Hutch: Knew you’d come through in a pinch. (They put there hands up against the wall and the policeman search them)

(Cut to a girl sitting in an interrogation room)

Cheryl: I didn’t know it was Heroin I swear. I didn’t know what I was carrying. (A policeman walks past the interrogation room window and enters an office. Hutch, Starsky and Moore are sat with their hands handcuffed behind their backs. Hutch with his feet on the desk, Starsky leaning back against the filling cabinets. The detective throws Hutch’s feet off the table and sits down on it)

Detective: Okay Rafferty-

Hutch: No, no, I’m O’Brian. This here is Rafferty.

Detective: How’d you leave Chicago?

Hutch: Pretty much as we found it. (Starsky laughs)

Detective: Comedians. Cops chase you out?

Starsky: A few of the boys got angry with us and well you know how it is.

Detective: Moore, how long have you been doing business with these two?

Moore: Who’s doing business? I ran into these guys in the alley, they tried to sell me some dope. I never saw them before.

Detective: Book ‘em.

Hutch: Well, you win some, you lose some. (A policeman drags Hutch to his feet) Easy, easy.

Starsky: (Being dragged up by another policeman) Hey, I got an itchy nose. Can you scratch it? Hey, don’t forget to book my shoes. (They’re both pushed out the door)

The police station: Day

(Captain Dobey pours himself a cup of coffee)

Dobey: Why didn’t you tell these people you were in their territory?

Starsky: We figured there was less chance of getting our cover blown.

Dobey: Is that your thinking too?

Hutch: Well, I figured the fewer people know you’re cops, of course fewer people can tell.

Dobey: Terrific. After spending a lot of the taxpayers money you finally nail somebody in Danner’s operation. Then you have him busted. Fat lot of good he’s gonna do us doing five to ten in the joint.

Starsky: Well, I guess we start from scratch.

Dobey: Maybe not.

Hutch: You got any ideas, Captain?

Dobey: The narcs in this precinct want Danner too. (Opens up a files) They busted one of his girls this morning with two kilos of smack just before they busted you. (Starsky takes a sip of Dobey’s coffee) Starsky will you get your own coffee.

Starsky: Sorry, Cap.

Dobey: (Reading he file) her name is um…Cheryl Waite. She’s young and this is her first offence.

Starsky: You think she’ll help us?

Dobey: Nobody’s asked her yet. Now the DA just might be willing to work a deal if she can point you to Danner.

Hutch: Once we hit the street ‘course Danner’s gonna know we broke loose

Dobey: That’ll really impress him.

Starsky: That’ll help the image.

Hutch: Sure.

Starsky: Can’t go on meeting here, Cap.

Hutch: How about Huggy Bear’s? Just ask for Rafferty and O’Brian.

Dobey: I know who you are. Go spring the girl. (They leave)

Dobey: (Shaking his head) boy. (Drinks his coffee)

Outside the Police Station: Day

(Starsky and Hutch come out, arm in arm with Cheryl Waite. The approach their car)

Cheryl: You sure you two are cops?

Hutch: Yeah, nice cover, don’t you think?

Cheryl: Yeah, except for his shoes.

Starsky: (Opening the car door) I told you, there not me.

Hutch: Stop bellyaching, let’s get out of here.

Cheryl: Where are we going?

Hutch: (Opening her door, lets her in then gets in the passenger seat) You hungry?

Cheryl: Yeah, why?

Starsky: Well, what do you want?

Cheryl: What do I really want?

Starsky: Yeah

Cheryl: Lobster. (The drive off)

(Cut to a seafood restaurant by the sea. A cook takes a lobster out of a crate)

Cheryl: What’s shaking? What’s the deal?

Hutch: Well, it’s been less than two hours since you were picked up. Danner doesn’t know you were arrested. So, what we want you to do is to make the drop like nothing happened.

Cheryl: Yeah, then what do I do?

Starsky: When you find an opening you let Danner know you met two guys O’Brian and Rafferty from Chicago who want to deal.

Cheryl: I can’t (Pause) I don’t deal with Danner. Danner never gets near the streets. We all deal independently.

