Excuse me. Hotel security. Take the next one.
No! No! [ Sobbing ]
Ow!
Hey! Let me go!
She told me that she could cook!
She said she could make cakes and cupcakes! Cupcakes and cakes! [ Screaming, Sobbing ]
She said she could cook! She cooks cakes and pancakes!
- Pancakes and cakes! - [ Elevator Bell Dings ]
Está loco, ¿verdad?
He looks dusted. [ Man ] You want her?
Take her! Take her and her cakes and her cupcakes!
[ Grunting ]
P.C.P. Are-Are you hotel security?
Unfortunately, yeah. Well, get that madman out of here!
Shut him up. Now, look, you people go back to your room.
And, relax. We got everything under control.
He just had a little bad chowder.
[ Woman Sobbing ]
Hey, pal. How you doin'?
He's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill me!
No, you're not.
You're not gonna do that, are you, buddy?
You don't wanna hurt anybody, now, do ya?
What do you say we let the lady go?
Huh? [ Man ] What the hell are you waitin'for?
- Get that maniac out of here! - Shut up!
Let her go.
It's okay. It's all right.
Now,just-just relax now, buddy.
Yeah, everything's okay.
Yeah, you're doin' good. Doin' good.
[ Screaming ] No, lady! No!
Get her out of here, Tubbs! Get her--
Get her out of here! Hey, get this woman out of here!
[ Elevator Bell Dings ]
[ Woman Screaming ] [ Man ] The cupcakes--
Get her out of here! Let me go!
You want the cakes? You can have the cakes.! I don't want 'em.!
I told you, you can have 'em! I hate 'em! I hate 'em!
I hate the cakes! If you want 'em, you can take 'em!
Take the cakes! Take my cupcakes!
Cakes!
The cakes! Shut up, would you?
Cakes! Take 'em! Take the cakes!
Take the cupcakes! Take the cakes! Take my cupcakes!
I thought hotel security was supposed to be easy.
I hate this assignment. Take the cakes if you want 'em.!
Hey buddy. Yeah.
Where is he? Around the corner.
Dos cafés cubanos, por favor.
Three days as hotel security, and nothin'.
Oh, that's not exactly right. We've been referee for about a half a dozen domestics.
Got the sand whipped out of us by a crazed doper. Gracias.
And now you want off this detail, right?
- You got it. - But not for those reasons.
We don't like head-huntin' cops.
If we did, we'd sign up for Internal Affairs.
These cops are extorting payoffs from hookers working the high-rent hotels.
Extortion, blackmail, assault.
These aren't cops. They're outlaws.
They're not your brothers. They never were.
Build your evidence for a criminal complaint, not just interdepartmental.
I don't just want their badges.
I want that slime flushed down the sewer.
We need a new approach.
## You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain ##
## Too much love could drive a girl insane ##
## You broke my will but, ooh, what a thrill ##
## Goodness, gracious Great balls of fire ##
##I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny ##
## You came along and you moved me, honey ##
##I changed my mind This love is fine ##
##And goodness, gracious Great balls of fire ##
## Ooh, kiss me, baby ##
## Whoo, it feels good ##
## Oh, hold me, hold me ##
##I'd love to love you like a lover should ##
## 'Cause you're fine and so kind ##
##I'd tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine ##
####[ Continues, Indistinct ]
- Excuse me. Um, I was wondering-- - Yes?
Would you mind, uh, putting some oil on my back?
Um-- Uh, well--
Sure. Sure.
It would be my pleasure.
And, uh, would you warm it up a little?
I hate cold things touching my body.
Yes, uh, I'll bet you do.
Do you-- Do you mind if I--
Mmm, that feels good.
Good. [ Clears Throat ] Where are you from?
Wichita.
Are you a guest here?
Uh, well, yes. As a matter of fact. I just checked in this afternoon.
This is my first time in Miami.
What do you say we have a little party? Just you and me.
Uh-- [ Clears Throat ]
Well,
is-is this going to, uh, cost me anything?
Well, I'm not exactly the welcome wagon. [ Chuckling ]
[ Clears Throat ] How much?
Fifty bucks for a straight.
Anything à la carte is a separate negotiation.
I see.
And, sugar, if it ain't on the menu, you just ask.
I wanna make your first night in Miami unforgettable.
Well, uh,
I sure like the sounds of that.
