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05x13 - In His Shadow

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Fall Guy". Aired: November 4, 1981 – May 2, 1986.*
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Colt Seavers is a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a bounty hunter.

05x13 - In His Shadow

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I've tried to kiss and tell, but I've been
seen with Sparrow I've never been with

anything less than a nine, so fine I've
been on fire with Sally Field Gone past

with a girl named Bo But somehow they just
don't end up as mine It's a death defying

life I lead I take my chances I die for
living in the movies and TV But the

hardest thing I ever do
Is watch my leading ladies

Kiss some other guy while
I'm bandaging my knee I've

never spent much time
in school But I've taught

ladies plenty It's true
I hire my body And

hey, it's only hey, hey, hey I might jump
an open drawbridge Or Tarzan from a vine

Look at you.

Damn, you look great.

Well, L.A.'s been treating me good,
Dustin.

Let's do the same for you.

I'm ready.

Come on.

Hey, let me take that.

Hey, man, I'm sorry to hear about your
mom.

Yeah, well, don't worry, you'll make it.

You got me to show you how.

Thanks.

We were friends before.

Hey, you still driving that Chevy we used
to knock around in back in high school?

You kidding?

That thing's long gone.

So's that life we used to lead,
Dustin.

Now I travel in style.

Come on, where's your car?

This is it.

No way.

This can't be yours.

Not bad, huh?

Are you serious?

This car is really yours.

Do you want to drive it?

Me?

Drive that?

Well, do you?

No.

Yeah.

Only I'd hate to put a scratch on it.

Don't worry about it.

If you do, I'll just get another one.

Hang on to this, will you?

What is it?

It's my mom's jewelry box.

She asked me to give it to an old friend
of hers.

Do you mind?

Sorry.

Too many memories.

You know.

Hey, how about some keys?

I lost them at the beach the other day.

It takes a couple of days to get some new
ones.

How am I supposed to start the car?

Easy.

Hot wiring of 50,000 miles an hour.



And it beats walking.

First gear's down.

You Colt Seavers?

Yeah, what can I do for you?

This is for you.

Where'd you get this?

I'm her son.

Is she here?

Where is she?

She's dead.

She's dead?

How?

Where?

Doesn't matter.

Yes, it matters.

I made this for her.

I carved it myself.

What did she tell you about me?

Not much.

She never mentioned your name until the
day she died.

She wanted me to get you the box.

I

cared for your mother very much.

Yeah?

I've got something else for you.

From Linda?

No.

This is for me.

.

.

Hey!

Back here!

Hey!

Hi.

Hi.

Thanks for coming over.

How is he?

Oh, I don't know.

I've never seen him like this before.

Like what?

He's weird.

Troubled.

He hasn't come out of his room for hours.

Well, have you tried going in?

Well, that's why I called you.

Great.

Throw me to the lions.

Okay.

Oh, Howie, you cover for me at the studio
this afternoon.

You're not going to work?

I'm going to try and find that kid.

A lot of questions I want to ask him.

What kid?

The kid who decked Colt.

You got in a fight?

It wasn't much of a fight.

Two hits.

He hit me, I hit the ground.

Well, Colt, I'll be glad to cover for you,
but where are you going to find the kid?

Who is this kid?

He's the son of the lady that Colt gave
the jewelry box to.

The what?

The jewelry box.

This one.

Yeah, and then 20 years later,
she tells the kid to give it to Colt.

Oh, now I understand everything.

Yeah, I'm going to go to the police
station.

A friend of mine is going to run a make on
this license plate for me.

See you guys later.

Yeah.

I wish I knew.

This place is incredible.

When you called me to come out,
I never expected all this.

The music sounds great.

It's a CD.

Laser disc.

Best sound you ever heard, huh?

Must have cost a fortune.

It did.

How can you afford all this?

The condo.

And the car.

And the laser disc.

You really want to know?

I steal cars.

Yeah, right.

I do.

Come on.

I work for a man who pays me top dollar to
bring home red cars.

