Sleeping Dogs

 

 

   
Alex is with the squad as they are out in the field with a minesweeping team to help secure the road. They a have Sgt Greg Block also with them, he's a short timer , but also a sniper. He has 39 confirmed kills. They come under sniper fire and the radio operator is shot and killed. The guys take cover . Sgt Block tells Sgt Anderson he knows where the sniper is holed up, they split from the main group to see if they can find him.
 

Sgt Block finds the sniper and shoots him, as he does Sgt Anderson arrives and Sgt Block shoots the sniper twice more , saying he wasn't dead enough. He tells Zeke that he's already re-enlisted and says that he's doing it for the money. Zeke say if he got a promotion he could go back to the states and been on the same money.

Alex talks to Dr Seymour and says that she would like to talk to Sgt Block and report his story.
 
Marvin Johnson gets a letter from Ling's brother and asks Sgt Anderson for some time of so he can visit a friend in Saigon who he heard needs help.     


 

Sgt Anderson talks with Lt, Goldman about getting Block a promotion, and then goes to see Master Sgt. Toliver who hates Sgt, Block and without his help Sgt.Anderson won't be able to get Sgt. Block a promotion. He say's that Sgt Block and him are going out with a few other guys to find the second sniper who got away , this will save US Soldiers lives if Sgt. Block finds and kills the sniper.

 
Sgt Anderson & Sgt Block and a few of the guys from Bravo fly in and as they approach Sgt. Block takes the door gunners gun and starts firing, Lt. McKay is not happy and lets Sgt Block know when they get on he ground. They head off and a few minutes later they leave Sgt Block, or rather he leaves them.

 

The rest of the guys head back to the LZ and they come under mortar fire, they run for safety , but Percell is split from them , St Anderson radio's Lt Goldman and he gives them time to search for Percell.
 

Johnson goes to see Ling and she tells him the baby is the wrong way up .

   

 
Percell is found by Sgt. Block who says that Percell can be the distraction to help get the sniper. As they spot the sniper a farmer as Sgt Block had suspected , Percell spots movement on the trail behind them. Its three VC , Block tells Percell to get the first one and he will get the other two, just to use his knife, but hand Percell his pistol in case they get him. Sgt Block kills his two but Percell takes his prisoner. Sgt Block isn't happy and tells Percell to hide the two bodies and he escorts the prisoner off into the jungle.

When returns Block has the VC sniper in his sights and the prisoner is dead his throat has been cut, apparently he tried to run 

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Sgt Block shots the sniper and they head back McKay who has been sent out to help with the search for Percell spots them and lands at the LZ, Sgt.Block who disappeared arrives back with the body of the dead VC sniper. He's holding the chopper up and McKay gets out of the chopper to see what's going on.

 
Back at base Percell isn't himself and talks to Ruiz about Sgt Block and the prisoner, and Johnson talks to Taylor about Ling who his is going to see. Johnson goes to see Darling about Lings need to see a doctor.


 
Alex and Myron are talking and then Sgt Block and MSG Toliver have a verbal bust up , Toliver tells Myron that he's not going to put Block up for a promotion , and threatens Lt Goldman, Goldman is furious and lets rip. Alex catches up with Block and says she still wants to do a story on him, he grabs her and tells her a story about a dream he has were one of his victims point at him,,, he says he's fixed it and no no-one points at him. 
 

Lt Goldman goes to see Zeke and tells him what's happened between Block and Toliver. Zeke says he'll go and see Toliver.

 
As Zeke arrives Toliover comes out of his quarters Sgt Block has emptied his collection of dead victims fingers into  Tolivers bed. Just as this happens Toliover is shot by a sniper Sgt.Block .

 
The next morning Sgt Anderson has convinced someone that he can find Sgt Block and will be able to bring him back to get treatment .
As the chopper arrives Sgt Block hears it , Sgt Anderson makes a quick exit from the chopper which doesnt land so he jumps from it, Sgt Block opens fire on Zeke almost as soon as his feet have hit the ground.

 
Zeke was right about where he though Sgt Block would be, but again Block opens fire on him, and then disappears. Zeke starts to look for him and senses something behind him , he turns, its block .

Zeke tries to talk to Sgt.Block but Block then takes aim at Zeke, who ducks and rolls out of the way them fires in self defence and kills Sgt. Block.

 
Johnson goes to see Ling again and her brother tells him to go as the baby has been born and its Vietnamese, and that she is to be married and to leave them alone.  

 

Director: Steve Posey          Writer: Jerry Patrick Brown
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Betsey Brantry Dr J. Seymour
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Michael Madsen   Sgt. Greg Block
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