Let me see your room key.
Okay.
You're a cop. [ Nervous Chuckle ]
Are you, uh-- You're a cop!
Do you need any more oil, or are you greased up enough, honey?
What do you say, uh, we go somewhere and work this out, save the hassle?
No can do, sweetheart. Let's go.
Terrific! I'm really losin' it, you know?
Boy, I'm fallin' apart. I see you across the pool and I say, ''No way that guy's a cop. No way.''
Is that right? Damn right it's right.
You got hungry eyes.
Well, am I right or what?
Yeah, I'm right. Scopin' out men is how I make my livin'.
[ Laughing ]
Well, you can't be too good at it, mama.
Busted three times for soliciting.
Lewd and lascivious acts, all pending.
One for holding coke. That was dropped.
All I see here is time-- whole lot of time.
Wanna tell me what's goin' on, guys, or what?
If this was a routine bust, I'd be sittin' in the tank waitin' on the judge.
Like it says there, I know the drill.
So you must want somethin'.
- What? - Someone's shaking down the girls working the hotel.
- You took me down to tell me that? - We know they're cops.
Well, then why ain't they sittin' here instead of me?
That's where we want them.
I don't know who they are. I never paid.
They sent me a warning through another girl.
- Who's the other girl? - She split.
- You know what department they work for? - A cop's a cop.
You could have done yourself some good.
Wait a minute!
If I knew, I'd tell you. It's gotta be worth something.
It's not enough. Wait.!
I said I'd play.
Just tell me the game. [ Crockett ] We suspect these two-- Ross and Garcia.
Ever see 'em? No.
We leave you on the street, you work for us.
What do you think I've been sayin'?
I'll help you.
Damn right I will.
Wear a wire?
Pull my package-- all of it--
and wipe it clean.
Deal.
Supplement your income, gentlemen.
You're pimps.
We'll use Gina and Trudy.
Just keep me as your number one lady. Promise?
You ain't my number one nothin; toots.
You hiccup funny and you're right back here.
Oh, I love it when you scold me.
My advice to you is after this is done, vacate Miami.
Hey, that's real nice.
A girl could always use some friendly advice.
[ Chuckles ] [ Laughing ]
Well, we don't provide those kinds of services here.
Check with the manager.
Yes, sir. I'd like to see about a safety deposit box.
Okay, what you do is fill this out-- No, no.
I don't fill out any forms or hand over anything till I seen where it's goin'.
Yo, Wally. Security plus one.
Puttin' in or takin' out? Touring.
He wants to make sure it's safe. Safe?
Well, it sure is safe, mister, against the acts of God or the vagaries of man.
Can I get my property out anytime I want?
Except between 1 2:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Thanks. This'll be okay.
I'm glad you like it. Thanks, Wally.
[ Tubbs ] There's so much to choose from here.
It's been a hell of a day. A department store.
Yeah. I'm gonna take a look, though, okay? Go ahead.
Check this out.
I like the Latin one. Yeah.
You got it.
Who's up? Gina.
Room 31 2. Make it quick.
Zito's off duty in a half hour.
Anything for you, baby. I like the way you say that.
Remember, it's only make-believe.
I'll be damned!
Hotel security's runnin' a string of girls.
Thank you.
Okay, we're on.
Something wrong, Officer? I mean, I wasn't-- I wasn't--
[ Man Over Wire ] What it is is 500 a week.
[ Man #2 ] Hey, we sent you a message already.
You know how slow the mail is.
Yeah. We figured it must be something like that.
Now, wait a minute, Officer. This is going too far.
So we thought we'd make this special delivery.
They're gonna work her, man. Let's go!
[ Woman ] The other girl-- Hold it.
You're the guys who did that. [ Man #2 ] You're like the other one.
You got an attitude. Well, wait a minute, Officer--
What it is is 500 a week.
[ Man #2 ] And you tell those two pimps we want our taste tomorrow.
And so it don't get lost in the mail-- [ Woman ] No, please.!
[ Man #1 ] No, no, not in her face. She can't pay if she can't work.
[ Woman ] Oh, God.! That's it. That's enough.
[ Groaning, Sobbing ]
Candy, you all right? You all right?
I'm fine.
I'm sorry it went down this way. Yeah, we're all sorry. Did you get it?
- Yeah, we got it. - Good.
Then we're quits.