You're serious.

You got it.

But stealing cars?

Hey, it's no big deal.

I'm like Robin Hood.

I just steal from the rich.

Jags, Mercedes.

Porsches.

Porsches.

Hey, don't worry.

Man, I stole that one from long-term
parking at the airport.

It's going to be weeks before they even
know it's gone.

And then what?

By then, it'll be dismantled, sold in a
hundred different parts.

It's big business, Dustin.

It's grand theft auto.

Only if you get caught.

Dustin, I'm into cars and gone in less
than 30 seconds.

Really?

That fast?

I'll show you how.

I'm waiting.

I don't know.

Remember when we were kids?

We used to dream about living like this.

Yeah, but it didn't involve stealing cars.

Yeah, well, you tell me another way a 23
-year-old is going to have all this.

I don't know.

Winning the lottery?

Dustin, you're still a dream.

This is real life.

It doesn't always go the way you want it
to.

Hey, Colt.

Thanks for seeing me on such short notice.

Well, I figured it must be important.

Time running out on one of your skips?

No.

This one's personal.

Personal doesn't sound much like you.

Did you run that plate I gave you?

Yeah.

I hope that kid isn't a friend of yours.

Why?

The car was reported stolen this morning.

Damn.

The owner just got back from Europe and
found it missing from the airport.

Look, if you find the car or the driver,
will you let me know?

Sure, but what's going on?

The kid's the son of a woman I used to be
real close with.

I'd kind of like to keep him out of
trouble if I could.

Old flames die hard.

Yeah.

Thanks, Joe.

Uh, where you going?

I'll be at home.

Oh.

Not until you give us the full description
of the driver.

See, we have our job to do, too.

Dustin, Dustin, what are you doing?

Come on.

Where to?

Cross the street.

A hospital?

No, it's a medical building.

It's where you find a 450SL bandage.

Don't you feel kind of guilty about the
people you rip off?

Are you kidding me?

The only one that gets hurt is the
insurance company.

After I boost the Mercedes, the owner
calls the insurance company.

They mail him a check.

He buys the next year's money.

This is car 14.

Patch me through to Lieutenant Budd.

Thanks, Bill.

I'll be there in a minute.

This must be your lucky day, Cole.

They found the Porsche.

And the kid?

No sign of anyone.

But I got an officer on stakeout.

It's not too far from here.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Joe, how about my going along with you,
huh?

Sorry, Cole.

Regulations.

What'd I tell you?

Which one do you take?

The safe one.

First, we test for alarms.

Sound sets you off.

There's nothing worse than trying to steal
one of these things.

With the alarm light.

No alarm.

Dustin, come on.

That's

all there is to it, Dustin.

What do we do now?

I take you back to the Porsche.

You take it back to my house.

And I'll meet you there.

You seen anything yet?

Well, it's probably been abandoned.

Well, maybe...maybe not.

Hey, you!

Let's get out of here.

Go!

Go!

You follow the Mercedes.

I'll take the Porsche.

I told

you to stay out of this.

Look at this.

I'm sorry, Joe.

This is just too important for me.

Come on, let's go.

Out of the car.

Come on, move it.

Spread them.

I'm placing you under arrest for grand
theft.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

Anything that you say can and will be used
against you.

And if you can't afford an attorney,
we'll provide you with one.

Why couldn't you leave me alone?

Look, I'm just trying to help you.

You have no idea what your mother meant to
me.

Don't kid yourself.

I know plenty.

I know you're my father.

That's them.

Are you sure that's what he said on the
phone?

His son?

The kid's his son?

Yeah, I'm positive.

Just act natural, all right?

Natural?

Howie, this is a very unnatural situation.

I don't know what to say.

Yeah, well, think how Colt feels.

Hi, Colt.

Hi, Colt.

Dustin, this is Jody Banks.

Hi.

And our cousin, Howie Munson.

It's always nice to meet a new family.

Oh, well.

I guess you guys want to be alone for a
while.

Come on.

Don't bother.

