L.A. Law1986

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
You want some lunch? They make a nice brisket here.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
I'm too upset to eat. My dog's been killed.

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
What?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
I'm almost certain my neighbor poisoned him. We haven't had an autopsy yet but the vet thinks it was strychnine.

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
That's terrible.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Sparky, that's my dog. My wife found him in the back corner of the yard. He must have crawled over there to die.

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Did you call the police?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
They say they can't do anything. No one saw it happen.

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
I'm a dog lover myself. I know what you must be going through. If some screwball did this to my little Quinnie, I'd want to go nuts here. I think I'd want to kill somebody.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Exactly! What about that?

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
What about what?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Justice!

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Justice?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
As a private investigator, surely you must know some people out there... people in the underworld, who could give me justice.

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Justice? How?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
As in hit man!

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Hit man?

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
Shhhh! Don't say it out loud!

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Look, time out Mr. B. This is extreme. If you're talking about murder here, you're gonna have to stop and let me out right here.

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
All right. Just break his knees!

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Look, Mr. B. If you're serious, and I only pray you are just overwrought and emotional here, I mean what you're thinking about doing... its just plain wrong!

Douglas Brackman, Jr.:
I can't let Sparky's death go unavenged!

Vinnie La Rosa PI:
Can I give you a piece of advice here? Whatever your differences are with this guy, and I'm not trying to make light of it... how do you know he even did this terrible thing? Go see him. Talk to him. Confront him directly. It's the only way.