Detonator II: Night Watch Page #2

completed in 1642.

I know a little bit about it, sir.

Hi, Michael.

- Hello, Sabrina.

- How are you?

Not bad.

You cut your hair.

Oh, yeah.

Look--

I'm really sorry

about what happened.

I mean, I know it must

be hard for you.

- You got the kids out.

- I've already heard that one.

I've been thinking of teaming you two

up. Any objections, Carver?

- No.

- Excellent.

" Night Watch"

has been stolen

and a forgery substituted.

I want you two

to find the original.

You'll start in Amsterdam

at the Rijksmuseum.

On this one, Carver

will be in command.

- Nick, just a moment here on this--

- Her art expertise

- tips the scales in her favor.

- Okay.

You can spend some more time

with the psychologist. Here.

Special services

will fill you in on that.

- It does more than tell the time?

- lndeed it does.

Oh yeah,

look at that. Huh.

Dick Tracy to Chief.

Dick Tracy to Chief.

It's okay. I haven't lost my sense

of humor. I'm still a fun-loving guy.

Yeah, that's what

I'm afraid of.

Hair looks good,

by the way...

boss.

From our X-ray lab,

this is what is

underneath it.

A real old painting?

Oh, yes. It's Dutch.

The 17th century.

A landscape.

You know, rarely

do we sample the paint

- since it's a destructive process.

- Uh-huh.

So a forger generally uses

an old canvas as a base,

and he hopes to pass

any cursory analysis.

Is there any record of the original

painting changing hands?

Cash purchase at auction,

Sotheby's, Kensington.

While being transported,

the van was stolen.

Gosh, this is

an amazing forgery.

Just what the Dutc h

c raftsmen a re known for.

I ndeed.

But the paint, it was

manufactured in the Far East.

- Meaning?

- Dutch painters use European paint.

- Not necessarily.

- Whatever.

None of th is

would be happening

if Miles hadn't

insisted on the tour.

Lou is, did it ever occur to you that the

painting was swapped before the tour?

Impossible!

I would have noticed.

I would have noticed,

and he knows it.

Miss Carver, we catalogue

our local artists,

so maybe if you

searched our slides

- for the forger --

- I'd be glad to. Thank you.

- Okay. I'll arrange it then.

- Great.

Ahh, yes. Well, quite a pair,

our boys, aren't they?

- Well, at least they're enthusiastic.

- Yeah. So am I. So am I.

It seems the guy who bought

this lousy landscape

Iives here in Amsterdam.

- Lemmer, the dealer.

- Art?

Heroin.

Lemmer's been either

pushing or in prison

- for the last 20 years.

- Which is he now?

Let's find out.

Hi.

Fascinating, isn't it?

Oh, yeah.

How many images

do you have?

Oh, well over a million.

Oh, great.

I leave you now.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye.

Ohh.

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