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After a morning in which he is given the wordless brush-off by an attractive woman (who is last seen getting into a late model luxury sedan with an upscale guy), Mark decided he needs to be more adult. He proposes trading in the Coyote for something with four doors. Hardcastle is not encouraging. What's wrong with a life of Pinky Fizz and busting bad guys?
He sends Mark on a grocery run. It turns into a visit to a car dealership and even gets as far as a computer credit check, in which Mark receives an F minus. It's not any of the reasonable things, like his lack of a regular job or his two years in the hoosgow, rather it's an $18K defaulted debt to a group called the Riverview Land Company. Mark has a hard time convincing the judge that he didn't sign up for something in a haze of persuasion from some salesman.
Meanwhile, at the land company's office, boss Ted Rubin is in conference with his head salesman, Ricky Gennarro. Ricky was supposed to win the big car incentive that went to the top seller this quarter. How did another salesperson manage to push six lots onto one customer at the last minute? And now that this McCormick guy has defaulted, doesn't the winner have to give up the prize? Ricky departs to find her.
She might be missing, but McCormick and the judge walk in next. They demand to see the contracts, and when Rubin produced the papers, all becomes clear to Mark. His signature's been forged, and the salesperson is Melinda Marshall. How can Hardcastle have forgotten the name of the woman who brought them together? Melinda is Mark's ex-girlfriend, the one who accused him of car theft and landed him in prison.
Ricky shows up at Melinda's apartment and tries to convince her that the Cadillac isn't hers. She cheated. Melinda reluctantly agrees, though she doesn't really seem convinced. When she goes to get the keys, she takes off in her shiny new prize.
She doesn't get far, though, before she collides with Mark and Milt in the Coyote. In a pattern that is set for the rest of the episode, the Coyote is badly damaged in this encounter, while the Caddy looks unscathed.
They take Melinda back to the estate to try to sort matters out. Of course there's some conversation between Mark and Melinda about their previous relationship and how it ended. Melinda wants Mark to know that she'd had it rough since they parted, also. Only her confinement was living with a dermatologist in Bel Aire. She and Mark compare flashbacks on who really owned the Porsche, and why.
Back at the land sales office, Rubin gives Ricky the go-ahead to reclaim the Caddy at all costs. He getting ready to shut down his current fly-by-night business and move on. Ricky makes a move on Gulls Way. He and his men are driven off in an exchange of gunfire with Hardcastle. The Coyote is again the only victim.
Their curiosity aroused, Mark and Milt have the Caddy stripped down at a body shop, looking for whatever contraband might be making it so popular. Nothing is found, but Hardcastle gets enough info from Melinda to realize her boss, Rubin, is a shady guy. Mark thinks he might just be another victim of his ex's way with character assassination. More flashbacks ensue, this time involving Milt and Mark's varying perception of Mark's day in court.
In the meantime, they realize a guy in a tow truck is making off with the Caddy. In hot pursuit, they end up cornered by police, and find they're tangling with the FBI. It's a short tussle, though, before the guys and the Caddy are both set free.
Back at Gulls Way, with a mysterious hotdog vender parked, inexplicably, just across the street, Mark and Milt resume an even more detailed examination of the Caddy. This mthey hit paydirt, finding a valuable set of postage stamps hidden above the car's headliner fabric.
It's time for the big denoument: Ricky and Rubin show up with their henchmen, demanding the stamps, the hotdog truck turns out to be a FBI firebase, and mayhem ensues. After the dust settles, and the bad guys are under arrest, it appears that the Coyote, for once, hasn't sustained any additional damage until one of the FBI agents carelessly drops a match into a trickle of gas, and the Flip's baby explodes in a fireball of destruction.
In the epilogue, Melinda has been left in the FBI's care as a witness. She, in turn, has left the Caddy temporarily in Milt's custody except she forgot to tell anyone else, and Milt is pulled over by an officer who has Melinda's report that the car was stolen.
Written by: Larry Hertzog
Premiered Feb. 3, 1986
He sends Mark on a grocery run. It turns into a visit to a car dealership and even gets as far as a computer credit check, in which Mark receives an F minus. It's not any of the reasonable things, like his lack of a regular job or his two years in the hoosgow, rather it's an $18K defaulted debt to a group called the Riverview Land Company. Mark has a hard time convincing the judge that he didn't sign up for something in a haze of persuasion from some salesman.
Meanwhile, at the land company's office, boss Ted Rubin is in conference with his head salesman, Ricky Gennarro. Ricky was supposed to win the big car incentive that went to the top seller this quarter. How did another salesperson manage to push six lots onto one customer at the last minute? And now that this McCormick guy has defaulted, doesn't the winner have to give up the prize? Ricky departs to find her.
She might be missing, but McCormick and the judge walk in next. They demand to see the contracts, and when Rubin produced the papers, all becomes clear to Mark. His signature's been forged, and the salesperson is Melinda Marshall. How can Hardcastle have forgotten the name of the woman who brought them together? Melinda is Mark's ex-girlfriend, the one who accused him of car theft and landed him in prison.
Ricky shows up at Melinda's apartment and tries to convince her that the Cadillac isn't hers. She cheated. Melinda reluctantly agrees, though she doesn't really seem convinced. When she goes to get the keys, she takes off in her shiny new prize.
She doesn't get far, though, before she collides with Mark and Milt in the Coyote. In a pattern that is set for the rest of the episode, the Coyote is badly damaged in this encounter, while the Caddy looks unscathed.
They take Melinda back to the estate to try to sort matters out. Of course there's some conversation between Mark and Melinda about their previous relationship and how it ended. Melinda wants Mark to know that she'd had it rough since they parted, also. Only her confinement was living with a dermatologist in Bel Aire. She and Mark compare flashbacks on who really owned the Porsche, and why.
Back at the land sales office, Rubin gives Ricky the go-ahead to reclaim the Caddy at all costs. He getting ready to shut down his current fly-by-night business and move on. Ricky makes a move on Gulls Way. He and his men are driven off in an exchange of gunfire with Hardcastle. The Coyote is again the only victim.
Their curiosity aroused, Mark and Milt have the Caddy stripped down at a body shop, looking for whatever contraband might be making it so popular. Nothing is found, but Hardcastle gets enough info from Melinda to realize her boss, Rubin, is a shady guy. Mark thinks he might just be another victim of his ex's way with character assassination. More flashbacks ensue, this time involving Milt and Mark's varying perception of Mark's day in court.
In the meantime, they realize a guy in a tow truck is making off with the Caddy. In hot pursuit, they end up cornered by police, and find they're tangling with the FBI. It's a short tussle, though, before the guys and the Caddy are both set free.
Back at Gulls Way, with a mysterious hotdog vender parked, inexplicably, just across the street, Mark and Milt resume an even more detailed examination of the Caddy. This mthey hit paydirt, finding a valuable set of postage stamps hidden above the car's headliner fabric.
It's time for the big denoument: Ricky and Rubin show up with their henchmen, demanding the stamps, the hotdog truck turns out to be a FBI firebase, and mayhem ensues. After the dust settles, and the bad guys are under arrest, it appears that the Coyote, for once, hasn't sustained any additional damage until one of the FBI agents carelessly drops a match into a trickle of gas, and the Flip's baby explodes in a fireball of destruction.
In the epilogue, Melinda has been left in the FBI's care as a witness. She, in turn, has left the Caddy temporarily in Milt's custody except she forgot to tell anyone else, and Milt is pulled over by an officer who has Melinda's report that the car was stolen.
Written by: Larry Hertzog
Premiered Feb. 3, 1986
