K-9: P.I. Page #5

Yes!

Born Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Technical school. Employed

by Pittsburgh Steel Company.

Vietnam?

(phone rings)

- What?

- Hello, Detective?

Hi. It's Catherine Coleman.

I didn't wake you, did I?

No, no. Hi, Catherine. No, not at all. I

was just... fighting with my computer.

- How's Molly?

- Well, it's...

She... she's doing OK.

She seems a little different,

though, you know?

I had this feeling that it worked.

- Really?

- Yeah. I don't know, it's just little things.

But I'm sort of

keyed into her moods, you know?

I know that sounds kind of silly, but...

No, not at all. I know exactly what

you're talking about. I mean, Jerry Lee...

I can always tell when he's

happy or he's sad or he's pissed off at me.

Yeah, they're kind of

like kids, aren't they?

Yeah, kinda.

I mean, you know, Jerry Lee's my partner,

but he's... he's more, you know?

He's...

special.

I thought you were going on a road trip?

Oh, yeah. We are.

I just have to wrap up

this huge PI case I'm running right now.

Wow. So you're... you're an actual

private eye, like in the movies?

Well, I... I mean, kinda.

- I love those old movies.

- Yeah, me too.

Have you seen The Thin Man? It's one

of my favourite private-eye movies.

- And he had a dog.

- And he's very thin.

Yeah! He was!

Listen, um... Catherine.

I was thinking that maybe you,

me and the dogs could...

- (beep)

- Can you hold? I got another call.

- Sure.

- Thank you.

- Yeah? Dooley.

- Detective? It's Laura Fields.

- Laura?

- This is really embarrassing...

(grunts) OK!

Well, that's all done.

- Thank you very much, Detective.

- You're welcome.

It's just a little leak, I think.

But you wanna have it fixed by tomorrow.

You don't wanna drive around

without a spare.

Um... It's probably not

the right time to ask,

but have you had any luck

finding Kevin?

Well, let me ask you something.

How long did you know Kevin

before you decided to get married?

- About a year.

- Did he ever talk about what he did?

Uh... investments. Technology stocks.

Some real estate.

Well, Laura,

I don't wanna sound like a pessimist,

but you're gonna have to consider

the possibility that you won't find him.

- You think something's happened to him?

- No. Just the opposite.

I'm not sure he wants to be found.

Right. He was looking for a way out.

Well, your fianc wasn't

exactly who you thought he was.

- Who's this?

- Well, according to the US government,

- this is Kevin Wingate.

- What is this? Some kind of a joke?

No, it's not a joke. The social security

number you gave me belongs to this man.

- And he died in 1995.

- What?

- It's not Kevin.

- Kevin... Whoever he is...

- Why would he do this to me?

- I don't know.

- Why would he lie to... me?

- I don't know. I have no idea.

- Here, let me help you.

- No, I'm fine.

I've managed this long

on my own. I'll be fine.

I'm sorry. Thank you

for taking the case.

If you'll just send me the bill,

I'll settle my account.

- Look, you hired me to find your fianc.

- But you just said...

He's not who you thought.

That doesn't mean the case is closed.

When you set your mind to something,

you don't give up, do you, Detective?

Well, nobody's perfect.

Come on.

- Take care.

- I'll call you.

OK, Jerry Lee.

This morning we got some lessons.

Because... you know what? There aren't

many people in this world that I trust.

But you are one of the people.

So, since we don't belong to

the police department any more,

we can't just call Dispatch

for backup, right?

So you and I, we're gonna have a little

training session after breakfast.

And we're gonna learn

how to cover each other's backs.

OK, Jerry Lee. Here's the cellphone.

Here are the pencils.

Cellphone's down on the ground.

I got the pencils.

I'm gonna throw 'em.

Stay right there. Stay right there.

When you hear a bang, you go get 'em!

- (fires gun)

- Bang, bang! That's it! That's it!

Attaboy! Bring it here,

bring it here! Attaboy!

No, the phone. Pencil to the phone.

Like that. Like that.

Like this, see?

No, no, no, don't knock the phone over.

- (fires gun)

- Bang! Go get it. Attaboy! Any pencil!

Get the pencil! Bring it to the phone.

The phone, the phone.

Pencil into the phone.

You're getting it.

The phone, the phone, the phone.

No, no, no, no. We're not playing.

You're not helping.

You're not working with me, boy.

Jerry, no, no, no, it's not a bone.

It's a phone. Yeah.

Jerry! Jerry, give me that pencil.

That's it. That's it, see?

Phone. Here.

I have heard that certain individuals have

difficulty adjusting to life after retirement.

- But this takes the cake.

- Hi, Petey.

I'm trying to train Jerry Lee here

on how to use my cellphone.

Oh, I don't think

he has figured that out yet.

Look, it's still a work in progress.

OK, buddy. Here. Go get it!

Go get that pencil!

- I got your message. What's up?

- Hey, thanks for coming.

- I think I know who torched the place.

- Are you serious?

- Yeah.

- Don't tell me.

If you tell me, I have to reopen the case.

If I can find him, he can lead me

to the guy who did the heist.

What is this? The Misery Loves Company

group? You want me off the job too?

Come on, Petey.

This is your chance to be a hero!

Save me the sales pitch.

All right. What do ya got?

Thyer. A name. Thyer.

- Charles Thyer.

- Thyer.

Well, what makes you think he torched

the place before he robbed it?

You told me that the Microlabs changed

insurance companies after the fire, right?

Insurance companies need to approve

blueprints before they sign a new policy.

So you think he took a look at the plans.

With all that security, he knew his way

around pretty damn good.

- All right, I'll check this guy out.

- Thanks, Petey.

- But listen. This is the last time.

- What?

- You are not a cop any more.

- I'm not a cop. Can't even spell it.

- Thanks.

- Good luck with the phone.

You'll know if it works. I programmed

your number into the phone.

You know, Dooley, sometimes

I wonder about you.

- Most of the time, I wonder about you.

- Me too, Petey. Me too.

What? Not all the pencils! One pencil!

Just one pencil. What are we gonna do?

I have a better shot at

teaching you how to use a payphone.

- So?

- Are you certain he was a cop?

Oh, yeah. This guy was a cop.

This guy had handcuffs, OK?

He had a police-issue.9mm.

He had a big-ass German shepherd,

all right? Yeah, he was a cop.

And you said... nothing

that would lead him to me?

Nothing at all, man. I mean,

I played this thing totally cool.

You know me. I'm a loyal guy, right?

Loyalty's everything to me.

- Yeah.

- Right?

- Relax, Billy. It's all right, man.

- OK.

- Yeah?

- All right. I swear I didn't say a thing.

- It's cool.

- OK.

- Yeah?

- Cos, you know, if you're good...

Hey. Don't worry about it, OK?

- Get outta here.

- All right.

- Yeah?

- OK.

OK.

Loyalty's everything to me too, Billy.

Here we go, my friend.

- Jerry Lee?

- (growling)

- What's the matter?

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