The Glimmer Man Page #5

- All right, come on.

What if there's a serial killer out there...

...he's killin' families,

we nickname him "The Family Man. "

But there's somebody else out there...

...who has somethin' more sinister

goin' on.

He has to terminate some targets.

So, he kills his targets and

their entire families to make himself...

...look like The Family Man.

While we're lookin' for a serial killer.

When, in fact, there's two of 'em

and one of 'em is a pro.

- How do you know it's a pro?

- 'Cause I know the work of a pro.

I found this in Sonya Roslov's house.

It's a round trip to Moscow...

...bought and paid for

by Deverell Industries.

You think Frank Deverell

had somethin' to do with this?

I do, sir.

Sonya Roslov, she was a translator.

If Deverell did any business in Russia...

...it makes sense he'd hire someone

like that.

- What if she was a mule?

- Smuggling what?

Chemical weapons of some kind.

Now that the Wall fell...

...there's a ton of that stuff floatin' around.

That would explain the cancer in her body.

If you look at who controls that stuff

on the black market...

...it's the Russian Mafia.

- As in the guys who jumped us.

- You got it.

So, what connects the Dunleavys

to Deverell?

I don't know yet, but I know

we could find out.

You know, they will take my badge

if they find out I'm workin' with you.

But, my gut tells me you might be right.

- I always go with my gut.

- Okay.

I don't know about you, but I'm gonna

go see the rest of this movie.

Is it a good movie?

You've never seen Casablanca?

You're asking me

if I've ever seen Casablanca?

Have you?

You gotta be kidding. Me?

Never seen Casablanca?

Have you ever seen Casablanca?

No.

Come on.

And of course, Donald survived

with everything but his pride intact.

I never expected Cole to get this close.

I thought you kept better track

of your ex-employees.

No way to anticipate

he'd become this involved.

Who is he? Obviously not just a cop.

He was a brilliant soldier.

West Point, that kind of thing.

I found him in Vietnam.

Recruited him for a special projects unit.

The Program, we called it.

He handled a lot of odd jobs for us.

- Such as?

- Now, Mr. Deverell...

...don't ask about things

you don't really want to know.

Suffice to say, to the people he hunted

for us...

...he was known as "The Glimmer Man. "

There'd be nothing but jungle...

...then a glimmer...

...then you'd be dead.

Why isn't he still with you?

He was booted out of the program in '84.

Went native on us.

Made up his own assignments.

Disappeared... for months.

Ended up in Thailand...

...chanting in some temple or other.

They say he was saved by a holy man.

So many stories about this fella,

I don't know which ones are true anymore.

- What do we do about him?

- Broom him.

Time to lose everybody

who knows anythin'.

And I mean everybody.

Johnny's no threat.

I beg to differ. He's already spilled

to the shrink.

The poor boy knows too much.

Simple as that.

Johnny'll do what I say.

Let me put this another way.

I have four loose links in this operation:

Two cops, you, and the boy.

Three of you have to go.

You can choose which three.

You'll have to do it yourself.

Frank, I'll take care of Johnny.

Who's gonna take care of Cole

and Campbell?

I'll put Donald on the others right away.

That's the spirit.

Now, come on in. The water's fine.

Sh*t!

Take the kids upstairs.

- John Cole?

- Yes.

Miller and Russo from Internal Affairs.

We have a warrant for your arrest.

Do you want to take a minute

to gather a few things?

No, that's perfectly all right.

I'm ready to go.

Coldest winter I can remember in LA.

Wettest, too.

They got you, too.

No, I bought all this sh*t after the riots.

It means we're close, man, we're close.

Do I look like I give a sh*t?

You better give a sh*t, 'cause they ain't

gonna stop till they get us both.

Does this say, "deer antler"?

Give me that.

- It was a free sample.

- There's a whole case over here.

Just stay out of my sh*t.

Can I just take this moment to tell you

how moved I am deeply?

Yeah, well, that makes one of us.

I found somethin'

on your ex-wife's phone records.

Someone called the house the night

she was killed.

They called six times, only talked about 10

or 15 seconds each time.

You got a number or somethin'?

Could I take those CDs?

They look like I could still use them.

Got it. Come on.

Could I ask you somethin'?

Did you actually live in this shitbox?

Man, will you come on?

Now, what if this is really our guy?

- We'll reason with him.

- Right.

- What?

- Police!

I'm Detective Cole,

this is Detective Campbell...

...with the Los Angeles Police Department.

We'd like to ask you some questions

about some calls...

...you may have made to a Dr. Dunleavy.

You look like you just came from a riot.

Thanks.

He looks like he just came from a riot.

Yeah, this number's billed to me,

but it's my daughter's phone.

I know you, don't I?

Yeah, you know me. You put my boyfriend

through a window.

High school, window. I remember now.

You're Johnny Deverell's girlfriend,

aren't you?

So?

So, I was just wondering, how long

have you known Dr. Dunleavy?

I don't know any Dunleavy.

You called him the night he was killed.

Yeah. Well, it wasn't me.

I don't need a shrink.

We never said he was a shrink.

Okay, I knew him but I didn't call him.

I wonder who did?

Johnny did.

When he got busted with the coke,

they made him see a shrink.

The shrink was Dunleavy, right?

Millie.

Let me tell you something, sweetheart,

the games are over.

I want you to tell me right now...

...why Johnny was making phone calls

from this room.

He was afraid to call from home.

Why?

His stepfather. Johnny knew

some bad things he was doing.

Would you happen to know

where we could find this boy?

His stepfather put him away

at Our Lady Of Angels.

You don't think Deverell would kill

his own stepson, do you?

Right. Dumb question.

Let's get out of here.

- You all right, Johnny?

- Yeah, never been better.

Yeah, we need to ask some questions

about your stepdad.

He's a prick.

Yeah, besides that.

Did your dad kill Dunleavy?

Yeah, I tried to call him,

I tried to warn him, I swear to God.

We know, we know. It's all right.

All right, everybody just relax. Police.

Why'd he do it?

Okay, he had Donald kill his translator...

...because she knew that my father was

smugglin' in some bad sh*t from Russia.

And I found out about it.

So, he got all freaked out,

and thought I told Dr. Dunleavy.

So he had Donald kill him and his wife...

...and made it look

like the serial killer did it.

Who was helpin' him?

Some little guy.

Southern accent...

- Smith.

- Yeah, the government guy.

Who's Smith?

You're about to find out.

Sister, take this boy

and keep an eye on him.

Don't let anything happen to him.

Don't leave him alone.

Yes, of course.

I'll take care of you, Johnny. Come.

See you later, Joe.

How you doin'?

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