Statler.
Reiss. Maloney.
Murphy. Where the hell's Murphy?
Oh, no. Damn it!
I don't believe this.
Jafo!
- Go find Murphy. - Yes, sir.
Sir, Lieutenant Kress wants you on the pad. Sir?
Sir?
Lose something?
No. You're wanted on the pad.
- Mind if I ask what you're doing? - No, I don't mind at all.
Murph, feeling any pressure?
Yeah. About 1 5 pounds per square inch at sea level.
Where's Montoya?
Don't you check the duty board? He's on days.
Oh! I forgot.
You're flying with that new guy, Lymangood.
- A what? - Me. Lymangood.
Outstanding!
- If it was me, I'd ground him. - He'll be all right.
Personally, I wouldn't fly with him for a bull that pissed Jack Daniels.
Is that right?
- All set? - Yeah. Yes, sir.
- You're sure now? - Yeah.
Airship 1 2 rolling. Out at 1 959 hours.
No, make that 2000 hours. Murphy and Lymangood.
Where's Montoya?
He put in for days after that wingding that Murphy threw last month.
- No shit. - I'll call departure.
Los Angeles Departure Control Air 1 2...
out at 22000 VFR5,000 coming to you 1.25.
Traffic advisory.
Lymangood. Lymangood.
What brings you to Air Support?
I don't know. I just put in for observer.
I like the idea of it.
No guns, no kicking in doors. You know, quiet.
Oh, yeah.
All these people! What do you suppose they're all doing?
According to the latest statistics, about 1 ,77 5,000...
are getting it on.
That many, huh?
The rest are waiting for Laverne and Shirley.
- Police 1 2 heading toward Sunset. - Let's see what we can see.
I got a black guy in a beanie.
Looks like he's selling dope out of a van.
- That a red beanie? - Yeah, that's him.
He's ours.
Undercover buy program.
Right, right, right.
- You were at the briefing? - Yes, sir. I guess I forgot, sir.
You're gonna fit right in.
Air 1 2. We have a 2-1 1 in progress at the liquor store, Burbank and Vineland.
Suspect's a male Negro. Orange shirt and a cowboy hat.
- That's for us. - He's armed and has a hostage.
Call it in!
Air 1 2 to Central. Proceeding to the 2-1 1 at Burbank and Vineland.
Let's get outta here!
- Grab that man! - Bitch!
Idiot!
Air 1 2 to ground. Your guy's headed toward the junkyard.
Orange shirt and a cowboy hat. Whatever happened to inconspicuous?
- Hit him with the light. - I got him.
-Jesus Christ! - Welcome to Air Support.
- Call an ambulance. - Right.
Look at that guy behind the Dumpster. Ground units!
Ground units, we've got a man with a gun behind that Dumpster. The other way.!
We're going down. We gotta dust him.
Hit the ground, sucker! Hit it!
Code four. They've got it knocked.
Sir, what was that business with the watch?
Back in the ready room with the watch?
Sort of a test.
I read if you think you're going over the edge, you lose your sense of time.
With your eyes shut you can't tell 25 seconds from five.
Oh, yeah, I get it, sir. Yes, sir.
Stop calling me ''sir.'' You sound like David Copperfield.
Yes, sir. I mean, okay, sir.
Check that ride at 1 0:00.
- Which one? - Underneath the trees, end of the road.
How do you see that shit?
- See it? - Yep.
- It's got no plates on it. - Well, call it in.
Abandoned vehicle.
Air 1 2 to Central. Reporting an abandoned vehicle.
- It's- - Come on. What kind of car?
It's a light tan Chevy. It's got no front plates-
It's got no plates at all.
And it's near the top of the hill on Linden Road.
Very good.
Oh! Thanks.
What time you got?
- Got about 1 0:30? - You've been talking to Montoya.
He did mention something about Encino.
I suppose you deserve the full initiation.
You've been shot at. You might as well have your picture taken.
Montoya thinks she's some kind of movie actress.
Be my damn luck if they had her working overtime tonight.
Those bastards.
