"Sam's here," says Useless Nicki, on her way back to bed. "Hey," says Jane, trying to giggle, for some reason. "What's going on?" Sam looks right over to where Tarzan is standing and then says he wanted to tell Jane something right away. He checked the tip line on Mike's case. "Somebody witnessed the whole thing." "Tell me it's another wacko," Jane says for no reason. I like how Sam couldn't just call her to tell her this. People really show up at Jane's place at all hours. Poor Nicki. Sam says the guy described "a white male, mid-twenties with long blonde hair. Barefoot. A white female. Brown hair. Also mid-twenties." Oh, well, that's not Jane at all. She's got "red" hair, and is seriously in her thirties. "This is it, Jane," says Sam, who's pretty much just whispering now. "I think you're busted." Jane gasps, "Oh, my God."
In the other room, SuperTarzan makes the ugly Spicoli face as the music swells, attempting to get us to be worried or concerned. Sam and Jane break the law every five minutes. Why can't Sam just lose this guy's message?
So, whatever. It's the next day and Jane decides to break protocol once again and threaten the witness in person. Jane's at his apartment and knocks on the door. There's the sound of dogs. "Who is it?" someone barks. Jane holds up her badge to the door and says she's the police and needs to ask a few questions. The door opens. A man opens the door (but keeps the chainlock on) and stares at Jane. She asks if he's Donald S. Ingram, and asks if he could put away his dogs. The man clicks his remote -- the dogs stop. We can see in his arms a notebook with tiny Se7en-ish writing scribbled in the margins. "You're the lady on the roof," he says to her. Jane nods and says she was there. The man slams his door and asks why she needs to talk to him, since she was there. She says she just has a few questions: "Donald. The police department needs your help." The music tries to make it seem like this is a pivotal moment. Donald opens the door and asks Jane if she's been around any sick people, or has any germs. She says she hasn't, even though she's been around junkyards, monkey-men, science labs, and whatever else Tarzan's been running through. "Donald," Jane says. So he lets her in after taking a deep breath and running to the other side of the room. He asks her not to touch anything as she shuts the door.













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