I'm on my way out.

Now, Dustin, you're staying with me.

That's what you think.

What, are you going to take another swing
at me?

How come you want me here so bad?

Just because I'm your little sonny boy?

Something like that.

Or maybe you're protecting the bail money
you put up on me.

There's a spare room next to Howie's.

You can bunk there until your arraignment.

You got a jacket and a tie?

We can buy you some things this afternoon.

Forget it.

Look, you want to look decent for the
judge.

It's your first offense.

I'm trying to keep you out of jail.

I don't want your charity.

Then you can earn your keep.

We'll get you some work at the studio.

Yeah, we can train you to be a stuntman,
just like Colt.

I don't want to be anything like Colt.

Where's my room?

I've had enough of this family get
-together.

Through that door.

Look, maybe we better take off.

No, don't you dare.

I need some friends around here.

I guess it's really a shock to suddenly
find out you're a father.

Shock is not the half of it.

Are you sure he's your son?

There's no real proof.

He's my son, all right.

I can tell.

You know, one day Linda just left.

I never knew why.

There was no note, no word.

Nothing.

Why do you just leave someone?

Someone you love.

Someone who loves you.

Especially if you're carrying his child.

You know, when she left...

this was the only thing she took.

The 928 gets painted indigo blue.

I want it ready in two days.

You got it, Mr. O.

What about the 635 beam here?

I didn't get it last night.

Teddy got caught trying to boost one.

Seems the cops were tailing him.

He's at the jail ward at the county.

Took a slug trying to get away.

Just give me the word, Mr. O.

I'll get you whatever you need.

You were supposed to get me a fresh face.

I need fresh faces.

Faces the cops don't know.

I'll bring him in.

Don't worry about that.

This patch is all for administration
offices and production offices.

It's coded by office number.

Shouldn't be any problem.

I'll keep you busy for an hour or two.

Then meet me back at the mill.

We appreciate the job, Charlie.

Yeah, great job.

Hey, Colt, I got a cousin who wants to be
a stuntman.

I may call in this market some day.

You got it, anytime.

I'll see you back at the mill.

You know, the company breaks around 1230.

We could have lunch in the commissary if
you'd like.

I won't be hungry.

I'll be planning some stunts later if you
want to watch.

Look, you stayed out of my life for 20
years.

Why change things now?

He's got a big chip on his shoulder.

Yep.

Hey, man, it's like being in show
business.

Where at?

How did you find me here?

It wasn't easy.

Tracked your old man down through his
answering service.

Had to hop the fence to get in here.

Asked around and here I am.

Why the hell didn't you bail me out?

I left a message.

Hey, man, I would have.

I just gotta be careful around the law.

Don't forget, I'm the one who boosted that
car.

Yeah, and I'm the one who wound up in
jail.

It's serious work.

I'm gonna make a lot more money than you
ever will delivering mail.

When do we start?

Tonight.

Come on, let's go.

I can't.

Not now.

There's too many of Colt's friends around.

I'll tell you what.

I'll get away tonight, meet you at your
place.

Okay, but don't stand me up.

I need you.

Yo, Dustin.

Dinner is served.

Oh, there you are.

Look, I got us a pizza.

You want to eat inside or outside?

It doesn't matter.

Colt called?

Yeah, he called.

Well, what did he say?

He's leaving the studio in an hour.

Yeah.

He's prepping the sequel, The City k*ll.

He was in the original, you know.

Did you see it?

Yeah, but I wouldn't have if I had known
he was in it.

Can I ask you a question?

sh**t.

Why have you got it in for Colt?

You figure it out.

I've tried.

He didn't even know he had a son.

Doesn't that tell you something?

Like what?

Like he dumped my mom.

Dumped her when she needed him most.

I don't believe that.

He wouldn't do that, not Colt.

There's got to be some other explanation.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Well, Colt was never around to tell me
when I was a kid.

Only my mom was.

And she never mentioned his name.

He's around now.

Why don't you give him a chance?