They're slave drivers, that's what they are.
They don't care how hard they work a person, as long-
Oh, my God! There she is!
Oh, she's fantastic! Do you think she knows we're out here?
All she has to do is look out the window.
1 0:30 right on the dot.
If there's one quality I really admire in a person, it's punctuality.
And flexibility.
If a person says they're gonna be at a certain place-
Oh, God!
How does she do that?
Beats the hell out of me. Don't push on the pedals!
Would you look at her tan?
It's so- Oh, it's so even.
Oh, my God!
- What do you want? - Get the briefcase!
I think she doesn't know.
Somebody does.
All units. A rape in progress. 8792 Linden Road.
- Damn it to hell! I knew it! - Identify and handle code 3.
Shit!
- Let's go! - Keep running!
Around the back.
Hold it! Freeze!
He's bought it. Get on the other guy.
Let him go. Please, let him go.
- Hold him! - Got him.
Sir, you okay? Sir?
Fine.
Get an ambulance.
Air 1 2 to Central requesting an ambulance at 3920 Linden Road.
- How's the woman? - She looks bad.
Hell!
- It's gone. - Sir?
The Chevy. The junker.
It's gone!
Goddamn!
Air 1 2, wind 1 50 degrees at 22. Altimeter 2992. Clear to land.
Air 1 4, 1 1 50 degrees at 1 2. Clear for takeoff.
The old man wants to see both of you right now!
I like your haircut.
I like yours, too.
One of the really fun things about this job...
is reading the complaints of the public.
For example, tonight we have a fella...
that didn't appreciate us disturbing his sleep.
I hope I'm not called on by the chief to explain why two of my people...
were hovering over Encino at 1 0:30 p.m....
while Commissioner McNeely was getting the shit kicked out of her...
in her very own front yard in fashionable Brentwood.
McNeely, Linden Road? That's her?
Of the mayor's Special Task Force on Urban Violence.
A little touch of irony there if you like that sort of thing.
- How is she? - She was shot, Frank.
She's in intensive care. Shot by one of the rapists.
One of the rapists?
- Assault and battery. Attempted rape. - There wasn't any rape.
The case is closed. They got two toes tagged in the morgue.
That abandoned car we called in, the Chevy, that was a stakeout.
No stakeout. A make-out. Kids who couldn't afford a motel.
Kids go to Mulholland. It's not their pattern to go to a street in Brentwood.
Forget patterns. Period. And get the hell off my desk.
Get off!
All right.
It doesn't bother you the car had no plates and was gone when we came back?
It doesn't bother you that rapists don't travel in pairs?
What bothers me is some son of a bitch...
may get the idea to ask what you were doing...
five miles out of your assigned patrol area.
That's what bothers me. When I talk to you, Lymangood, I'll be looking at you.
I wanted to say, sir, that was my fault. I talked Murphy into taking us there.
You're supposed to be stupid, son. Don't abuse the privilege.
You think I haven't heard about that silly twit in Encino, for Christ's sake?
I had 20 years in this outfit when your idea of a big time...
was sitting in front of the TV watching Bugs Bunny...
and gnawing on your Fudgesicle.
To jog your memory, Officer Murphy, some people do not like police officers.
They do not like the idea of helicopters flying over their homes...
peeking in their windows.
You know what they'll do with this? They'll burn you...
me, your idiotic friend here and my whole damn division.
I don't want my division burned! Here's the way it's coming down.
You're grounded, both of you.
I've got to figure out where to hide you for two weeks until this blows over.
Get out of here, Lymangood. I mean, dismissed.
Stick around, Frank.
The review board wants to have you up for psychiatric reevaluation.
Come on!
What do you expect after your little wig-out last month?
There's a bright side to this. And a moral.
I think morals are good for you. I love morals.
And the moral of this story is: If you're walking on eggs, don't hop.
That's it.
Don't hop!
Hello. Listen, it's me.
I don't know whether a postcard from Laguna means we're speaking again...
but call me when you get in, okay?
Even if we're not speaking, call me.
Please. Okay? Please.
Hello. I'm back.