Hutch: Who do you deal with?

Cheryl: Guy name Connie.

Starsky: Is he close to Danner?

Cheryl: Danner keeps all of us working in the blind. Me, I’m a small fry. I got a feeling Connie’s not much bigger.

Hutch: Okay, we start with Connie.

Cheryl: How much you looking to buy?

Hutch: Half a kilo.

Starsky: And then we let him know that’s only for openers.

Cheryl: So…I let Danner know you’re in the market to buy…you arrest him making a sale and I get a suspended sentence right?

Starsky: If you’re straight with us.

Cheryl: That’s a two way street.

Hutch: The lady’s cautious.

Cheryl: The lady’s been burned. (The clink glasses)

(Cut to the streets, a shot out the front window of a large office block)

Cheryl: Danner has his offices in there. It’s an import-export brokerage for stamps and coins.

(Hutch driving, Starsky in the back, Cheryl in the passenger seat)

Starsky: We’ll check it out.

Cheryl: It’s legitimate. The stamps anyway. I hear he’s a real freak for them.

Hutch: There’s the man himself.

(A shot of Danner walking with two men behind him. They stop outside, across the street)

Starsky: So near and yet so far away. Who’s the goon with Danner?

Hutch: Starsky, I know that man. It’s…

Cheryl: Shockley

Hutch: (Overlapping a little) Shockley. I busted him when he was just a runner. Back when I was still in uniform.

You think he’d still recognize you?

Yeah, I’m sure of it. If we ever start getting close to Danner, it better be without Shockley.

(Danner’s car drives by. Hutch takes off his hat and covers his face while Cheryl ducks)

Well, I guess we worry about that when the time comes. (They drive off)

An amusement arcade: Day

(An airplane on a pole spins round, in a glass box)

Connie: Why, sure my man. We can deal. It would be my pleasure. I always like doing business with my Caucasian cousins.

Hutch: Okay, Cousin, how much?

Connie: 30 long ones.

Hutch: Well, that’s $5000 over the going price.

Connie: (Stand up to address Hutch and Starsky) hey, man, if you can’t come up with an extra five you in the wrong business. I mean you are seriously under-financed, dig?

Starsky: Friend, we got all the money we need. We just don’t dig a rip off.

Connie: Hey, I got other customers. You can take it or shake it. (He walks away. Hutch follows)

Hutch: Okay you got it, boy. And if we like it we’ll be back for more. More than you can handle maybe.

Connie: Well I can’t only give it my best.

Hutch: Let’s see if you can’t do something about your price structure.

Connie: Well, I’ll have to consider that, but I need some incentive. It’s hard doing business without incentive. You need any girls?

Starsky: Why?

Connie: Because I got too many. In fact, I got a whole crib too many.

Starsky: What you got?

Connie: Well for starters I got this big, black beautiful Cadillac with all the extras and three white Chevy’s almost like new, a brown jag and a brand new ’61 Triumph.

Hutch: That sounds good. We’ll have to think about it. It’s like my daddy used to say: “Son, you gotta get the cotton picked before you go to town” What do you want us to do?

Connie: I want you to go home and wait for a phone call. I’ll pick the time and place.

Starsky: We’re at the regency.

Connie: Nice Pad, who’s financing you?

Hutch: The good old boys back in Texas.

Starsky: (To Cheryl) you ready?

Connie: Hey, she’s going with me.

Hutch: Yeah, why not.

(Connie exits with Cheryl)

Starsky: Do you believe that? Did you hear what he said?

Hutch: Yeah.

Starsky: A 1961 Triumph. That girl’s got to be all of 14 years old.

Hutch: You know something, Starsky? When we blow this operation, it’s gonna be my pleasure to bust that clown.

(Cut to outside in the street Connie walking with his arm around Cheryl)

Connie: Word is you was two hours late with your delivery this morning. How come?

Cheryl: I heard Moore got busted. I laid back, moved a little slow, just to play is safe.

Connie: Hey, but Billy had to tell Mr. Danner about the delay and it made them both very nervous. Now they want an explanation.