Tell your boss to make his calls.
- I will. - Is there anything we can do for you?
Yeah. Eat dirt and die!
Well, that's gotta be some sort of record.
Thanks a lot. Yeah, thanks.
So? They're out!
One hour after A.I.D. turns them over to the D.A., they're out.
It's the system, man. The system.
You want a cold one? Sure. Why not?
####[ Whistling ]
You're gettin' a little long there, buddy.
Ouch!
What are you doin', man? What do you mean, ''what am I doin'''?
What's it look like I'm doin'? You're filin' Elvis's nails.
Well, he can't do it himself.
You're crazy.
We got company, man.
What do those meatheads want?
I'd like to talk to you guys.
You could have done that at the hotel. No, not our kind of business.
Is that a real alligator?
[ Man ] I've been watching you. I see this boat, the car.
I ask myself, ''How's it done?''
Mirrors? I mean, how do you have all this stuff on what you make as a rent-a-cop?
What, are you writin' a book?
Yeah, maybe.
Well, then kiss me and make it a love story.
Just figured you might be interested in a little moonlightin'.
What kind of score? The vault.
Let us hear the deal.
Soon. We'll talk later.
Partner, I think we're gettin' too good at playin' bad guys.
[ Crockett ] All right. That about does it. Put yourJohn Hancock here.
Albert Szarbo. I think you stumbled onto something.
He's not right.
Oh, he sure isn't.
Hmm. I thought he was after the vault.
Maybe he still is. Hey, that's doubtful.
This cat's got every felony on here but burglary.
Kind of late in life for a career move.
It happens. Yeah, not often.
A burglar may slide over into, uh, armed robbery.
But, Szarbo-- this score's strictly not his style.
Stay on it.
What's this guy after?
Beats the hell out of me.
[ Indistinct ] Funny. I do the same thing.
Pretty good at it, you know. I'm just hysterical--
Hey, watch it! Let's have a little chat.
Say, uh, what's going on?
Don't buy into this, pal. It's all right, honey. This is my, uh, cousin.
Why don't you just go upstairs and wait in the room?
And when I get up there, I'll show you such a good time.
I don't want any trouble. There won't be any trouble.
Don't bet on it. I don't. Say, uh, maybe some other time.
Damn, Crockett! You wanna tell me what you're doin' here?
Same as you-- workin'.
Here? You're hookin' here? Have you lost your mind?
Ain't this the cabbage patch?
Not for you it ain't, sweetheart.
Remember? I'm the cop that busted you.
Right. I know.
You're a cop, not hotel security.
I won't tell if you don't. Oh, no, you don't.
You're not gonna pull that with me, pal.
Hi. How you doin'?
Could be better. Anything I can do?
- You looking for me or what, Szarbo? - I never told you my name.
I like to know who I'm dealin' with. It pays to be in hotel security.
Yeah, I guess it does.
What's your name, sweet pea? Sweet pea'll do just fine.
[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
You're all right. She's all right, huh?
Eh--
I'm so better than ''all right.''
Do you wanna talk, or not?
No. Later.
Right now, I'm gonna have a little chat with sweet pea here.
Come on.
Bye-bye.
She's crazy.! She's a hooker.
Does she think for one second that I'm gonna let this go by?
- Looks like. - You're gonna have to get her out of here, man.
And I mean get her out of here, fast. Wait. Me? Why me?
Because I'm gonna-- I'm liable to kill her!
She's gonna bury us. [ Candy ] No, I'm not.
I'm gonna help you. Tit for tat. Here.
I don't want your damn car.
Not mine. Szarbo's.
Thought you might like to check it out.
That's it right there. How'd you get these?
Told him I wanted a little Chinese. He threw me his keys.
Yeah, I'll bet that ain't all he threw ya.
All right, look. I was out of line, okay?
I'm just trying to make it right now. Yeah, bull Twinkie. You smell a score.
What's the buzz? Huh? Coke?
He's a dealer. That's it. Quiet.
Come on. You can tell me. Quiet!
What's this?
Looks like the auto club.
He's got everything he needs here to punch the boxes in the vault.
[ Crockett ] What's that?
It's a carbon copy of a motel bill. Pine Hollow.
He checked in today. [ Candy ] I know that place.
It's a real dive. Ten bucks a night and up. Mostly down.
No TV, fights every night.