I'll get us some drinks.

This is all my fault.

No, forget it, kid.

I never should have left those keys lying
around like that.

It's all right.

Don't worry about it.

We'll find him, howie.

Hey, Joe, any luck?

Colt, I'm warning you.

Stay out of police business.

We're in the pursuit of the kid.

Come on, I just want to find him.

Now, what'd you get?

All right, the duty
officer saw him scribble

this number on the wall
when he made his call.



That's great.

Thanks, Joe.

Well, what good is that number going to do
you?

Well, it's simple.

I'll get a reverse trace on it.

Find the address.

And who's going to do that for you?

Well, come on, Joe.

You've gone this far.

Come on, Colt.

Don't ask me.

Joe, it's my kid.

Put yourself in my shoes for a minute.

I already did.

Hey, Britt, I'm still not sure about this.

Hey, don't back out on me now.

I told the guys you were a winner.

I don't know.

Maybe I ought to get a regular job.

What, like what you had this morning?

Table scraps from your old man?

Let me show you something.

Come on.

Now, you ain't going to get this kind of
stuff sorting mail and driving.

Try this on.

Come on.

What do you think?

It's nice.

Come on, I can't take this.

No.

I want you to.

You're my buddy.

Now, what's it going to be?

Your old man or your best friend?

Okay.

All right.

Well, this is it.

You wait here.

I'll go up.

Uh, Colt?

Are you sure you don't want me to come
along?

No, thanks, kid.

I can handle it from here.

Dustin.

What do you want from me?

Just a little bit of time.

I can't explain 20 years in one minute.

It's more time than you gave me since I
was born.

Dustin, you've got to believe me.

I didn't know about you.

If I had, I would have never left you or
your mother.

I loved her.

Are you saying she left you?

Unmarried, broke and pregnant?

She left you?

I don't know why, but it's the truth.

Well, I don't believe it.

And I don't believe you.

Dustin, the only person you would believe
is gone.

I can't bring her back to prove me right.

But I can try to make up for all those
years.

Now, come home with me, son.

Please.

Hey, I'll bring him back.

What's his curfew?

Dustin, he's trouble.

You know that.

Trouble?

Hey, I was his best friend growing up.

Where the hell were you?

Come on, Dustin.

You're coming home with me.

You paid my bill, but you don't own me.

We'll talk about that on the way home now.

Come on.

You stay away from me.

Get in the car.

Get in the car!

Stay back.

Stay away.

Come on.

He's still behind us, Brett.

Okay, let's see how the stuntman drives.

I can't believe it.

Okay, stuntman.

Try this.

What time is it?

Two minutes later than the last time you
asked.

Dusty still has time to make his
arraignment.

He'll show.

I don't think he will.

How do you know?

Can you sign what he sent you?

Nope.

You're only gonna have to issue a warrant
for his arrest.

I know, Joe.

Isn't there anything you can do to delay
it?

I'm afraid not, Howie.

I'm sorry, Colt.

Thanks, Joe.

Well, what do you think?

I gotta find him before the police do get
him to turn himself in.

Let's go.

No, Howie, you wait at the house in case
he shows.

What about me?

You go with Howie.

There's something I gotta do alone.

Dustin, everything's cool.

I don't know.

Somebody could have been hurt.

Hurt bad.

What, are you worried about your old man?

No.

I don't care about him.

I just didn't want anybody else to get
hurt.

Look, nothing happened.

You would have heard about it on the news.

Now, come on.

Wanna get your feet wet?

What do you mean?

That.

There's always a market for those.

But here?

In the middle of the day?

Sure.

You just gotta be fast.

Just do exactly what I tell you.

Wait a minute.

I don't know, Brett.

Look, Dustin.

You wanna be a loser all your life?

No.

Good.

Here, man.

Go to it.

Here, try this.

Move

it!

Hey, what are you guys doing?

You think we should have waited at the
courthouse any longer?

Nah.

Colt was right.

Once Dustin missed his court time,
he wasn't gonna show up.

