- Ray gets involved when a man he helped in the past dies under suspicious circumstances working at the docks. The man's developmentally challenged son agrees to take on his father's debt as Ray tries to work out what got the man killed.
- When one of Ray's former "clients" stumbles across a smuggling operation, he's killed. Ray comes to investigate and befriends the man's mentally-challenged son, Joshua, while going undercover to get to the bottom of what happened. Joshua soon learns that his father took the job to support him and blames himself for his father's death.—Gislef
- Night on a dock, and Cyrus Williams is at his job unloading a ship. A crate falls and breaks open near him, and Cyrus and the other workers examine the wreckage. There are large fuse-like items there, and the crane operator Ted comes and apologizes. Cyrus warns him to stop drinking and Ted Sellers wonders what the fuses are, and Cyrus figures that they aren't carburetors like what it says on the manifest. He calls over the foreman, Hanson, and shows him the fuse. Hanson shrugs it off and tells Cyrus to just load the crates and keep his mouth shut, and Cyrus tells Hanson that he doesn't scare him. Cyrus says that he'll take it to Cobb or Customs if Cobb won't do anything about it, and Hanson tells him that he's fired. After a moment, Cyrus walks off, and Hanson tells Ted to get himself some coffee and sober up.
Cyrus goes to a payphone and calls his developmentally-challenged son Joshua, and tells him that he's heading home and will tell him later why he's leaving early. As he talks to his son, someone running a crane drops a crate on Cyrus, killing him.
Later, Josh attends his father's funeral. Alex Cobb and Hanson are there, and Cobb tells Josh that if there's anything he needs, Cobb will provide it. Afterward, Josh tells Ted that he doesn't know how he'll pay everyone back. Ted says that the union will pick up all the bills and Joshua should call him if he has any issues,
After everyone else leaves, Ray approaches Cyrus' grave and pays his respects. Meanwhile, a grief-stricken Josh runs off between the gravestones. He makes his way to a nearby carnival, gets a balloon, and walks through the crowd. One of the barkers greets Josh by name, inviting him over to try for the stuffed animal at his booth. Josh isn't interested, and tells the barker that Cyrus passed away. He excuses himself and sits at a picnic table, and Ray offers him a new balloon. Ray says he knew Cyrus and tells Josh that he's the man with the black Stingray. Josh tells Ray that Cyrus told him about Ray and liked him a lot, and that he owed Ray a favor. The man says that he's the man of the house and he'll do Cyrus' favor for him. He asks what Ray wants him to do, and Ray asks him to be his friend.
The two men go to a shooting gallery, and Josh wins. Josh wonders if Ray let him win, and Ray apologies. The man say that he and Cyrus came there very Saturday, and Cyrus told him to never give up, and promises to be the second finest man that ever lived because Cyrus was the finest. Josh mentions that Cyrus sounded unhappy when he called the night of the accident, and Ray points out that Cyrus was working the night shift and shouldn't have come home early.
Later at the dock, Hanson tells Cobb that he'll bring on more guys and they'll double-shift to get the work done. Cobb blames him for not realizing Cyrus was going to turn, and tells him not to blow his chance to be a big-time player. Hanson says that they've got a guy from the union there to fill in, and calls over Ray. Ray comes over and insists on staying in despite Hanson's efforts to bounce the "new face". According to his record, Ray is an ex-con and Cobb decides to hire him on.
Ray is soon working loading crates onto the freighters, and notices Josh driving a forklift taking crates into a warehouse. He approaches Josh at the food truck, and the owner tells Josh that it's on the house. Once Josh sits down on his own, Ray sits with him and asks how it feels to be back. He chuckles when Ray says that he got on because of knowing who to talk to, and Ray says that he saw the accident report at the union hall. He isn't convinced it was an accident, and figures someone is trying to hide something. Josh insists the workers are his friends and wouldn't hide anything.
Two policemen arrive and Ray sends Josh inside. Josh reluctantly does so, and the officers ask for Josh because someone claimed Josh through a rock through his window. The workers come over, Ray included, and Ray says that Josh doesn't want to talk to anybody. When the officers shove Ray around, he easily takes them down and says that he's got fifty witnesses that will say the officers started it. Ted tells Ray that he's got nice moves, and a disgusted Hanson walks away as the other workers congratulate Ray. As he walks away, in the police car the lead officer mutters that Ray never said the favor would be easy.