Is there no getting rid of this chick?
The reason I'm pressing is that I've got a really big favor I need.
I'm desperate. Desperate.!
No matter what time it is, call me.
Please. Bye.
- Freeze! - For Christ's sake, Murphy!
You want to get yourself killed?
You bozo! How many burglars come in the front door with a key?
- You scared the shit out of me. - I'm sorry. I came to make friends.
Here's your key.
That makes that official.
Where's my blender? I need it.
- At 3:00 in the morning? - You don't return phone calls.
It's in the kitchen.
Hold him for me, will you?
This kid must be deaf.
You coming?
Where?
The Shocks' anniversary party. You remember.
Annie's been open for a year now. We're having guacamole...
and margaritas...
and chile rellenos-
Fat chance, huh?
That must have been some leave you had in Laguna.
What did you do? Spend all your time on the pistol range?
Here it is.
What's this?
This is beautiful, really!
Could I please borrow this if I prom- I'll wash it and everything.
No, you can't because it already belongs to you. I bought it for your birthday.
- Really? - I thought I gave you that damn thing.
Never mind. This is beautiful. I love it.
I miss you. I don't eat.
I don't sleep.
Maybe you ought to trade me in on a surfer.
I tried that once, but it didn't work.
Come to think of it, neither did he.
Good night, Murphy.
Oh! Good night, you little faker.
Watch your legs.
We gotta get serious.
I know you have a lot of problems right now, and I'd like to help you.
- You can run, but you can't hide. -Joe Louis. That's very good.
That's what I mean!
Frank, I'm gonna have to get tough on you. Are you ready for that?
I'm ready.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Cue Mario, take one.
On the local front, the top story is still...
the assault and attempted rape of Diana McNeely...
who chaired the mayor's Task Force on Urban Violence.
Miss McNeely is still on the critical list.
We spoke to ChiefJensen this morning about the latest developments.
Up until now we have nothing on the two assailants.
They were without identification.
Probably Latin American and almost certainly illegal aliens.
Our fingerprint teams are going over...
the car they drove, which was apparently stolen from a parking lot.
It is unclearjust what impact this latest incident will have...
on the minority community and the increasing racial tensions-
We'vejust received word that Alf Hewitt is standing by...
SaintJoseph's Hospital for a live report.
Commissioner Diana McNeely died at 8:47 this morning...
due to complications from a gunshot wound which penetrated her neck...
and lodged in her spinal column beneath the third cervical vertebra.
Miss McNeely remained unconscious. Had she lived, she would've been paralyzed.
This is Alf Hewitt, live from SaintJoseph's Hospital.
I've been trying to get you.
Why don't you answer your fucking beeper?
Jack, the next time I'm suspended, so is my fucking beeper!
- Feel better? - Yeah, a little.
Get your ass here. We just came up with a hot mince pie under each arm.
Back on flying status.
Assigned to special detail.
This is Mr. Icelan, Mr. Fletcher of Washington.
- How do you do? - This is Frank Murphy.
We're glad we found you in time. We're due at the weapons testing range.
- What do they call that place? - Pinkville.
Everything I'm about to tell you is highly classified.
Don't discuss it with anybody.
We're testing a new helicopter prototype.
We've got our own pilot...
but your city's been chosen as the testing area.
Your mayor is very anxious that his people participate.
Ours is not to reason why, but to submit to the vagaries of local politicians.
- Smoke? Frank, is it? - No. Yes.
No, smoke. Yes, Frank.
I understand you flew in Nam, Frank.
That's right.
- Two tours, was it? - One and a half.
Why the foreshortened tour?
You know what they say about a second chest wound.
It's nature's way of telling you to go home.
- Yeah, right. - Going to tell us about this detail?
A lot of people are looking forward to the Olympics out here.
For a few short weeks, the attention of the world will be focused on this town.
Every nut case and terrorist...
and crazy with a pipe bomb and a cause is drooling about it already.
That's what this special detail is all about.
The potential for catastrophe.
We don't want any Munich massacres out here.
Are you talking about crowd control from the air?
