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you want to get it off your chest.

So you tell her, and now she's hurt.

Now, that's weak, too, Ellery.

But it's also cruel.

It's just goddamn cruel.

Here's something for you.

Here's something that doesn't

cost you 25 bucks an hour.

You carry your own water, Ellery.

You understand?

Carry your own water.

Max, I was just

trying to help. I'm sorry.

No, forget it.

It's all right.

We're still partners, right?

Yeah. Partners.

Thanks, Ell.

Go help them, will you?

- You okay, Max?

- Yeah.

Come here.

I don't understand how

anybody can live at the beach.

Those waves crashing

and flopping all the time

drive me crazy.

I'm with you, Eddie. I like the

sound of traffic when I'm sleeping.

I find it very peaceful.

Most people do.

I guess cops are just different.

Don't push your luck there, Fields.

The only reason we're

here is because of Max.

If I had it my way,

I'd rather dump you

out of a speeding car.

See if you'd bounce around a little.

Hey, Earl!

How's that chili comin'?

It's done.

As my Aunt Mabel used to say,

presentation is everything.

I think you and Coolidge

ought to open up an automat.

The look is connected

to the way it tastes.

Stay down!

It stopped.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Where's Fields?

- I'll get him back.

- Right.

Fields!

Sh*t!

That's it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess so.

You see 'em take Fields?

I couldn't see sh*t, Max.

They shot the hell out of this place.

Must've had a heavy machine gun.

Fruitcake disappeared.

Lieutenant? They want

you down at the beach.

We see around the head there...

- Jesus Christ.

- How'd they kill him, doc?

What can I tell you?

They stuck a gun in his mouth

- and blew the back of his head off.

- An execution?

Not until they asked him

some questions first.

Contusions, abrasions,

ecchymosis around the neck.

Right.

Come on, I want to show

you guys something.

We took these x-rays of Allison Pond.

Look what happened.

Yeah, this foot's got a heel.

This one doesn't.

Why is it all blurry?

Gamma rays fog the film.

That glass in her foot,

it's radioactive.

Yes, sir?

LAPD. I'm here to see General Timms.

Hey, give me that.

Five to one we don't get in.

This is the Army.

I say we try the back way.

Five to one... I take those odds.

- You'll take it?

- Yeah.

Five to one?

- Here's my five.

- Here, you hold the money.

Make sure he knows that.

Sorry, sir. No civilian

admittance, no exceptions.

Did you talk to General Timms?

The General's unavailable, sir.

Did you tell him it

was police business?

Yes, sir. They said no civilian

admittance, no exceptions.

You lose, Coolidge.

You know, you could've talked

to him a little more, Max.

You owe me a buck.

Wait, wait, wait.

Amateur hour.

Seen too many movies, Relyea.

Sh*t.

- Come on, it's hot.

- I'll get it, I'll get it.

Let me try.

All right.

You know, when I was a kid, I thought

everybody in Hollywood had a horse.

Because every movie I

saw was a cowboy movie.

You remember those movies, right?

They would come galloping into town,

the cowboys would get off the

horse, dust all over the place.

They get the reins and

wrap it around the railing

once, twice, three times,

keep on wrapping it,

but Gene Autry?

Let me tell you something.

Gene Autry would come into

town, jump off the horse,

and carefully wrap the reins

around once, just once.

Then he would go inside

and see the sheriff.

Boy, did I worry about

that horse getting away.

I did.

What the hell is that?

This place is weird.

Jesus, what a big hole.

We just dropped the

damn thing right here?

Yup. That's what happens when

they set one off at ground level.

What happened to all the dirt?

Vaporized, along with

everything else.

We got company.

- Guess it's time to go, huh?

- Yeah.

Step on it.

Put your hands in the

air or you will be shot!

They're clean, sir.

You men are in violation

of federal law.

I could have you all shot.

Do you have some identification?

There you go.

Put your hands down, gentlemen.

"Lieutenant Hoover."

Los Angeles Police Department.

We're investigating a homicide, sir.

You're way out of your

jurisdiction, Lieutenant.

I'm going to assume that you

are aware of the penalties

for trespassing a federally

restricted area.

And for destruction of

government property.

We go where the case takes us.

Not if it takes you here you don't.

Out here it's military law.

And I'm in charge of enforcing it.

Captain?

Escort these gentlemen back

to the base and lock them up.

- Yes, sir.

- Colonel, sir?

Yes, sir.

On the perimeter, sir,

but they'd violated security...

I don't think that's

a good idea, sir.

Well, I don't think

that's a good idea, sir.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Put that one in the jeep.

The rest of them can

wait at the base.

- Sergeant!

- Miller, Resnick!

- Sergeant?

- Yes, sir.

If I see this vehicle in

a restricted area again,

I'll burn it... And everyone in it.

Lieutenant.

Wait here.

Hoover, Truman...

Is that the general?

All bombs.

- What are those?

- Ships.

Lieutenant Hoover, I'm General Timms.

What can I do for the Los Angeles

Police Department today?

I came to talk about Allison Pond.

Yes, I know.

Colonel Fitzgerald informed me.

Did he also mention the condition

in which Miss Pond was found?

Yes, he did.

Excuse me for not wanting to stand,

but I've had a horse accident.

I pinched a sciatic nerve.

Have you ever had

back troubles, Lieutenant?

I got shot there once.

I'm going to cut through

formalities, Lieutenant.

You are aware that Miss Pond

and I had a certain relationship,

and I believe you're also aware that she

had similar relationships with other men.

I believe Miss Pond

was in your company

from Friday through the weekend.

That sounds about right.

We went to Tahoe on Saturday.

Senator Bolton has a house there

that he lends us for the

weekend from time to time.

So you were in Tahoe, not here?

Friday night here,

then Tahoe on Saturday,

and Sunday night,

I flew to Washington.

She wasn't out at the test site?

That's restricted.

But then you know that, don't you?

She went down to Los Angeles

Saturday, Lieutenant,

and I went on for a meeting

with the Secretary of Defense.

Do you think much about

national security, Lieutenant?

Well, I got all the security I can

handle right now in L.A., General.

Do you know much about

atomic energy, what it means?

Ended the war.

Did you know that the atom

itself is mostly empty space?

I never really thought

about it, General.

Almost completely empty,

but with tiny fragments of matter.

And since this entire universe

is made up of atoms,

everything that we see and touch...

In fact, the very floor beneath us

is made up of almost

completely empty space.

The only reason we

don't fall through it

is because these tiny particles

of matter are just whirling about

at such speed that they give

us the illusion of solidity.

Actually, the floor is spinning

right underneath our feet.

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