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Stingray: Cry Wolf
A TV star, Ty Gardiner, hires Ray to get him out of a jam with a partner who used Ty's name to set up a real estate scam. Problem is, the partner ripped off both the Yakuza and the Mafia, and Ty's been left holding the bag.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 2x11 Production Number: 019 Airdate: Friday April 03rd, 1987 |
Guest Stars
Co-Guest Stars
Recap
Ray meets with Arnold Dodd, agent for TV actor Ty Gardiner, who plays Dr. Clinton Wolf in the TV medi-drama Cry Wolf. Dodd claims someone is trying to kill Gardiner and they want to hire Ray to find out who. Dodd tells Ray they know about Ray's payment and agrees to set up a personal meeting with Ty. They go to Ty's ranch house where he's in the pool making out with his vegetarian/dietician. She stalks out, angry, and Ray is ready to leave. Ty first snaps at him as a hired hand, but when Ray refuses to give in, Ty apologizes and explains his life is in danger. He also apologizes for being a jerk, rambling the writers on his TV show are to blame for turning his character into a yutz. He invites Ray to stay and have a steak, then watches him eat. Ty gives him a speech about how his life is on the skids, which Ray recognizes from one of Ty's movies. Ty admits that he set up a fake knife attack as a PR stunt a year ago, and now the police won't listen to him. An irritated Ray heads out the door but when Ty tries to get him to come back, a man opens fire from a car and then drives off. Ray gets the Nevada license plate number from the car as it goes...Read the full recap
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Mike POst, Stephen Geyer, Paul Williams | Breathe Easy | as Ray checks the security system |
Episode Quotes
Ray: I don't work for money.
Arnold Dodd: We understand the nature of your employment contract and the terms are acceptable to us.
Ray: You keep saying "us"? Am I working for you as well?
Arnold Dodd: "Us" is a term indicating Mr. Gardiner. It's an affectation of speech often used in Hollywood.
Arnold Dodd: We understand the nature of your employment contract and the terms are acceptable to us.
Ray: You keep saying "us"? Am I working for you as well?
Arnold Dodd: "Us" is a term indicating Mr. Gardiner. It's an affectation of speech often used in Hollywood.
Arnold Dodd: I suppose under the circumstances I'll just have to take the responsibility of authorizing a personal contact.
Ray: You always talk this way, Mr. Dodd?
Arnold Dodd: Yes. It's annoying to some people, I know. It's just that I"m not a very emotional man. It's a shortcoming.
Ray: You always talk this way, Mr. Dodd?
Arnold Dodd: Yes. It's annoying to some people, I know. It's just that I"m not a very emotional man. It's a shortcoming.
Ty Gardiner: Someone's trying to kill me.
Ray: People tried to kill Hitler too. Some of them are still highly thought of.
Ty Gardiner: I put you off.
Ray: Yep, no doubt about it.
Ray: People tried to kill Hitler too. Some of them are still highly thought of.
Ty Gardiner: I put you off.
Ray: Yep, no doubt about it.
Ray: (about Ty) You can't possibly be this loony.
Ty Gardiner: So that's the deal. A favor. What kind of jerk deal is that, why not just go for the gold?
Ray: There's more to life than money.
Ty Gardiner: Oh yeah. Name me one thing.
Ray: I'll name you three: love, friendship, and understanding.
Ray: There's more to life than money.
Ty Gardiner: Oh yeah. Name me one thing.
Ray: I'll name you three: love, friendship, and understanding.
Ty Gardiner: "Introducing Stingray." I kinda like that name. Like Fabian or Cher or Charo. Just one name, no excuse, go for it.
Ty Gardiner: Who is that guy?
Ray: Yakuza.
Ty Gardiner: Yakuza? What the hell is a Yakuza? I don't even eat sushi.
Ray: Yakuza.
Ty Gardiner: Yakuza? What the hell is a Yakuza? I don't even eat sushi.
Marty Finback: We don't owe you squat.
Ross: Give him his call, Marty. What's it going to hurt? He's not a bad guy.
Ray: I like you. You're gentle and kind. I wish you could have been my daddy.
Ross: Come on, be nice. It works with some guys.
Ross: Give him his call, Marty. What's it going to hurt? He's not a bad guy.
Ray: I like you. You're gentle and kind. I wish you could have been my daddy.
Ross: Come on, be nice. It works with some guys.
Ty Gardiner: What are waiting for?
Ray: The police to leave.
Ty Gardiner: I guess that makes sense.
Ray: You think?
Ray: The police to leave.
Ty Gardiner: I guess that makes sense.
Ray: You think?
Ray: Do you believe in, uh, karma?
Ty Gardiner: Sometimes I believe in karma, sometimes I don't. Depends on the girl.
Ty Gardiner: Sometimes I believe in karma, sometimes I don't. Depends on the girl.
Ty Gardiner: It should have been you who got shot.
Ray: I did. I'm not lying here to keep you company.
Ty Gardiner: Yutz.
Ray: Yutz.
Ray: I did. I'm not lying here to keep you company.
Ty Gardiner: Yutz.
Ray: Yutz.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Stephen J. Cannell |
| • Executive Producer | Stephen J. Cannell | Frank Lupo |
| • First Assistant Director | Ritchie Forrest |
| • Second Assistant Director | Ron French |
| • Music | Walter Murphy |
| • Music Supervisor | Mike Post |
| • Story Editor | Carol Mendelsohn |
| • Main Title Theme | Pete Carpenter (1) |
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