Give that man a cigar.
That's been tried. Didn't work out.
- Where was that? - Vietnam.
Oh, yeah. Well, we added a few new wrinkles to that.
Such as?
You'll see, Frank.
You say this thing has antiterrorist capabilities.
Are you saying it's armed?
That I am. That it is.
That sounds like it now.
I thought it was illegal to arm police helicopters.
That would depend on the circumstances, wouldn't it?
A lot of people ain't gonna like this.
What do they call that thing, an earbuster?
The Special. But somebody hung a nickname on it.
What?
Somebody hung a nickname on it. Blue Thunder.
Gentlemen, take your seats.
Here she comes.
She don't look normal...
she don't fly normal, 'cause she ain't normal.
This whole ship is heavily armored...
with Nordoc NATO armor one inch thick.
This ship is equipped with a forward mounted 20-millimeter electric cannon.
Its six barrels are capable...
of firing 4,000 rounds of ammunition per minute.
And that, gentlemen, is one hell of a shit storm in anybody's language.
Let's take a look...
and watch the lady strut her stuff.
Red dummies represent terrorists.
The white are civilians, innocent bystanders.
The object is for our pilot to knock out...
the red dummies and the black car.
He shouldn't touch any of the others.
In a riot situation, we want to get the bad guys and protect the innocents.
Oh, my God.
With that kind of firepower, it wouldn't be used...
unless our worst case scenario came to pass, like armed insurrection.
It's comforting to know you've got it on tap.
Gentlemen, let me have your attention.
Notice the selectivity of the firing.
This is not a strafing run where you tear up a whole street.
This little lady picks her targets carefully. Watch.
Look at that. All the red dummies are blown to hell.
And a few white ones.
There's one civilian dead for every ten terrorists.
That's an acceptable ratio.
Unless you're one of the civilians.
All right. Last pass, gentlemen.
Anybody want to bet on the school bus?
We haven't told our pilot everything about the bus.
Let's see if he can pick up on what's wrong with it.
Damn it! Bloody gun!
Gentlemen, come below. We'll take a closer look.
I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have.
Terrific shooting.
- Beautiful,just beautiful. - Beautiful, was it?
Goddamn it! I had another stoppage.
I nearly killed the lot of you on that second pass.
Tell Ordnance if it happens again, I'll have their balls for breakfast.
There's somebody I want you to meet.
- Well, what do you know! - A friend of yours?
An old war buddy. Bastard tried to have me court-martialed.
Sorry I brought it up.
Look who it isn't.
Colonel Cochrane, this is Captain Braddock of the Astro Division.
And Frank Murphy. Frank is going to do the actual testing over the city.
Finally made colonel?
If you're a nice guy, nice things happen to you.
I'll try to remember that.
Step this way for any questions.
How did we draw him?
He and his observer were assigned to us. I didn't realize you were acquainted.
Only too well, I'm afraid.
I'd have had that bastard up on charges if he hadn't caught some shrapnel.
No. He's totally unsuitable for our purpose.
I'll call Mr. Holmes tonight.
Don't bother him. I think we can handle it.
This controls night sun with a heat-sensitive infrared filter.
Over here is your TV camera with a 1 00-to-1 zoom lens.
- Could've used this in Nam. - Could've used something.
- Do you think you can fly it? - You flew it, didn't you?
I'll check you out myself tomorrow.
Be on the pad 1 2:00 sharp.
1 2:00 sharp.
Catch you later. Stand back from there.
Irritating little cocksucker, isn't he?
Hey, tequila breath.
Hey, my man in the sky.
- How do you like your day shift? - My bride couldn't be happier, but me?
- What's happening? - I gotta take a flight check.
- Listen, what do you make of this? - What it is?
I don't know. I found it where Diana McNeely was killed.
I think it's got something to do with that urban violence stuff.
Can you translate this? It's all in Spanish.
I've got to log in, but I'll get back to you on it later.
- Keep it under your hat. - Boss, right under the hat. Look.
I gotta get dressed. I'll see you.
- How you doing? - Thanks for the hat.