What's Szarbo doing in a dump like that when he's got a two-bills-a-night suite here?
Beats the hell out of me.
Whatever it is, it's got something to do with this. Come on. Let's get out of here.
All right, Candy, hit the bricks. What?
Beat it. Ah, come on.
Isn't there a little something in this for me? Oh, yeah-- trouble.
Now, you got a clean sheet in Miami, so take it and walk.
We don't care where you take it. Just take it.
Look, sweetheart, it's for your own good, all right?
Now, get out of Miami.
Uh, how about that Chinese, huh?
It's all right, sweet pea. Get the Chinese later.
Right now, we got other things to talk about.
You see anything in that Caddy that interested you?
Just bein' careful.
Let's take a walk.
Well, I'll just go wait up in the, uh--
No, you come too. [ Crockett ] Hey, wait a minute.
- She's got no part in this. - She does now.
- That's them. - Who's this?
This here's Mr. Ross.
He's an ex-cop, recently suspended.
You checked me out. I checked you out.
You're stool pigeons.
According to Mr. Ross, he was shakin' down your operation, and you guys ratted.
Snitches make me very uncomfortable.
Me too. And I never saw this guy before.
I sent word to you through that bimbo!
After that, I took the fall.
I dropped the dime on you, you piece of garbage.
I turned you in.
You? Why?
What he did-- I don't take that from anybody.
- You slut! - Ow!
You touch one of our ladies again, and I'll kill ya.
Come on. We're out of here. Where are you goin'?
We're out of here, man. Hey, come on! Come on!
You checked on me, I check on you. I picked a bad source.
Big deal. I'm satisfied.
You? Up to you.
All right, what do you really want?
Run and get us that Chinese, will ya, sweat pea?
Ah, come-- Come on.
Hey, get out of here.
- What's the deal? - We're gonna hit the hotel's safety deposit boxes.
[ Chuckles ] No kidding.
So what do you need us for?
To get me past the guard.
Uh-uh. I don't believe that. There's got to be another way.
Hey, a little insurance.
Besides, I like having hotel security on the payroll.
So this ain't your first time out of the box, huh?
Nah. My man here, he's the real pro.
- So what's our end of the deal? - Sixty for us, you split 40.
When? Soon.
First, I need to get inside alone. No guard. Make a little survey.
So how do you know which boxes to punch?
I don't. We're gonna punch 'em all.
[ Chattering, Indistinct ]
Run it down.
Well, Szarbo wants to make his move just before the guard leaves at midnight.
And one of us gets the guard to open up.
We put the guard to sleep, and then they take it down.
Leave us tied up with the guard.
Which box does he want?
He wants to punch 'em all.
[ Tubbs ] How far do we let him go, Lieutenant?
All the way. We'll see what falls out of the boxes.
People put some strange things in those boxes.
You can mark this one down, Lieutenant.
- It's in the jar. - When's he gonna hit?
Soon. He said he'd give us a couple days' notice.
[ Beeps ]
How the hell did they get in here without us?
[ Tubbs ] But why do they open all these boxes...
and leavejewelry, C.D.s and these other goodies behind?
[ Crockett ] How the hell do I know?
What's this?
Papers. That's what the score is-- it's papers. [ Pounding ]
Well, all they needed was to get inside and have someone distract the guard so they could do a little recon.
And you gave 'em the time they needed. Well, once they knew that...
the alarm was tied into the telephone lines, they disconnected them.
And from there on, it was-- well, it was easy.
Oh, yeah? Well, then tell me how the hell they got through this.
I didn't know the combination. Neither did Tubbs.
Who gave it to 'em? Wally?
Well, it's your standard three-code number.
I mean, they simply hooked up this computer device called a random digital selector.
It spins through all the combinations of the lock at 1 500 per minute, and--
Well, when it hits the right one, pop.! The doors open, the alarms are off.
And from there on in, it's good night, Irene.
You let 'em in the first time. You've been had unconditionally.
Will that be all, Lieutenant?
Yeah. Thank you.
That sandbaggin' son of a--
We found them, Lieutenant. Dead.
- Dead? - What?
Szarbo was.
The other guy died while we were there.
He, um, kept talkin' about paper.
Papers, like it was a joke or something.
As if, uh, all their trouble...
was just for some papers, or something like that.
- What's the matter? - [ Crockett ] No loot?