That night at a local bar, Hanson is arm-wrestling while Ray tells Josh that he set the whole thing up and it was just pretend. A drunken Ted comes over to get a refill and Josh reminds him of how Cyrus bought them all drinks to celebrate Josh's first day on the job. Ted tells Ray that Cyrus was proud of Josh, and says that he was working the night Cyrus was killed.
Once Ted leaves, Ray confirms with Josh that Ted and Cyrus were best friends. He goes over to talk to Ted, and Ted insists that he was on a break when Cyrus died. Hanson comes over, and Ted and Ray say that they were just talking. He tells Ray to refer any cops to the front office, and when Ted defends him Hanson tells him to go home. Once Ted leaves, Hanson tells Ray that he's got a thing for trouble. Ray just says that he's looking to make a few bucks and suggests Hanson could use some muscled. Hanson challenges him to an arm-wrestling match, and Ray accepts.
The workers gather to watch, and Ray starts to win. They're interrupted when Captain Rabin comes in and tells Hanson that they should step outside to discuss business. Hanson warns Rabin that they're on his turf, and Rabin loudly says that he just wanted to give Hanson the chance to deal with the illegal crates before he reports them to Customs. One worker grabs Rabin and Hanson beats the captain. Ray comes over, asking if Hanson needs someone to hold the other guy, and Ray draws a cutting blade on Rabin and suggests that he keep his mouth shut. Josh comes back from the bar and sees Ray threatening Rabin, and tells Ray that it's great. Ray tells him to butt out, dismissing Josh as a dummy, and yells at Josh to get the hell out when Josh protests.
Later, Ray goes to the Williams house and Josh says through the door that he's busy. When Ray says that he wants to explain, Josh lets him in and Ray explains that he was playing a part. Josh figures that good guys don't hurt anyone, but Ray says that sometimes they do. As they eat Josh's home-cooked lasagna, Ray confirms with Josh that they were unloading Rabin's ship when Cyrus died. They talk about Cyrus, and Josh explains that Cyrus had him hide what he could to so people would think they were taking care of him. He asks why Josh likes people to take care of him, and Josh angrily says that most people would just ignore him so he would go away.
Ray seemingly accepts that and asks if Cyrus mentioned the crates, and suggests that Cyrus never had the chance to tell the police and they should find out. Josh asks if they have to hurt anyone, and Ray tells him that he'll do his best not to. The younger man suggests that they "sweat them" and then " lean on them" until they fold, quoting the detective shows he watches.
Later at the docks, Ray climbs a line up to Rabin's ship, avoiding the guards. He finds the sleeping Rabin in his office, goes through the captain's desk drawers, and finds a hidden manifest with numbers penciled in. Ray pockets the manifest and leaves, unaware that Rabin has woken up and seen him. Rabin grabs a gun and goes after Ray, and Ray goes to the cargo hold and finds the crates marked on the manifest. Inside them are the fuses.
Rabin enters the hold and Ray hears him. He closes the crates and slips out, and takes one of the fuses with him. Ray and Josh show it to one of Ray's contacts, a TV repairman named Ed, and Ed confirms that the fuse is a lot stronger than for a house or a car. Ed is relieved that he paid off his favor so easily. Once Ed leaves the Williams' house, Ray tells Josh that Ed owed him a favor as well. Josh wonders if he's a person who helps or a person who needs help, and Ray asks him what kind of person he wants to be. When Josh says that he wants to be the kind that helps, Ray smiles.
Back at the docks, Ray confronts Cobb and says that he wants to make a few extra bucks. He tells Cobb that he has a security problem and shows him the stolen fuse, saying that it's a varistor that would be on a nuclear warhead. There's a bug hidden in the varistor, and Josh listens from Ray's Stingray. Hanson comes in, and Ray suggests that Hanson isn't doing his job very well. Cobb asks Hanson how Ray got the varistor, and Ray tells Cobb that he needs someone to keep things running smoothly--someone like him. He offers to do it for less money than Hanson, then leaves.