Cheryl: Billy has my phone number; all he had to do was call and ask.

Connie: Yeah, but Bill ain’t interested in your number anymore. He has other interests like trying to keep Mr. Danner happy.

Cheryl: Well, you tell Mr. Danner that I was protecting his property today.

Connie: Well, I’ll pass that thought along.

Cheryl: While you’re at it ask him about Joanne.

Connie: Hey, you keep asking about that chick. Why?

Cheryl: Because, man, you won’t give me a straight answer.

Connie: Well, maybe I’m trying to tell you something. (They stop by a car) Forget her.

Cheryl: Connie, she was my friend. I care about her.

Connie: If you care about yourself, you’ll forget her. You’ll live longer. Now, get in. (She gets in and he closes the door and gets in the driver seat)

Danner’s house: Day

(A shot of a stamp through a magnifying glass)

Danner: Beautiful. (Lowers his magnifying glass. Billy is stood in the background) Just beautiful. I can hardly believe I finally have it. Look at it Billy. See what it took me nine years of my life and 212,000 to attain.

Billy: That’s a lot of money for a piece of paper.

Danner: The Hawaiian Missionary 1859. Only two are known to exist still in the entire world. And now I…have one of them.

Billy: And who has the other one?

Danner: Oh, the museum. (Places it in a book and closes it) Now (goes over to his desk) what is it about these two O’Brian and Rafferty?

Billy: They’ve been fishing around the streets for the past week making bigger and bigger buys. And they got busted with Eddie Moore yesterday.

Danner: And back on the streets already?

Billy: Well, it seems they have some clout, both on the street and with the heat.

Danner: How’d they get to Connie?

Billy: Through Cheryl.

Danner: Cheryl. That girl had an interesting day. Disappeared for a while with a quarter-million in junk and then connects with these two. That’s either quick thinking or…

Billy: You think the one thing as something to do with the other?

Danner: Maybe. Maybe not (Sits down with a sigh) watch them. If they’re just trying to hustle a buck we’ll do business with them, but if they’re too ambitious…well Billy you know what to do with people who are too ambitious. Or cops. Or girls who bring us cops.

Billy: Have I ever let you down Mr. Danner?

Danner: Not yet Billy. Not yet.

The Streets: Day

(The convertible comes to a stop outside a shoe shine store. Hutch, Starsky and Cheryl exit and enter the store where Connie is waiting. Starsky and Hutch sit either side of him)

Connie: He’s all right. He’s deaf.

Hutch: We want a whole kilo this time.

Connie: Well, ain’t we coming up in the world.

Hutch: How much?

Connie: That depends, you buying my crib?

Hutch: We’re stilling thinking about it.

Connie: Fine, you do that. Take all the time you need. But that much smack is gonna cost you 65 big ones.

Hutch: Sixty-five? You know you just tacked on an extra 5000. For that, you might as well throw in your stable too.

Connie: I would have, I could have, but, no, I ain’t.

Hutch: (angry) Well, I’ll tell you something. You can take your kilo and you can take your women and you can stuff it. (Gets up and leaves)

Starsky: (Reading a paper) you’re pushing it Connie.

Connie: Well, you can take it or shake it.

Starsky: (Stands up) you got a deal (Leaves)

(Cut to outside, Starsky and Cheryl get into the car)

Starsky: We’re on. You know something.

Hutch: What?

Starsky: I think you hurt his feelings.

The Pits: Day

(Dobey walks in and takes a seat at the bar)

Dobey: Huggy Bear.

Huggy: Hey, what’s happening, Captain?

Dobey: Oh, I thought I might see Rafferty, O’Brian.

Huggy: Who?

Dobey: (Hardly moving his lips) Starsky and Hutch.

(Huggy smiles and leads the Captain upstairs. Starsky and Hutch stand on the landing, Starsky massaging his aching feet)

Huggy: Hey, Captain, what’cha doing down here. Trying to be ethnic?

Dobey: Huggy, please. Look if I order something to eat, you promise to stay out of sight.