[ Zito ] Gone.
Who got to these guys?
What the hell came out of that box?
Who else is tied to this?
What about Ross?
What? What are-- Miami Vice. Be real still. Put him down, Stan.
Cops? Why didn't you guys tell me you're cops?
Now, wait a minute. Guys, let's talk this out.
The charge is murder.
Read him his rights. Murder?
No. No, I didn't kill 'em.
No. No, I-- See, I was supposed to meet Szarbo right after the job.
Help him get out of town in case there was any trouble.
He didn't show, so I went looking for him.
But they were already taken out when I got there. I swear. They were dead when I--
Are you saying that someone else killed them?
I swear, that's exactly the way it was. I ain't goin' for it.
No, man, no. It's the truth!
I walked in, and boom! I found them just like--
like they were.
So I-I grabbed what I could carry and I ran.
I panicked. I wasn't thinkin' of nothin' but just getting out of there, just getting clear.
But I didn't kill them. You gotta believe that. I'm a cop like you.
I'd never-- You ain't no cop.
I'm not a murderer. Not like that.
I could never do that.
You believe him?
[ Castillo ] Then who the hell killed these guys?
I believe Ross.
I think he thought they were both dead, so he picked up and he ran.
It had to be a setup. Just had to be.
I mean, Szarbo knew exactly what was in one of those boxes.
He just ripped off the wrong dude.
Papers. He said, ''Papers.''
It must have been worth a whole, whole lot.
Yeah, 'cause they just didn't wanna kill him. They wanted to kill him.
You should have seen Szarbo's tongue.
The way they did that Thai, he was gonna take a long time to die.
What did you say?
Nothin'.
You never told me that it was a Thai.
You never said anything that the other guy was a Thai.
How did you know he was Thai?
[ Switek ] A tattoo in Thai down his arm.
Who knew it made a difference?
The other autopsy's been performed.
This guy's just like he was delivered.
The other body was mutilated? Exactly the same.
What do we got on this guy? Nothin'.
A name.
You got to have gotten his name. No. It never came up.
Lieutenant, what's this all about?
You were right when you said Szarbo was after something specific.
This mutilation, man, it looks too calculated not to mean something.
Thank you, Tony.
It does mean something.
It says the killer was a Thai assassin.
This is his signature.
It says its victim defied a very, very important man.
How do you know that? Because I've seen it before.
On an informant I had in Thailand. I was working on General Lao Li.
It's a warning to anyone who sees it not to make the same mistake.
Lieutenant, what's goin'on?
And who the hell is General Lao Li?
He's a nationalist Chinese ex-general living in Thailand.
He controls most of the opium coming out of the Golden Triangle.
The heroin. It comes in by way of Toronto.
My guess is that they're moving their operations to Miami.
And the papers?
Delivery schedules, contacts--
I don't know.
The vault was a dead drop.
Somebody put it in there for somebody else to pick up.
Let's go.
You know somethin', Sonny?
Castillo is strange.
Wonder what's really goin' on with him.
Whatever it is, for him it's personal.
How many recent immigrants did we get off of Immigration?
Five.
Lieutenant, this Boon Phratek guy is the last.
If we strike out with him, what do we do?
Did you get through to Crockett? He'll be here in a few minutes.
Good evening. Two for dinner?
[ Speaking Thai ]
[ Thai ]
Lieutenant, you didn't tell me you spoke Thai.
Hey, come on, man. Don't make me work for it.
It's all part of it now.
I worked with the D.E.A. for three years...
undercover...
in the mountains between Burma and Thailand.
Three years. It's a long time.
It's a lifetime.
- What's wrong? - Cover the back.
- What's the matter? - Remember who you're dealing with.
In case you forget, think about the corpse.
Cover the back.
You all right? Yeah.
Head him off.
Crockett, around the back, down the alley!
[ Speaking Thai ]
[ Thai ]
General Li's assassin.
[ Gagging ]
He's swallowing his tongue! He's killing himself!.
What do you got here? Stuff from Szarbo and the other guy.
What's this about?
That was delivered by a messenger this morning.
She's pretty.
Lieutenant, there's nothing here to explain the papers they took.
They weren't papers. They were immigration visas.
They're not bringing in heroin. They're bringing in people.
Lao Li's not coming. He's here.
Miami International Airport.
She looks Thai. Who is she?
It's my wife.