-this is 11th homosexual we've had murdered in the last five months. -i killed all of them except onon -which one didn't you kill? -him. i didn't kill him. -we've gotot4 hours to find sanger's killer. -i was his companion for 10 years, sergeant. i'm not embarrassed by that. -but why are you asking this? you have caught mark's killer. -no. the sixth floor. -hololit right there!

sal: captain, dee dee, you sure about this one? -that's why i called you, sal. -young caucasian male, wire wrapped around the neck, -lipstick on the lips? -yes. -a hell of a sight bef. get it out of here. -you know, sal, this is a sight i'm getting tired of looking at. -you know, wait a minute, charlie. -no, you wait a minute. this is the 11th homosexual we've had murdered in the last five months, and your task force has come up with nothing. -we've been doing all right t ings, captain. -yeah, i know. we're all doing the right things. -is there anything special you would like me to do on this case, capapin? -it's your task force, sal. -dee dee, would you let me know what

-you're kidding. -nope. our friend over here saw the drop. -hunter, would you like to share with me, please? -certainin. pickup truck, tan in color, driven by one adult male. it was too dark to see the driver. -does he remember the license plate number? -well, sure he does. and he remembers the bank number of his last paycheck. -2pce 365. -boy, i'd call that more than just a handful of nothing,

-calder! police. i want to talk to you. [siren wailing] [tires screeching] [gruruing] -oh! get off me! man, you broke my nose. i'm going to sue. you gestapo! -not too shabby, kid. -you're wrong, man. i never seen any of these guys.

that links you to these murders. we have fibers. we have hair. and we just have two of your prints that matched up. -it must've been my twin brother. -mr. calder, we found felt plastic palalt covers in your garage. -i'm a painter, man. i use them for dropcloths. -that's not what you use them for. you use them to wrap up your victims after you strangle them with piano wires. come here. now, look. you recognize any of these guys? -no. frank: what about the lipstick, mr. calder? calder: what lipstick? frank: the one in your glove compartment. it matches the lipstick on the victim's mouths. -now, , ll, why do you do that? why do you put lipstick on their mouths after you kill them? is it a turn-on to you? -go to hell. -hey, take it easy, sarge. -you're full of it, man.

huh? -that's a good. hey, well, i'm not through with you. i'll be back. -i will. -so, what's next? -lunch. definitely lunch. calder: you were right, rick. hell of a gyro they make at that deli. -i think it's the mustard, john.

you know your mustard. -uh-huh. look at the meat. they slice it so thin you can read through it. now, not a lot of people understand what goes into a good sandwich. -yeah. u, a lot of people don't understand nothing. i mean, some stuff you got to be a man to understand. -right. now, you see those guys up thereren the board? they wouldn't understand what goes into a good sandwich. no way. -and, you know, the more i think about this, the more i'm beginning to think that you're not a man, either. -what are you talking about? -look, maybe we got the wrong guy here. and maybe you didn't kill all these guys.

t wanted these guys for sex. -i-ithat what you think? is that what you really think? -that's whatatt looks like, and i have an idea that's what it'll look like to those guys, too. -yeah. yeah. that's how they all looked at it. that's what all of them thoughgh but i showed them. i showed them all. mm-mmm. -john, look, don't you think you want to make a statement now? -yes. why not? -ok. -don't go away.

-i didn't kill all of them. i killed all of them except one. -well, which one didn't you kill? -come on over. guess which one. -well, i'm afraid i'm not a very good guesser, john. -him. i didn't kill him. [laughter] -what are you saying, that this extraterrestrial is copping to 10 of the 11 counts?

which one was that? -mark sanger, the architect. -oh, yeah, the architect. that was your case, wasn't it? -until we gave it to drasso. -the mo was the same on the first four serial killings. the man is jerking our chain. ld he do that? -why does a psychopath do anything? -you know, i thinknkal's right. -there you go. -w-wgive mr. calder here a couple more hours, he's going to tell us things about the sanger murder we don't want to hear. -captain, none o othis means a hill of beans until we talk to calder's girlfriend, -he stayed in all night. i remember. -cindy, how can you be so sure that it was the night of july 12? -it was his birthday. i made him a cake. -you know that if you're not telling the truth, you could get into a lot of trouble? -i know. -did he ever mention this man, sanger?

he looks nice. did john kill him? -we're trying to find that out now. have you ever seen him before? -no, i don't think so. -what about these men? -he hated them. -he hated these men? -no, just all of them. those people. king about them all the time. and all the time, all those other times, he came here to me right after.

right after. i didn't know. -i think she's tellllg the truth. -don't do this to me, dee dee. buchanan, now you tell them that calder -i think we can do it, sarge. we have evidence linking him to eight of the murders, he's confessed to two others and laid out the details, but sanger-- -would he have some sort of special relationship with this sissy, sanger? -are you absolutely certain that sanger was gay, sal, or would you just call that your special intuition? -[inaudible].

-look, is there anything in the sanger murder that differentiates from the other killings? -it follows the same mo. righghdown the line. -oh, wait just a second, sal. sanger did not have the same mo as the other victims. -and what does that mean? -he had a good-paying job, lived in an expensive condominium in brentwood with the same man for the last 10 years. all the other r ctims were hustlers and drug addicts. -so, look, sal. did you lump sanger with the other murders ed and he wanted to get his jollies, so he went out to find some rough street trade. found the wrong guy. there's nothing that says that isn't the way it happened. -i can't believe that drasso thinks calder's going to admit to that fifth killing. -look, drasso thinks every good cop is like an umpire. he's not allowed to make a bad call. well, hello, john. -hey.