Huggy: You name it, Captain and I’ll lay it on you.

Dobey: Okay, bring me a bowl of won ton soup.

Huggy: One won ton soup s’il vous plait, tout suite. (Leaves)

Dobey: Does he really have won ton soup?

Hutch: Do you really eat won ton soup?

Huggy: (Coming down the stairs) Diane, run down to the Chinese place and get me a little won ton soup to go, okay.

Hutch: Come on, Captain, $15,000 more. Can’t you make an exception?

Dobey: It’s not up to me. If you want that kind of flash money I gotta bring in the feds.

Starsky: Oh, come on Captain, we let Drug Enforcement in there gonna wanna do it their way.

Dobey: I can’t help that. That’s where the extra money comes from.

Starsky: What do you think?

Hutch: I’m against it.

Starsky: Okay, we go with the 50, call for the college boys if and when we need them.

Dobey: You’re gonna short a dealer 15 grand, that’s asking for trouble.

Hutch: Well, it’ll light a fire under Danner anyway, huh?

Huggy: (Coming up the stairs with a try) Sir, your order.

Dobey: Well, you serve won ton soup.

Huggy: We aim to please everything from chitlins to Chinese.

The Streets: Day

(The convertible across the street from an old, run down building. Hutch, Starsky and Cheryl exit and cross the street)

(Cut to, inside, two girls wait for the elevator that carry’s the trio up. They get out and the girls get in. They walk over to a door)

Starsky: Now, remember, any trouble, you hit the deck.

Cheryl: Yeah. (They knock)

(Cut to, inside the apartment, Cheryl places a sample of the coke in a small jar and squirts it with a drop of solution, while Connie looks on. Hands it to Hutch)

Hutch: This stuff ain’t as good as the last bag.

Starsky: Naturally you pay more, you get less. Isn’t that the way your head works?

Connie: Hey, ain’t nobody twisting your arm.

Hutch: Appears to me you are.

Connie: So, take a walk.

Hutch: Deal.

(Starsky takes out a parcel and throws it to Connie, there’s money inside. Connie starts to count it.)

Connie: You’re short.

Starsky: That’s funny, I don’t feel short. Do I look short?

Hutch: No, I think he’s talking about the money, Raf.

Connie: Hey, what are you clowns trying to pull?

Hutch: Just consider that payment in full, Connie. (Connie gets up and produces a knife) Oh, will you look at that.

Starsky: (Draws his gun) bet I can shoot farther with this.

Connie: You guys don’t come up with another 15 big ones something’s gonna come over you like a sack full of snakes.

Cheryl: Hey, he means it, you two agreed to 65.

Hutch: You stay out of this (To Connie) you got a fair price, boy. Take it or shake it.

(Cut to, in the car, Hutch driving)

Cheryl: Well, how’d I do?

Starsky: Couldn’t be better. You looked just scared enough.

Cheryl: Don’t kid yourself I was.

Starsky: We all were.

Hutch: I think it’s about time for the lady to bow out, don’t you think Starsk.

Starsky: Good idea.

Cheryl: You mean this is all you want me to do?

Hutch: We just wanted your help; you don’t have to bleed for us.

Cheryl: You two really are straight.

Hutch: Yeah, how about that.

Starsky: Well, in a kinky kinda way.

Hutch: Connie doesn’t know where you live, does he?

Cheryl: No, we don’t socialize, why?

Starsky: Well, we don’t think he’s gonna bother you, but just in case you want to get in touch with us, we’re gonna give you Huggy Bear’s number.

Cheryl: Huggy Bears?

Starsky: Yeah.

Cheryl: What are you two gonna do now?

Starsky: We’re gonna lock up the smack and then we’re gonna wait for the explosion.

Cheryl: You really think you’ve caused enough trouble to get Danner’s attention?

Hutch: If we haven’t, we will.

Danner’s place: Day

(Danner sits with Billy while Shockley pours him a glass of wine)

Danner: Thank you. That’s all Shockley; I won’t need you anymore today.

Shockley: Thanks, Mr. Danner.

Danner: So, Billy, how do you read this?