This is really hitting Colt hard.

I've never seen him like this before.

Well, he's never been a father before.

Hello?

Oh, Colt.

No, he hasn't shown up here.

Are you sure you don't need us?

Good luck.

What'd he say?

He's gonna try and get Dustin at his
friend's apartment.

He wants us to stay put.

All this time I've known Colt,
everything we've been through,

this time I've really been worried about
him.

That kid only knew what Colt was like.

How are you gonna get through to him?

Yeah.

The one I don't understand is Linda.

Why'd she ever leave Colt?

Why didn't she tell Dustin about Colt
earlier?

I know.

Colt must have really loved her very much.

It's beautiful.

Seven hundred, eight hundred, nine
hundred, four.

Four thousand dollars.

Not bad for a morning's work, huh?

Yeah, I'll say.

Believe me, that's just the beginning.

Mr. O wants to check out your friend here.

Hey, how about that?

The boss wants to meet you.

Yeah, sure.

Bring him by this afternoon.

You got it.

Who is it?

Open the door.

It's my dad.

Get in the other room.

I'll get rid of him.

What do you want?

What the hell?

Where's Dustin?

I don't know.

Hold it right there.

I ought to blow you away.

Not here.

I'm gonna have to explain this.

Get the hell out.

You hassled the kid here again and I
pulled the trigger.

You listen up, punk.

You're not getting my son.

Look.

It's a letter and it's addressed to Colt.

Think we should open it?

Oh, I don't know.

Well, it's not like we're being nosy or
anything.

It might help us find out what's going on.

Well, maybe you're right.

You open it.

What's it say?

My dearest Colt, by
the time you read this

letter, you'll already
know you have a son.

If I'd told you back
then that I was pregnant,

I know you would have
done the honorable thing.

I loved you too much to allow that.

A wife and child would only have stopped
you from fulfilling your dreams.

So I fled.

I always planned on telling both you and
Dustin the truth someday.

Someday just came sooner than I expected.

When I learned that I was dying,
I told Dustin who his father was and made

him promise to give the jewelry box to
you.

Please don't let any
mistakes I may have made


from loving your son now.

I'll always love you.

Please forgive me.

Linda.

Let's just hope that Dustin gets to read
this before it's too late.

Brett feels you're ready to do business
for us.

What do you say?

He says great, right?

Uh, yeah, great.

Good, good.

I'll use you today.

I need some extra help.

Yeah, Mr. O's moving parts out of his
warehouse.

Just meet me in my building on 4th and
Delamo, okay?

Sure.

Good.

You're not too smart, are you?

You had your chance to stay out of this.

Now move.

Mr. O!

Look what I found.

Hey, I warned you.

Who is this guy?

He's looking for the kid.

Says he's his father.

Is this some kind of setup?

No!

Dustin hates him.

He followed us here.

Jesus.

He knows everything now.

I'll handle it.

Look.

Let's see how committed the new help is.

You take care of him.

What do you mean?

It's him or us.

You pick.

If this isn't some kind of setup.

If you really hate him, like Brett says,
you shouldn't mind k*lling him.

Do it!

What have I ever done for you?

Dustin, I...

I loved your mother.

I never knew about you.

You gotta believe me.

He dumped your mom.

He dumped you.

Go ahead, k*ll him!

I'll do it.

No.

I can do it.

Just like in your movies, stuntman.

Only for real.

Just like in City k*ll.

Remember?

Nice work, kid.

Yeah.

I told you you could trust him.

All right.

Let's get out of here.

What about him?

You'll dispose of the body and meet me at
the warehouse.

Right.

Nice relationship you had with your son.

Yeah, I should have taught him to sh**t
straighter.

I hope

nothing happens to my son.

You know, it was really
amazing that Dustin

remembered that fake
death scene from City k*ll.

Yeah, maybe you got through to him.

No, I don't think so.

All I found out was that he's not a
m*rder*r.

But he's still a car thief.

You gonna call the police?

It was just another skip.