-Jafo, how's it going? - What is this Jafo shit?
Look up, look down. Look left, look right.
- Don't worry about it. - What is Jafo?
Know what Montoya told me?
He told me you looped one of those things, a helicopter.
You didn't, did you? He was putting me on, right?
- No, he wasn't. - You looped a chopper?
- That's right. - When?
When I was young and stupid.
You're telling me it was a complete 360 right over the top?
- A full loop. - I thought that was impossible.
It is. It's aerodynamically impossible.
Anyone who tells you different is a damn liar.
You take the Ranger. I'll be in my bird.
We'll have a little game. Follow my leader.
''Follow my leader.''
Catch you later.
''Catch you later.''
Murphy, this is Cochrane. Join formation with me.
- Echelon right and keep it tight. - Roger that, Colonel.
You want to show me that loop?
Negatory.
I thought so.
Slide over to my left.
Keep it tight.
Christ! Any closer, we start eatin' blades.
We're following his leader.
Push it over and pick up speed.
Follow me through a high-speed climbing turn.
Level out at 500 feet.
All right, Mr. Murphy, you take the lead.
Roger that.
Damn! We've got a runaway!
What was that?
Grab your ankles and kiss your ass good-bye. We're going down.
Mayday! This is Charlie Alpha. We're going down.
Willowbrook and Alameda. Request ambulance, fire.
- Shut the fuel off! - What? The fuel?
Jesus! Where'd that bus come from?
Steady, steady. We're making a house call.
Central, this is Blue Thunder.
It seems we have a ship down somewhere in the Watts area.
- Are you all right? - Huh? Huh?
Are you all right? Well, get the hell off me!
I hope you broke your fucking neck!
You could have killed half my crew, me!
You knocked down the whole shack! Get the hell outta here!
- Thanks. This is it. - Have a nice one. Be careful.
- Take care. - See ya.
Rather a near thing today. I heard your turbine failed.
- Or was it your flying? - Back off, asshole.
Oh, what's that I hear? Threats?
What a change. We are acting brave nowadays.
Are you threatening me?
No. I'm telling you. Back off.
Catch you later.
Can I see your watch?
Sure.
You know where it is, don't you?
- Are you losing weight? - Getting older, too.
You make a turn here someplace.
Getting enough sleep?
Are we having two different conversations, or am I going nuts?
The train ride. The train ride. I'll find it.
If you don't run out of gas first.
- What? - That needle is pointing to empty.
- That means you're running out of gas. - That thing's broken.
We've got gas.
Mommy, you missed the train ride.
Hang on.
-Are you crazy? - This is a one-way street.!
I won't tell if you won't tell.
Good going.
Look out.!
I'll tell you one thing. It's hard to read.
- I know. - It's part of a letter.
It says something about strangers in the barrio making trouble.
I don't know. Something like that. Here's a word.
It isn't in Spanish. ''Thor.''
T-H-O-R.
- Thor? - Mean anything?
No. Strangers in the barrio making trouble.
I don't know. Maybe I've been in this too long.
But I've got a feeling something bad is coming down.
Practically the entire official family of Los Angeles...
led by his honor the mayor and the city council...
was gathered together with family and black community members...
at the funeral of Diana McNeely...
who was tragically murdered in her carport several days ago.
- Food will be in a minute. -Although Miss McNeely...
was an outspoken critic of many police department policies...
the chief was clearly in evidence as were many ofhis department heads.
However, as temperatures stay high and tempers continue to fray...
fires continue to break out in the Watts/Willowbrook area...
the City of Industry, Pacoima and East Los Angeles.
- You want ketchup on your sandwich? - From the depths of space.
From the edge of the earth.
Where did he go?
Frank?
Frank, did you say you wanted ket-
Frank, are you okay?
Is this something kinky?
Goddamn your black Irish heart, Francis McNeil Murphy, if you've left-
These are your television monitors. You have three.
The one in the center ties into all your computer banks.
The switches. Night vision.
Infrared filter. Target system.
With remote, so you can travel silent.