Billy: Well, according to Connie, these two punks ripped him off for about 15 big ones. And you know that’s not gonna put them on the top of Connie’s hit parade. Now I’ve been doing some checking around and I can’t find out much about them. But then, with all this new money coming out of Texas it’s, ah, it’s hard to trace. I figure they’re just a couple of nobodies.

Danner: Nobodies don’t pull stunts like that. And, ah, your girlfriend, she should watch the company she keeps.

Billy: (Gets up) well, she’s not my girl. Mr. Danner. She’s just a…one of the group. I mean I may have given her a few strokes to keep her in our pocket.

Danner: Yes, but is she in out pocket, Billy? I mean, if she’s bringing us trouble.

Billy: Well, if she is Mr. Danner I’ll straighten her out.

Danner: Good, Billy. I wouldn’t want to lose faith in your ability to handle the personnel.

Billy: I’ll take care of it, Mr. Danner.

Danner: I’m sure you will, Billy. (Billy leaves) I know you will.

Cheryl’s apartment: Day

(Cheryl and Starsky in the kitchen making coffee)

Starsky: Eggshells in the coffee? You didn’t learn that in the big city.

Cheryl: I did too. Philadelphia, PA.

Hutch: (Sitting down, with the phone) this is detective Hutchinson. Give me Dobey please.

Cheryl: What you really want to know is how did a nice girl like me get into a mess like this, right?

Starsky: What I really want to know is you got any milk?

Cheryl: Oh, well, why didn’t you ask? It’s on the side of the door.

Starsky: Oh (Opens the fridge while Hutch looks at a picture, still on the phone) Now tell me about the mess.

Cheryl: What happened is I came out here to be somebody. But I didn’t know who or how. So I started looking for short cuts. I met a guy named Billy Harkness.

Starsky: ‘Pretty’ Billy Harkness? That’s Danner’s number one boy.

Cheryl: Yeah, Pretty Billy Harkness. I really thought I loved him. He said “Sure baby, if you love me, will you do me a favour.

Starsky: And carry this bag full of heroin.

Cheryl: I loved him, so I didn’t look inside the paper bag, until it was too late. By then I was out of love and dealing for Danner’s organisation.

Starsky: Why didn’t you walk?

Cheryl: I had a friend. My roommate, Joanne Stockwood. She went the same route with Harkness, only worse. The needle, the whole rotten scene. She ended up in one of Danner’s cribs.

Hutch: (Approaching with the picture) is this the girl?

Starsky: Pretty lady

Cheryl: Really. She was a good friend too. The only one I had.

Starsky: Had?

Cheryl: She’s gone, disappeared.

Hutch: When?

Cheryl: Four weeks ago. She wanted out and she said so.

Hutch: So to keep from disappearing yourself, you do as you’re told, right?

Cheryl: You get scared enough, you do anything. Almost.

Hutch: Can I keep this picture?

Cheryl: Sure, do you think you can find her?

Hutch: We can try.

Cheryl: Hey, I’d really appreciate that.

Hutch: Oh, Dobey wants to see us right away. (Starsky hols up his milk) Ah, Starsk, right now. (Hands Starsky his jacket) Rain check on the coffee.

Cheryl: Yeah, maybe I’ll even bake a cake. (They smile and head for the door)

Starsky: Keep it locked.

Hutch: Talk to you later.

Cheryl: Thanks. (Closes the door and locks it)

(Cut to, outside, Starsky and Hutch approach the car)

Starsky: So, what does Dobey want?

Hutch: The Drug Enforcement boys want to meet us before they give us any flash money.

Starsky: Oh, well, this is a formal affair or will this zoot suit suit them?

Hutch: It’s gonna be fine, Flash. (They drive off. They pass a car which appears empty, but Billy sits up and gets out, taking a set of keys out of his pocket and walking towards Cheryl’s building.

(Cut to, the lock turning and Billy entering. Cheryl stands up)

Cheryl: Billy.

Billy: Hello, darling. (Closes the door) You give up the lady, but you ought never give up the key.