Instead of my own flesh and blood,
I wouldn't hesitate.

I don't know, Colt.

If the police show up, somebody may get an
itchy trigger finger.

Dustin could get hurt.

Well, he could get hurt anyway.

Look, whatever you decide, we'll go along
with you.

Thanks.

I'm gonna call the police.

Uh, Colt, I'll make that call for you.

In the meantime, maybe you ought to see
something.

What's that?

It's a note that was hidden in the music
box.

It's, um, from Linda.

Yeah, it'll explain a few things about
Dustin.

And you.

My dearest Colt, by the time you read this
letter, you'll already know you have a son.

We're almost loaded, Mr. O.

Good.

In a couple hours, these parts will be all
over Mexico.

We gotta get out of here.

No, no, we have just a...
Colt, we've got a problem.

Things didn't go as planned.

Dustin!

What's the matter with you?

I'm just not feeling real good.

Go outside a minute.

Where are you going, Dustin?

I don't feel very well.

I thought I'd go out for some air.

You can get to your air later.

Finish loading.

Hey, Brett!

Get over here.

What does he want?

Well, not until I get there, will I?

Yes, sir.

Short tells me he had a little surprise
back at the loading dock.

What kind of surprise?

Seems your friend, Dustin, was a little
off target with his father earlier.

He missed.

He couldn't have.

He was point blank.

I guess he's got more feeling for his dad
than you thought.

What are you gonna do?

You leave that up to me now.

Business is business.

You do want to continue with me,
don't you?

Yes, sir.

Good.

Going back to work now.

Not a word to Dustin.

Dustin?

What did he say?

He's got big plans for both of us.

The police still aren't here.

Lieutenant Bud said to wait for them.

That's not his son in there.

What's going on?

Brett?

You had your chance, Dustin.

You couldn't even k*ll the man you hate.

I'm not a m*rder*r.

You won't say anything.

I'm still with you guys, aren't I?

I'm personal.

Just the way things worked out,
I guess.

What are you gonna do with me?

You know too much, kid.

You're going to k*ll me, aren't you?

Smart boy.

Your father would be proud of you.

Hold it!

Let him go!

I'll lose my only insurance policy out of
here.

He's coming with me.

You're crazy.

I'll k*ll both of you.

I'm letting you out of here with my son.

I mean it.

One more step, pal.

Let him go!

Come on!

In here!

You all right?

Yeah.

Damn it, Cole.

I told you to stay out of this.

I'm sorry, Joe.

I just couldn't.

We make quite a team, huh?

We don't make anything.

You know, you called me dad back there.

It's a bad habit.

I'll get over it.

You know, son, I know how you feel about
me.

I know what you think I did to your
mother.

Then leave it at that.

I can't.

Dustin, you can do whatever you want.

But I want you to do me a favor.

I want you to read this letter.

I don't want to read any letter.

Howie and Jody found it in your mom's
music box.

I'm sorry.

So am I, son.

Oh, hey, you guys are just in time for
lunch.

Great.

How'd it go?

Well, good for us, bad for them.

I pleaded guilty to grand theft.

But the judge took into consideration that
it was my first offense.

And that I helped in the arrest.

He gave me a suspended sentence.

Oh, that's great.

You forgot to tell him the
part where the judge said you

had a good parental figure
to influence you in the future?

Oh, that.

What about Brett and the rest of the g*ng?

They'll be doing time.

Well, so what are your plans?

I don't know.

I thought I'd stick around.

Well, I don't blame you.

You probably want to get to know Colt a
little better, huh?

Yeah, that too.

What do you mean, that too?

Why else would you be staying around here?

To collect on my back allowance.

I figure you owe me in the thousands.

Thousands?

Yeah, 23 years at five bucks a week.

That's a lot of money.

And by the way, I need to borrow the truck
tonight.

Wait just a minute.

I have to use the truck tonight.

I got a date.

Well, so do I.

Wait a minute, Dad.

I've got a great idea.

What, double date?

No.

Buy me a car.