Audio, which controls your outside mikes which are here.
What's the sensitivity?
You can hear a mouse fart at 2,000 feet.
Gentlemen, this is your Harrison fire control helmet.
This baby is the heart of your system.
Let's take a look and see how she works.
Watch this.
Superimposes the gun cues on the real world.
Wherever you look, the guns follow.
You can zero in on any target you want...
just by putting the green tracer line on your target.
- You want to give it a shot? - Yeah.
What's that? Three-quarter inch video?
- You know something about it? - Yeah. That was my rate in the navy.
- What ship? - Midway.
No shit? I was on the Forrestal. It's a hell of a setup. Let me show you.
Reel goes in a locked memory bank here in the belly.
Each reel is code numbered.
This little bug erases the tape on the signal from Central Command.
Of course, the tape's gotta be inside the case for it to erase.
It only erases in the case? That's great.
Adjust for your eyes till the rear dot rides on the end of your tracer line.
Then press the cannon button, and zap.
Where you look is where you hit.
Sunshine,just blew your gizzard away.
What's this shit I hear about you threatening Cochrane?
Thank you, Sergeant.
What?
In the police garage. After your crack-up.
Feeling a little hostility?
I just told him to back off. That's all.
That's all? It's enough.
They don't care if you kill yourself.
They've got $5 million invested in this aircraft.
They don't want to see it totaled.
Some kind of bullshit.
If you want my opinion...
I think the feds are after your ass, so you better watch it.
Okay. Thanks.
Matusek, how do you control the oscillation with the corpse here?
It's the difference between the output on the generator signal. See it there?
Jafo, this isn't any night school. We got a test flight to make.
- Good night. - Good night, kid. Take it easy.
- Big Brother. You want it on or off? - What's Big Brother?
The cabin mike. It records everything we say on cassettes.
I think we can lose that. Don't you?
Yeah. I got the fuse.
Get your hat off those circuit breakers.
When are you going to tell me whatJafo is? I'm putting the fuse here.
You'll find out.Just be patient.
Night vision. Check. Okay.
Target systems. Check. Okay.
Let's see what's on HBO.
Blue Thunder to Tower. Request permission for takeoff.
Blue Thunder, Tower. Unable to issue departure clearance. Hold your position.
I don't think this is a good idea. He hasn't got clearance yet.
It's just an orientation flight.
Holmes is arriving tonight. Let him take care of it.
- What do you want to do? - Clear him.
Blue Thunder, Tower. Wind 330 degrees at 1 5.
Altimeter 3002. Clear for takeoff.
Departure Tower.
Blue Thunder off at 2030 feet. Coming on 1 60.5. Traffic advisories.
Let's hope he knows what he's doing.
- How does she fly? - Nose-heavier than the Ayatollah.
- You're crazy. This stuff's great. - Great, huh?
Let's see what this turkey has got.
Let's go.
Mama!
- Orbit right. - What?
Orbit right.
Hi, there.
- Go to 45. You gotta hear this. - I wondered if you knew...
where a guy could get something good to eat around here.
It depends on what a guy's hungry for. You know what I mean?
I'm going to video.
Sushi would be nice.
- Remember the last time we did this? - You can get a California roll for $ 75.
- Try the zoom. - Zoom. Right.
Seventy-five?
Are we talking about American money?
- We certainly are. - Come on, lady.
Look at this.
Hot Chihuahua.
I want it!
Let's lose this asshole. He's breaking my heart.
We gotta go to work.
Bye-bye.
- I dig this police work. - Yeah. You're breathing heavy.
Here goes the whisper mode.
Whisper mode.
That's a check.
- That's smooth.! - Forest Lawn.!
Check this place over here at 3:30. Is that a state cycle in the driveway?
Yeah. That's highway patrol.
- Can you make the license? - Can you bring it around?
Yeah.
That's 221 -Bravo-6.
I know that cycle. Jack Moran. Double-dork.
Double-dork?
- Try that thermograph. - Cutting in thermograph.
Coming in. The motor looks hot.
Yeah. Hasn't been there too long.