Cheryl: What do you want, Billy. (He slaps her, she falls to the ground) No more, Billy. No more. No, please Billy. (He stands in front of her)

The alley outside the pits: Day

(Hutch parks the car in a spare spot, almost knocking over a trolley)

Hutch: Gotta talk to Huggy about that.

Starsky: What?

Hutch: It’s illegal to take one of those things out of a market.

Starsky: Relax. You’ll take away his only means of transportation.

Hutch: I still oughta give him a ticket.

Starsky: What for?

Hutch: Illegal parking. He doesn’t have to park there.

Starsky: That thing doesn’t even have an engine.

Hutch: What difference doesn’t that make?

Starsky: You got pain on the brain. (They enter the back door)

(Cut to, inside the Pits, Dobey, Hutch, Starsky and Carter stood by the kitchen door)

Dobey: Carter, this is Hutch.

Carter: How do you do?

Dobey: That’s Starsky.

Carter: How are you?

Dobey: Carter’s with the Federal Drug Enforcement. (A cook squeezes between them, takes an order slips and squeezes back)

Carter: Hear you need some flash money.

Starsky: About a quarter of a million.

Carter: That’s a lot of green.

Hutch: You want the big fish; you gotta have the big bait.

Carter: We’ll have to be in on it.

Starsky: Okay, we’ll let you know when it goes down.

Carter: (Pause) okay, I’ll send the money over to your office. (Dobey nods) You call me when you make a move.

Hutch: You got it. (Carter leaves, they turn to Dobey) You’re frowning (To Starsky) He’s frowning.

Starsky: Maybe he thinks we’re gonna stick him with the bill.

Dobey: You gave into him too easily.

Starsky: Come on, Cap. Just ‘cause we’re dressed funny, doesn’t mean we’re not nice guys.

Dobey: Look, O’Brien or Rafferty

Starsky: I’m Rafferty, he’s O’Brien.

Dobey: If I give you a quarter of a million dollars of the feds money you best not get cute with me. (Cute smile from Starsky) How’s it going with the girl?

Hutch: Oh, she did fine, Captain, really fine. But I think we ought to take her into protected custody.

Dobey: I’ll pass that along.

Hutch: Oh (searches his clothes) where’s that picture? (Finds it in his hat) Would you put out a missing persons on this girl?

Dobey: Who is she?

Starsky: Her name’s Joanne Stockwood. She was Cheryl’s roommate, also one of Danner’s girls. ‘Til she started to hassle them.

Dobey: You saying Danner had her killed.

Hutch: It’s possible.

Dobey: I’ll see what I can do.

(Cut to the back alley of The Pits. Hutch and Starsky exit. Hutch stops)

Hutch: Starsky. You know a good dry cleaner?

Starsky: What?

Hutch: We’re about to get dirty. (They see Connie sat on the hood of their car)

Starsky: Oh boy.

Hutch: Nobody said it was goanna be easy.

(They approach Connie and two others guys appear. Connie swings his knife at Hutch, but he wraps his jacket around Connie’s arm and throws him against the fence. Starsky throws the trolley at one of the goons. Starsky gets hit by the goon in return and Hutch beats on Connie. Hutch helps Starsky by beating up the goon, while Starsky avoids being hit by the third goon; he then beats on the goon. Hutch beats on the second goon and they both grab their opponents)

Starsky: Hutch.

Hutch: What?

Starsky: Catch.

(They both swing their goon around so the collide. Hutch grabs his jacket and jumps into the car next to Starsky)

Hutch: You think they made us?

Starsky: I don’t know. But either way Danner’s gonna hear about it. (They drive away)

(Cut to the car driving down the street)

Hutch: You thinking the same thing I am?

Starsky: Yep. We oughta get Cheryl out of her place before Connie decides to lean on her too.

(Cut to the door to Cheryl’s apartment, sobbing is heard inside. Starsky and Hutch draw their guns and Hutch uses his to push the door open and they enter)

Starsky: Clear.

Hutch: Cheryl? (She’s on the phone with the phone, crying)

Cheryl: No, no

Starsky: Cheryl, what happened?

