The Glimmer Man Page #2

Was... an Aquarian.

You see, the spirit has left the body.

What we have here

is a mere broken vessel.

"A broken vessel?"

Anything else interesting about the body

that you'd like to comment on or-

She's got nice tits.

Precisely, Grasshopper,

but a little bit too nice.

Okay, partner, run this number.

Detective Cole's not gonna cooperate.

That's the problem with new cops.

They need to be taught

who to pay attention to.

I'd be happy to teach him that lesson.

Put some of our Russian friends on it.

Let them earn their money for a change.

Everything else in shape?

Like clockwork.

Everyone's still in the dark?

It's a very tight seal, as long

as everyone keeps their mouth shut.

They will.

I think we've set a very good example.

So, why LA? New York didn't have

enough psychopaths for you?

I didn't get along with my captain.

Figured it was time for a change.

The ex moved out here with the kids.

Yeah. Y'all just go on...

No, thank you, I don't know you that well.

No, that's tea. That's good stuff.

It's deer antler. It's good

for your masculinity.

Ain't nothin' wrong with my manhood,

thank you.

Let me just have a little sip.

This is my favorite movie.

Do you know I'm black?

I have no idea what you're saying.

She says that movie always makes her cry.

Yeah, that's a real tearjerker.

Not that I cry at movies

or anything like that.

It takes more than a sad scene

to break me, you know what I mean?

Once in a while you should cry

'cause it cleanses the soul.

You could use a little bit of that.

If I need cleansing, I have a bran muffin.

Thank you.

You ain't gonna find one here.

Sh*t.

I think I'm allergic to the incense.

Y'all sell roaches?

Damn, I'm in the wrong business.

I could make money

and never leave my apartment.

Just put this underneath your tongue.

It's perfect for allergies.

It'll clear you right up.

This is bitter.

Bitter? I don't know why it'd be bitter.

What is this?

It's just a little bit of powdered deer penis.

That's real funny. That's real f***in' funny.

Damn, do I feel violated.

So tell me, what's up with the beads?

These here? It's called a mahla.

Tibetan prayer beads.

What do you use 'em for?

I use them to calm my mind

and to purify my thoughts.

Yeah, I use Jack Daniel's.

We're tryin' to go to the same place.

We're just using a different technique.

Except I don't wear the bottle

around my neck.

That's because you'd lose your job

if you did.

Roden to 4 King 63.

Just got a call from an informant...

...who claims to have info

on The Family Man.

Says he'll only give it to you.

Waitin' on the south dock.

This is 4 King 63. We're on our way.

They're breakin' into a car over there.

We're here to meet an informant.

We don't have time for that.

We're police. We gotta get the bad guys

once in a while.

Why don't we get you

some red boots and a cape...

...and you can fly around the city

and stop all the crime?

Police! Freeze!

You know what pisses me off? When I see

some sorry-ass motherfuckers...

...like you with more hair than me.

Turn around, put your goddamn hands

on the car...

...before I go get my clippers

and go crazy in here.

F*** you, pig.

"F*** you?" Did he say, "F*** you"?

I'm confused. We got the badges.

We got the guns.

You got a screwdriver.

It's kind of like takin' a screwdriver

to a gunfight.

And "pig," that's an old phrase.

Y'all must not be from around here.

Y'all must be from another country-

Drop the guns. Please.

This is a police matter.

It's got nothin' to do with you.

Drop the guns.

Think we're gonna have to do this

the hard way.

I can't fight, man.

What do you mean you can't fight?

It's a fine time to tell me now.

Get down on your knees. Now.

He likes you, that's the good news.

Sorry. Not without dinner and a movie.

Your friend likes to do things the hard way.

Now, how about you?

My friend, he's a little bit country,

I'm a little bit rock-n'- roll.

What does that mean?

Just an expression. What do you want?

You... dead.

Why?

Because the pay is so good.

How about if I double the pay?

You have balls. But I don't think

you have enough money.

Well, I do.

I got thousands of dollars in my pocket.

I'm gonna reach into my back pocket

slowly to get my wallet.

I have a lot of cash...

...or you could take plastic.

"Plastic?"

This is rock-n'- roll.

For a minute I forgot you said

you can't fight.

It's not that I can't fight.

I'm not supposed to.

It's against my religion.

- Great.

- I'm a Buddhist.

Yeah. You're a Kung Fu priest.

Who sent you, man?

The Russian Mafia.

- Let me try.

- You speak Russian?

A little bit.

Answer me, goddamn it, before I beat

the sh*t out of you, you dumb ass!

- You speak good Russian.

- Yes. Black Russian.

Read him his rights even though

he's a little unconscious.

He knows 'em.

I'm tellin' you, Captain, this guy is weird.

Yeah, show me a cop who isn't.

Look, I'm not talkin' about a cop

who wears pantyhose.

This guy, he speaks Chinese,

he dresses like a monk...

...and the Russians yesterday, he took

those guys out like Bruce Lee, only better.

I mean, I saw him use his credit card

like a goddamn Ginsu knife.

Where would you learn that?

I don't know, maybe the Army.

What do you want me to do, Jim,

look at his resume?

Don't come to me with this kind of sh*t.

Just work with the guy.

"Work with the guy. "

What does this say to you?

Punishment and purification.

He believes he's helping these people

by turnin' them into martyrs.

Only he can't get any satisfaction.

So he keeps doin' it,

gettin' bolder and bolder...

...until he's either caught or killed.

And he ain't gettin' his orders

from the Devil, either.

He believes he's listenin' to Jesus himself.

You learn well, Grasshopper.

Task force, Campbell.

All right.

Two more bodies.

Hey, slow down.

It's all right, man, we'll be back later.

Hey, man, get this virgin

off the crime scene.

We got Andrew Dunleavy, a psychiatrist.

This is his wife Ellen.

There are two children...

...but we haven't been able to locate them.

Roden, squash that, man.

Are you all right, Jack?

- Jim, you got a minute?

- Sure.

Careful, he wants to borrow money.

I know that look.

- Got somethin' for you to look at.

- What is it?

Found a print at the Dunleavy scene,

on the woman's body.

Beautiful. It's about time.

- Let's run it right away.

- Already did.

It's Cole's.

Your brother still works

for Intelligence, right?

Tell him to find out everything he can

on Cole.

Off the record.

We'll extend the house-to-house canvas

by four blocks.

We're lookin' for any links

between the victims. Where they shop...

...get their cars repaired,

pictures developed...

...anything, no matter how small.

Do me a favor and get me copies

of these blood paintings on the walls...

...in this stack of crime-scene photos.

Send 'em out to every psych ward

and prison throughout the US.

Maybe a former patient.

I don't know, I just think that...

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