-it was a joke. -get him out of herere -it was a joke, man. don't you get it? -charlie? -we got a problem. -what do you mean, we got a problem? -well, the chief thinks we got a leak and i agree with him. -what do you mean, a leak? -well, the information about the lipstick on the victims' lips? we kept that deliberately from the press, and somehow it got out. -so now it goes to internal affairs? -no. the chief agreed that we could handle it for now. going to handle the case? -that's right. but here's how we're going to handle it. i want you to investigate everyone on this task force who had d en the slightest access to that information. you reopen the sanger case, but keep it quiet. the chief talked to the da and calder's attorney. we've got 24 hours to find sanger's killer, or else he goes to the press and tells them we have a copycat. -we don't have much time. let's go. thanks, captain. -sal?

-what can i do for you? -you heard that hunger and i have the sanger killing. -yes, i heard. -so you know there's a possible leak on the cacaer case. devane thinks that it could be from the task force. -let m mtell you something. that's a lot of crap. and i'll ask him myself. -he wants you to talk to me. he sends a pretty, little lady down here to bat her eyelashes at me and finagle e out of me? forget it. he can ask me face to face. -hey, sal! i busted my hump same as you for my three stripes. i took the same exams, took the same risks. -that's not what i meant. -yeah? well let me tell you what i mean. you don't play ball with me, and i'm going to hand this over to internal affairs and they will makeket

no, thanks. i got it. -good. -i really had you pegged wrong, dededee. thought you were one of the boys. -ha. that's the last thing you thought.

ant hunter, i'm glad you caught mark's killer, but i don't know what i could possibly tell you people anymore about mark than i already have. -just tell me what you told sergeant drasso. -look, i've got t deposition to take in 10 minutes-- -mr. stansfield, please. this'll only take a short t riod of time. now, you knew mark sanger well, is that correct?

but wait a minute. why are you asking this? you have caught mark's killer. -no. mr. stansfield, you ah-- you told sergeant drasso y y didn't believe that mark was killed like the others. why was that? -because mark didn't go to pick-up bars. and he sure as hell didn't hang out on the street. but that little nuance didn't carry much weight with sergeant drasso. -i'm sorry. i can't answer that. please, mr. stananield, sit down. go ahead. -thank you. when they first told me he'd been killed by that psychopath, i thought, no. not mark. not like that.

wellllmaybe i didn't really know him at all. maybe nights he wasn't working late. maybe what we had was a lie. -can you think of anybody who would want to kill mark sanger? -mark was a nice guy. at a dinner party, he's the one whose name you never learned. -well, i-- it's getting late. i'll let you get back to work. i really appreciate your time. thank you. -don't you want to know where i was the nighghof his death?

-not much of an alibi, is it? -i've heard better. thanks again. show me code 6 at bookman center. excuse me. where can i find mr. sedgwick? -up on the sixth floor. take the elevator up. take a hard hat on the way.

ok. i'm ready. muller: it's 42,000 square feet. i thininit's great. it has a lot of potential. sedgwick: yeah, it has potential, but i just-- i don't know if i have time to get down there this week. sedgwick: ok. you do that, all right? -sedgwick. sergeant hunter. -sergeant. this is one of my associates, bart muller. -i'm muller. pleasure. -hi. how are you? -well, bill, thanks for working me in. just think about that little parcel in echo park. it'd be a terrific mini mall. -i'll do that, bart. -nice meeting you. -you, too. -well, you wanted to talk to me about mark sanger, i believe. muller: yes, sir.

about mark sanger's personal life. -oh, ah, you mean about hihibeing gay? -yes. yeah. -i'd like to ask you some questions about what it was like to work with mark sanger. -well, he was the best damned architect i ever had. -mm-hmm. what do you mean? -if a client decided he wanted a helicopter pad between the ninth and 10th floor, i think mark could have worked it into his plans. -oh, really? now, did, ah, mark have a large clientele before he came to work for you? -i see. where was his offices? -the west side. but, ah, when he started working full-time on my projects, ah, he started working out of his home. -you ever been to his home? -no, no. -you ever socialize with mark? ah, had drinks at his s use? gone to dinner with him at all? -no, no. not really. -was it becausee of h? -no, it just-- it just didn't work out.

guy, have a drink, or have dinner with him at all? -what are you getting at, sergeant? -what were mark sanger's work habits? -what do you mean? -well, was he reliable? punctual? -oh, he was extremely reliable. -mm-hmm. well, did you notice any difference, any change in his behavior before he was kikied? -no, no, no. i never noticed anything out of the ordinary. . -my pleasure, sergeant. -now, if i need to get ahold of you, where can i do that? -well, if i'm not at my office downtown, you can find me righghhere. -thank you. going to be a hell of a building, huh? -ah. thank you.

[piano music] -excuse me. ever see this gentleman in here before? -no. what'd he do? -he died. -oh. -kind of a quiet place, huh? -yeah, they come in here for some good conversation

never has been. -you see that fellow standing up in front of the window there? the one in the blue sport shirir -mm-hmm. -has he ever been in here before? -yeah, he comes in here. -how often? -he's a regular. he likes gershwin. no. i'm wronon cole porter. he likes cole porter.