Cheryl: No, go away. Nothing happened, go away. I can’t talk to you anymore. (Starsky crouches behind her, while Hutch crouches in front of her)

Starsky: Take it easy, it’s all right. It’s all right. (Pulls her hair back to look at the bruise on her face) Was it Connie?

Hutch: Wait, he couldn’t have been in two places at one time. (Gets up) I’ll get a washcloth.

Starsky: (Soothingly) come on, take it easy. Its okay, it’s okay. You have anything broken. Harkness?

Cheryl: No, no.

Starsky: It’s Harkness.

Hutch: Harkness.

Cheryl: Please, please. He’ll kill me. I can’t talk to you anymore. I can’t testify.

Starsky: No, you’ve come this far.

Cheryl: No, no I can’t. Just arrest me or whatever. I can’t talk to you anymore. I can’t.

Hutch: Cheryl. Cheryl listen. If we tell that to the DA we’re right back where we started from.

Starsky: We can’t let you blow this one.

Hutch: You know, she could stay at my place.

Starsky: That’s right. Look, we’re gonna get you a doctor. He’ll give you a clean bill of health.

Billy’s house: Night

(Billy lies asleep I bed. Starsky comes up beside him and turns on the radio loud enough to wake Billy)

Billy: What’s going on here, man?

Starsky: Harkness, you’re a mean man.

Billy: What are you doing here, O’Brien?

Starsky: I’m Rafferty (Pointing) He’s O’Brien. (Billy turns around to see Hutch sitting with his feet up on the bed)

Hutch: Hi, fella. (Starsky sits down on the bed)

Starsky: Harkness, you beat up that girl. Now, she won’t talk to us. We’re very upset.

Billy: What do you want from me, man?

Starsky: We wanna stay in business. But since you don’t want that girl to handle our action we decided to come directly to you. (To Hutch) Have I stated it correctly?

Hutch: Yeah, but I think you should also explain to Mr. Harkness here, that we’re gonna be angry if he refuses.

Starsky: Oh, yeah. We will be very angry.

Billy: All right, how much do you want?

Starsky: Five kilos.

Billy: Five kilos?

Hutch: We’re gonna pay a quarter of a million for it. But we wanna deal with Danner.

Billy: No, that’s out. That’s out. Nobody talks to Danner. That’s the rule.

Starsky: Well, break the rule. Bring Danner. Tell him we’re prepared to handle five kilos a week.

Billy: All right, I’ll bring him.

Hutch: Where?

Billy: Uh…warehouse. Fifth and Mountainview. 10:00 tomorrow morning.

Starsky: You got a deal, pretty Billy. (Gets up and leaves)

Hutch: (Kneels on the bed by Billy) Hey. (Slaps him) That was for the girl. Don’t you ever touch her again, you hear?

Fifth and Mountainview Warehouse: Day

(Starsky and Hutch drive up to the warehouse park and get out)

Hutch: I guess Dobey and feds aren’t gonna show.

Starsky: You did tell them Fifth and Mountainview?

Hutch: Oh, fudge.

Starsky: What? You didn’t give them the wrong address?

Hutch: I told them Fifth and Hillview.

Starsky: There’s nothing there but a taco stand.

Hutch: I know.

Starsky: You’re gonna get us both killed. Got your gun.

Hutch: No.

Starsky: Good.

(They enter the warehouse; it’s dark and full of big boxes and a forklift. They walk into the room, slowly until they reach some barrels where Billy is standing)

Hutch: I don’t see Danner, do you?

Starsky: Nope.

Hutch: Hey, Pretty Billy.

Billy: Hey, man.

Hutch: Brought the stuff. Where’s Danner?

Billy: What’s going on?

(A man appears in front of Starsky with a rifle, Starsky shoots him. Another man appears above and fires. Starsky hides behind a box and fires back. Hutch fights with Billy, but the another gun man sees)

Billy: Shoot him. (Man shoots but pulls Billy in front of him, killing him. Starsky exchanges fire with the two gun men until Hutch grabs their case and they run off, Starsky still firing. They two gun man follow. They hear the forklift start up and it comes towards them, they fire, then wait for it to pass, but its empty)

Back of Huggy Bear’s place: Day

Carter: Fifth and Hillview. You know what’s at Fifth and Hillview? A taco stand. Dobey, you know they were gonna stiff us.