Once they're alone, Cobb asks Hanson if he's jealous. Hanson says that they killed Cyrus, and Ray is probably connected with Josh. Josh hears Hanson's admission, and Cobb saying that Cyrus took the job knowing what was involved,. However, Cyrus needed the extra money to support his "retarded kid". Crying, Josh screams that Cobb is a liar and insists that he didn't make Cyrus do it. He gets out of the car, yells that it's his fault, and runs away.
Cobb tells Hanson to move the varistors. Meanwhile, Ray returns to his car and discovers that Josh is gone.
The next morning at home, a furious Josh tears through the house smashing everything. Ray comes in and tells Josh that his friendship is too special to him. Josh angrily insists that he wants to be regular, not "special", and figures things would be better if Ray had never come. Ray tells him that Cyrus wasn't perfect and made a mistake, and insists that Cyrus was a good man. Josh doesn't believe it and insists that it was his fault, He calms down and sits, and Ray reminds Josh that his mother ran away when Josh was little. Josh figures that she wasn't strong enough to handle him, and Cyrus always told him that she's his mother and even though she couldn't be there, Josh should love her anyway. Ray asks if Cyrus deserves the same, and tells him that sometimes it's hard to make the right decision. He says that Cyrus made his own decision, and insists that Cyrus made a mistake and was trying to fix it. The bottom line is that Josh was the most important thing in Cyrus's life. Josh wonders what happens if he makes a mistake, and Ray tells him that it's all part of life and asks if Josh still wants to help.
Hanson and Ted are in the truck transporting the varistors to Seattle, and Ray blocks the road ahead with his Stingray. When Hanson and the driver stop and get out to investigate, Ray and Josh get out, and Ray tells Ted to get back in the truck. Hanson draws a gun, and Ted says that he's out of it and struggles with Hanson. Ray fights Hanson, and Josh grabs Hanson's discarded gun and aims it at Hanson. He says that Hanson killed Cyrus, and reminds Ray that he said sometimes good guys have to hurt people. Ray tells him that it's his choice, but if he shoots Hanson then he's not coming back. Josh tells Hanson that he deserves to die, but can't bring himself to shoot and lowers the gun. Ray goes over and comforts a crying Josh.
Later, Cobb is having lunch with an attractive woman. A man, Dousseau, comes in, dismisses the woman, and tells Cobb that he has come for his varistors. Cobb explains that he sent them to Seattle by truck, and Dousseau draws his gun and demands his varistors. When the dock owner says that Hanson will call him when he gets to Seattle, Dousseau sits down to wait. Ray calls and tells Cobb that he has the varistors, and Cobb tells Dousseau that the shipment has been hijacked. Dousseau refuses to buy his varistors, and tells Cobb to arrange a meeting at a nearby airstrip.
Soon, Cobb arrives at the airstrip hangar. Ray comes out and Cobb draws his gun on him. Dousseau and his man arrive in their car, accompanied by a private jet. Dousseau tells Cobb that he's a failure, and the two men argue. After a moment, Dousseau shoots Cobb dead and tells Ray to hand over the varistors and shoots at him. Ray ducks into the warehouse and Dousseau's thugs go to get the fuses. Josh starts up a single-prop as a distraction so Ray can knock two of the thugs out, while Dousseau's third man finds the fuses and loads them onto the jet. Dousseau looks smugly at Ray as he comes out, gets into his jet, and taxis it down the strip. Ray drives the semi with the varistors in front of the jet, and Dousseau finally has his pilot taxi the jet forward. Josh watches from the hangar as Ray jumps out just in time, and the semi crashes into the jet destroying both vehicles.
Later at the carnival, Ray and Josh play arcade guns. Ray says that he has to go, and Josh thanks him for his help. In response, Ray assures Josh that he's the second finest man who ever lived and that helped him. Josh tells Ray that he's the first true friend he's ever had, and assures Ray that he'll be okay. He asks if he'll ever see Ray again, and Ray reminds Joshthat he still owes Ray a favor and promises that he'll be
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