The Banker

You know what to do.

Mr. Smith, I presume?

I was just looking!

I've never seen somebody...

Good morning, Maggie.

Hi, Lloyd.

How are the kids?

For sale.

Where is he?

Darryl, go wake up your Uncle Dan.

No, no, it's all right Maggie, I got it.

I'll do it, Darryl.

Maggie.

Get that rugrat of yours back in the house!

All right, that's it!

Maggie, that Kid of yours is driving me...

Lloyd.

Sergeant Daniel Jefferson,

I'd like you to meet your new partner.

Deputy Eduardo Garcia.

Two days out of uniform, and he's all yours.

My friends call me Eddie, sir.

Eddie.

Are you having fun?

And which sandcastle did you build?

I built that one.

Did you help?

Yes.

Well, thank you.

You're welcome.

If you want to see the architects of tomorrow,

swim, surf, run down to the 19th annual

Santa Monica Sandcastle Jamboree.

Where young and old alike vie for first prize.

This is Sharon Maxwell, for Channel Three, Eye On Us.

Maid service.

L.A. 23-11.

L.A. 23-11.

Respond to a 10-55 at Beverley Regency Hotel.

Handle code three.

L.A. 23-11, yeah, 10-4, thanks.

You drive.

L.A. medical examiner.

Respond to a 10-55 at Beverley Regency Hotel.

10-55.

Dead body.

What?

Come on, we can be there in three minutes.

Hey,

Fred says we don't do hard news, remember?

You coming or not?

Shit.

I am really sorry, oh God.

- You... - You!

What are you doing, Sharon?

Payback, right?

Sir, Dan?

What about this...

Forget it.

How's my dog?

Fine.

He's fallen in love with my mom,

so don't even think of getting him back.

No, I'm sure Jasper has a real home now.

My regards to Donna.

I never touched her.

Are you getting this?

Afraid so.

Come on, let's get these people out of here.

Come on, move back.

Back up.

Come on, Sharon, now.

Do it now.

Mike, keep these people out of here.

Yes, sir.

Kid.

Get us a good diagram of this.

Jane Marie Mallott.

2215 Franklin Terrace, Hollywood.

Correct address?

Take it in.

What a life, Vac?

Jesus, in my 18 years,

I've never seen a slice up job like that.

Nah, nah, she wasn't sliced, she was dissected.

All right, thanks Mike.

Our pal knew precisely what he wanted to do.

Precisely?

What do you mean?

This isn't just a murder, Kid,

this is a work of art.

Give me the key, I want to check out

who that room was registered to,

though it's likely to be a dead end.

Then use some of that Latin charm you got on the maid,

see what she's got to say.

We get back to the office,

we do a rundown on all murders

over the last 15 years.

All murders?

Make sure you cross-reference this guy's M.O.

Excuse me, Sergeant Jefferson,

could you tell us something about the murder?

It wasn't me.

Thanks, appreciate it.

Next time that cocksucker calls, let me know.

News 41, after this,

this channel continues now

with the latest market information.

The first new look at the numbers at this hour.

Good morning, Demetrius.

Good morning, sir.

One minute to air, everybody, one minute!

What's the verdict, Bruce?

Sharon.

Sharon!

The front office thinks your murder piece was terrific,

but Terry's gonna do the story.

Listen, Frank, I know I can do this.

- 30 seconds, Sharon. - No.

Fred, I was there, just give me the chance.

Terry's the star of the show.

Lead with the murder case.

15 seconds, people.

And in five, four, three...

I'm Terry Moss, and this is KLA New News.

The oasis of calm in Beverly Hills

was shattered this morning,

when the slashed body of a Hollywood woman,

Jaynie Marie Mallott, 23,

was found at the Beverly Regency Hotel

early this morning.

What is she doing to my story?

She can't even read it right.

Later, Sharon, later!

No, Fred, wait!

I saw what was done to that woman.

Was sentenced today to spend one month living

in his own rat infested apartment building.

On a lighter note, bringing us up to date

on the latest KLA, Eye On Us Minute,

is our own Sharon Maxwell.

Looking for something special?

Something different?

Well, I've got just the place for you.

The Santa Monica Sandcastle Expo.

There's sun, there's fun, there's...

On a lighter note?

Jesus.

This story just doesn't seem important right now.

A young woman lost her life this morning.

She was savagely murdered in a hotel room,

doesn't anybody care?

Who was she?

And who couldn't done such a thing to her?

On a lighter note?

Damn it, she deserves more than 30 seconds

on the noon day news.

Have we all become so callous and detached

that we can just dismiss her like that?

We are to blame!

We trivialize what's...

Commercial, now.

And promote what's not,

and it doesn't have to be that way!

We all better wake up and do something about it.

Cut!

We can make a difference!

At American Airlines, we do this

over 2,000 times a day.

And we do it in over 200 cities throughout the U.S.,

Mexico, Europe, Canada, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Japan.

What did you do?

Tomorrow, 7:30 a.m., my office.

You are out, finished.

All right.

Thank you.

Yes, we're moving into media in a very big way,

and I want you to be apart of it.

Yes, all right.

No, the papers will be drawn up

and delivered to you by tomorrow.

Right.

Thank you.

Yeah.

All right, my friend.

Yeah, the next time I'm in New York, let's have dinner.

Ciao.

Buy him out.

I want that television station by closet marker G.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Osbourne.

Three o'clock, the executive conference.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

Dan?

Do you mind me asking what happened

with Ms. Maxwell back there?

Well, listen, you were right.

Room 313 at the Beverly Regency