Dobey: Hillview, Mountainview. It’s a natural mistake.

Carter: Natural? Sure. I want my quarter million back.

Hutch: We still need it.

Carter: Okay. Set it up and then call me. I’ll bring it with me.

Dobey: Go on, give it to him.

Hutch: It’s your money. (Hands over the briefcase)

Dobey: It’s all there. (Carter leaves)

Dobey: Okay, geniuses, where do we go from here?

Starsky: Well, Danner doesn’t have Harkness to run interference anymore. So, we’ll have to deal with him personally.

Dobey: I don’t think so. Danner ain’t gonna let you anywhere near him.

Hutch: Harkness was killed because he was stupid. Danner knows we didn’t pull the trigger.

Dobey: You ever think Danner might have told Harkness to of you?

Starsky: I don’t think so. Look, Carter didn’t get to that meeting so there was no heat showing so Danner’s got no reason to make us as cops. I think we can get him to deal.

Dobey: I don’t think so. I think we have to change the bait or something.

Starsky: Okay, so we change the bait or something.

Dobey: And by the way, that girl, the one you gave me the picture of.

Hutch: Yeah, what about her?

Starsky: Joanne Stockwood.

Dobey: She washed up on the beach yesterday.

Starsky: Homicide?

Dobey: Homicide, suicide. It was an overdose of heroin. We’re gonna need Cheryl Waite to make a positive identification.

County Coroners: Day

(Cheryl, Starsky and Hutch exit the coroners building and head for a bench. Her slow walk and quietness displays how upset she is)

Starsky: (Softly) hey, sit down. (She sits on the bench)

Hutch: You okay.

Cheryl: Yeah.

Starsky: You don’t think she OD’d by accident, do you?

Cheryl: Joanne was kicking it. She was cutting down a little every day. It hurt like hell, but she was doing it.

Hutch: Danner knew it and he decided he couldn’t trust her anymore.

Cheryl: Yeah, he knew and he had her killed. You’re never be able to prove it, will you?

Hutch: As it stands we couldn’t even get a drug conviction.

Cheryl: (Crying) it’s just not fair.

Starsky: No, it’s not fair. And it’s not over, either.

Hutch: (Standing up) somehow, somewhere…Cheryl we need something to get Danner out into the open so we can deal with him.

Starsky: There’s gotta be something in his background. Now, think back something big, something that can bring him out.

Hutch: Something to lure him out, something that’s more important that money.

Cheryl: No... (Stands up to pace) The Hawaiian Missionary

Hutch: Who?

Danner’s place: Day

(A shot of an article in the head line. Famous Stamp Stolen “Hawaiian Missionary taken from museum” Danner is sat at his desk, holding the paper, when the phone rings. He answers it)

Danner: Yes.

Cheryl: (On the phone, in her apartment) have you read the story on page three as we instructed you?

Danner: I’ve read it.

Cheryl: My friends Mr. Rafferty and Mr. O’Brien are prepared to give you the Hawaiian Missionary as a token of their good faith. All you have to do is complete the deal for five kilos.

Danner: Tell them to be here in two hours. We have a deal. (He hangs up. Cheryl hangs up the phone in her apartment, where Starsky, Hutch and Dobey are watching)

Cheryl: It’s set.

Dobey: Okay. Now, here’s the stamp. If you lose it the museum gets our pay checks for the next twenty years.

Starsky: We’ll take care of it.

Hutch: Just hope you can take care of Shockley.

Dobey: You’re gonna have three or four hours before his lawyer can spring him.

(Cut to the streets, Shockley walks towards his car and gets in, He starts the car and drive off. A police car follows)

Cop: That’s our man Shockley. Let’s go get him.

(Both cars stop not far away. Two policeman step out of the car and go over to Shockley’s car)